By  Asif Haroon Raja MQM’s fascism The MQM under Altaf Hussain reigned supreme in urban Sindh from 1988 till March 2013. It expanded its political power by introducing the cultures of dead bodies filled in sacks, extortion, kidnapping for ransom, torture cells, target killings, no-go areas and strikes to paralyze the city. Despite its policy of fascism, terrorism, blackmailing tactics and imperiousness, and ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The political temperature that had begun to boil from 28 October onward became menacing on the following three days, but mercifully it scaled down dramatically on the evening of November 01 after Imran Khan (IK) decided to call off his much hyped foray into Islamabad (Isbd) on November 2. IK led PTI had been drumming up the Panama papers scandal since April 2016 and straining their lungs ...

نغمہ حبیب بھارت کو لگام دینے والا کیا کوئی نہیں یا دنیا نے آنکھیں بند کی ہوئی ہیں وہاں سے مسلسل پاکستان کے معاملات میں مداخلت کی جا رہی ہے اور علیٰ الاعلان کی جا رہی ہے کبھی ان کا وزیراعظم بڑے دھڑلے سے مشرقی پاکستان کی علحدگی کو اپنا کار نامہ کہتا ہے کبھی کھلم کھلا بلوچوں کی مدد کا اعلان کرتا ہے۔ بھارت اپنی دہشت گرد ہندو ذہنیت سے ہمیشہ مجبور رہا ہے چاہے کانگریسی اندراگاندھی ہو یا بی جے پی کا مودی سب کا ایجن ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The ISI had developed its long arm capability during the tenures of Gen Akhtar Abdur Rehman, Lt Gen Hamid Gul and Lt Gen Javed Nasir as DG ISI. It was owing to this capability of hitting the chosen target outside the frontiers of Pakistan that the ISI earned the reputation of a dreaded outfit and the best in Asia. The long arm began to shrivel when Benazir Bhutto was PM from 1988 to 1990 ...

By Sajjad ShaukatWaging a prolonged war in Afghanistan, the US and other NATO countries have realized that after the withdrawal of foreign troops, Afghanistan would be thrown in an era of uncertainly and civil war. They realize the fact that there is a co-relationship of terrorism or stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Therefore, US-led developed nations which also spent billions of dollars for the devel ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although 27th of October is celebrated every year as the “Black Day” by the Pakistanis and the Kashmiris all over the world as a protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir on October 27, 1947, yet this time, this very day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legitimate struggle in the aftermath of the martyrdom of the young Kashmir leader Burhan Wani ...

نغمہ حبیب کشمیری ستر سال سے اپنی جدوجہد آزادی میں مصروف ہیں وہ 27 اکتوبر 1947 کی آنے والی تاریک رات کی سحر کرنے کے لیے چراغوں میں اپنا خون ڈال رہے ہیں لیکن چراغوں کی لو اٹھتی ہے تو قابض اور غاصب بھارت آزادی کے ان متوالوں کا مزید خون بہا دیتا ہے اور سمجھتا ہے کہ وہ ان کو بجھانے کے کام آئے گا یہ اور بات ہے کہ لہو کے یہ چراغ اپنی لو اور بڑھا دیتے ہیں ۔ دہائیوں سے آگ اور خون کا یہ کھیل کشمیر میں جاری ہے اور عال ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_14712" align="alignright" width="300"] Indian army's director general of military operations Lt General Ranbir Singh speaks during a media briefing in New Delhi, India, September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSPYYB[/caption] Sri Lanka’s High Co ...