By Asif Haroon Raja By the time PPP regime took over in March 2008 Fazlullah had created a state within state in Swat and adjoining districts. Former President Zardari and PM Gilani were forced to order a big operation in Swat in April 2009 after Fazlullah broke the peace deal signed two months earlier and his militants threatened Islamabad after capturing Dir and Buner. Operation Rah-e-Raast cleared Swat, ...

Since the US-led global war on terror prolonged, media analysts started attributing it with the defeat of the United States and its allies, while opining about acceleration of terror-attacks in the volatile countries, financial crisis, American heavy cost of war etc. But, no one talks about future assessments of the Pakistani author, Sajjad Shaukat, made in his book, “US vs Islamic, Invisible Balance of Pow ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Despite Indian security forces ruthless campaign against locals Kashmiris youngsters waved Pakistani flag on Eid Day. The young Kashmirs people gathered on roads just after prayers and raised slogan “Geva Pakistan”. At this occasions, thy also raised anti-India slogans. It is not first time that Kashmiris came on the roads with green flags. Now, it have become the routine that Kashmiris w ...

نغمہ حبیب اللہ تعالیٰ نے اپنے دوست ابراہیم ؑ سے بیٹے کی قربانی مانگی باپ نے بیٹے سے اپنے خواب کا ذکر کیا اور سراپا فرماں بردار پسر ا سما عیل ؑ نے باپ کی ہمت بندھائی اور تاریخ انسانی کے اِس عظیم واقعے نے جنم لیا اور رب کریم نے اپنے دوست کی عظیم قربانی کی یاد کو زندہ رکھنے کے لیے اسے اپنے محبوبﷺ کی اُمت پر فرض قرار دیا یعنی دوست کی قربانی کو محبوب پر بھی لاگو کر دیا۔قربانی مسلمانوں پر فرض بھی کر دی اور اسے ان ...

By Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal The unending crisis The Muslim world is now in the tight grip of an overwhelming crisis. It has engulfed not only the politics, but also the religious beliefs, the ideology, the spirituality, the culture, the education, the defence – in fact, all arenas of Muslims’ life. Day by day, the crisis is deepening and getting a catastrophic dimension. It shows no exit way. Rather it appear ...

By  Ali Sukhanver Terrorism is a menace which could engulf the whole world if not timely taken care of. In other words the war against terrorism is not for the betterment of some individual or for the benefit of some particular group, it is for the safer and brighter future of the whole world. Though this war against terrorism was started by America but at present there is no America anywhere in this war; i ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Military thinkers agree that although the physical force will determine the type and scale of war, yet it is the will to fight or moral force which determines the outcome of war. Clausewitz puts it this way, “One might say that the physical force seems little more than the wooden hilt, while moral factors are the precious metal, the real weapon.” In his book, “Fighting Power: German and U. ...

نغمہ حبیب کاش بھارت پاکستان کا ہمسایہ نہ ہوتا یا اگر ہوتا تو وہ اپنے ہمسایوں کے ساتھ مہذب انداز میں رہنے کا طریقہ جانتا اور کاش کہ برطانیہ جاتے ہوئے کشمیر کا مسئلہ اپنے پیچھے چھوڑ کر نہ جاتا۔کشمیر جغرافیائی اور مذہبی لحاظ سے پاکستان کا قدرتی حصہ ہے لیکن بھارت اس پر زبردستی قبضہ کیے ہوئے ہے اور اپنی آزادی کی خاطر لڑنے والوں کو انتہائی سخت اور ظالمانہ طریقے سے کچلنے میں مصروف ہے اور انہیں دہشت گرد قرار دیتا ہ ...