By Sajjad Shaukat Gallup survey of the UK official body, DFID, conducted on July 20, 212, had disclosed that the vast majority of the Baloch people oppose the idea of an independent Balochistan. As a result of the general elections 2013, the government led by the nationalist leader Chief Minister Balochistan Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch was established in Balochistan, while on December 7, 2013; local bodies elect ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Once again, Kashmir is a living proof that it is not going to compromise, far less abandon, its demand for Azaadi (freedom) which is its birthright and for which it has paid a price in blood and suffering which has not been exacted from any other people of the South Asian subcontinent. Compared to the sacrifice Kashmir has had to endure, India and Pakistan themselves gained their free ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat In its recent report, submitted to the Congress by the Department of Defence, US has revived blame game against Pakistan. The Pentagon report allegedly said, “Afghan-and Indian-focused militants continue to operate from Pakistan territory to the detriment of Afghan and regional stability. Pakistan uses these proxy forces to hedge against Afghanistan and India…Taliban attacks are launched ...

Teen ages young of 17 years killed by Indian Army in IOK Srinagar: Not a single peaceful day one can find in Kashmir. The Indian Army murdered two young boys of 17 years of age when car collided with electric poll on 4 November 2014. The family members of two slain youth killed in Indian Army firing at Chattergam Tuesday contested the Army claim that they did not stop at the mobile check post. “It is a blat ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat                                                                   More than 65 people were killed in a suicide attack on November 2, this year near a paramilitary soldiers’ checkpoint at Wagah in Lahore when Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) again targeted the innocent persons through its affiliated militant outfits, Jundullah and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar which claimed responsibility for the incide ...

By Rida Zaheer Lahore: At least 50 innocent people, including two Rangers personnel and children, were killed in a suicide blast at Wagah border in Lahore on Sunday. According to Dr. Iftikhar Medical Superintendent of Ghurki Hospital    more than 100 people brought in hospital. Out of these 48 have been brought dead and remaining were severely injured.  The bodies were severely damaged since suicidal used b ...

Indo-Pak relations are once again in doldrums. The simmering tensions along Line of Control (LoC) have put the entire Indo-Pak peace process on a perilous road. After a decade of being out of power, once again the BJP hardliners are back in business in India, playing a dirty politics with their neighbour—Pakistan—to attain domestic political mileage. Apprehensive statements are made by Mr. Modi’s subordinat ...

By Sajjad Shaukat People belonging to various segments of society including political parties and other important dignitaries came out on the streets of London in UK on October 26, this year, and participated in the Kashmir Million March to express solidarity with the citizens of Indian-held Kashmir in their decades-long struggle for the right of self-determination. It started from the Trafalgar Square and ...