By Sajjad Shaukat Afghanistan has witnessed scenes of civil war era on September 9, 2018 when hundreds of armed men drove in a convoy of dozens of vehicles fired thousand of bullets throughout Kabul, the capital of the country. The day was connected to 17 death anniversary of the former war lord Ahmed Shah Massoud-the anti-Soviet and anti-Taliban commander. In Kabul, hundreds of gunmen took to the streets, ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On September 7, Air Force Day (Yum-e-Fizaiya) is being celebrated by every Pakistani in the memory of the martyrs and heroes of the 1965 war, and to pay tribute to Pakistan Air Force (PAF) which won aerial warfare by defeating India. On September 6, 1965 when India suddenly attacked Pakistan, its forces crossed the international border and the BRB canal, and captured a town of Batapore, La ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 6th of September is celebrated every year as the Defense Day by every Pakistani, as on this very day, Pakistan’s courageous Armed Forces and the entire nation stood united in 1965 for the defense of the homeland in thwarting the nefarious designs of the enemy which had threatened the territorial integrity of our beloved country through an all-out war. This time, Defense Day has come at ...

by Balbir Singh Sooch Obama where liked to visit India, there at the same time never ever spared commenting upon Modi and his governship too.Few days back he openly made comments against Indian PM while saying, Could the majority of intolerant voters think so in India, “And so if you see a politician doing things that are questionable, one of the things as a citizen is to ask yourself ‘Am I encouraging, or ...

The 18th Amendment to the Constitution entrusted curriculum and syllabi, and preparation and publication of textbooks entirely to the Textbook Boards of the provinces. Shall we suffer the same consequences in our provinces as occurred in East Pakistan in 1960s? Qudratulla Shahab, Secretary to President Ayub Khan and later Education Secretary, describes in his Shahab-nama (pages 895-897) how Indians succeede ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Preparations have started by Kashmiris living either side of the Line of Control (LoC) and rest of the world to observe Indian Independence Day as the Black Day. Every year when India celebrates Independence Day on August 15, Kashmiris on both sides of the LoC and the world over observe it as the Black Day to convey the message to the international community that India continues to usurp t ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On 14th August 1947, Pakistan Emerged as the biggest Islamic Sovereign Country on globe. In wake of emergence of Pakistan, Hindu majority conspired to convert this entity into a nightmare. Thousands of Muslims were massacred, women were raped and abducted and there was unprecedented exodus of Muslims towards Pakistan. Pakistan proved her resilience against all odds and after 71 years of it ...

Trump is Creating and Leading the ‘Christian Taliban’ By Sajjad Shaukat Although American President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama played their roles in encouraging ‘Christian Taliban’ in the aftermath of the orchestrated drama of the September 11 tragedy, yet the US fanatic President Donald Trump has broken their records by creating and leading the ‘Christian Taliban’. Like the Christianity, Isl ...