By Sajjad Shaukat Since 1990, the 5th of February is being observed by the Kashmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren as the Kashmir Solidarity Day to pay homage to Kahsmiri martyrs and to show solidarity with the freedom fighters who are demanding their legitimate right of self-determination, as recognized by the UN resolutions. This time, ...

By Rida Zaheer  Off-spinner Bilal Asif and all-rounder Faheem Ashraf recalled  “We have followed the horses for courses policy for the Test against Bangladesh,” says Misbah-ul-Haq On 1st Feb 2020, Pakistani under the supervision of Coach Misbah-ul-Haq, National Men’s Selection Committee named a 16-player squad for the first ICC World Test Championship against Bangladesh. The first test would be played in ...

Rida Zaheer Pakistani under 19 Youngsters defeated Afhnistan by 6 wickets and made its palce in the semi-finals in Benoni. Star players led by Rohail Nazir showed excellent performance in the game and thrashed Afghanistan in the quarter-final contest. The team chased the target of 190 and nicely built up the score Opening batsmen Haider Ali and Mohammad Huraira gave a solid start and touched fifty without a ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the cyber-age, online information and interaction of peoples among the countries, relating to various fields have converted our planet into a global village, as we dreamed in the past. By bringing the political battles into our bedrooms, social media, mobile phones, TV channels, online newspapers and websites have made it much difficult for politicians to speak lies and to hide informat ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, January 5 is celebrated in remembrance of the pledges the UNO, as on this very day in 1949, UNCIP (United Nations Commission for Indian Pakistan) resolution adopted in which Kashmiris right of self-determination was granted through a free and impartial plebiscite, while these people have still been living under Indian occupation. During the partition of the Sub-continent, the p ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On December 16, 2014, in one of the bloodiest-ever terror attacks in Pakistan, six Taliban militants mercilessly killed least 141 people, including 132 children and nine staff members of the Army Public School and College in Peshawar, They also burnt a lady teacher alive. After eight hours operation, Pak Army’s commandos cleared the school area, and six militants were killed. On the same d ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_17679" align="alignright" width="433"] Students and activists chant slogans demanding the restoration of student union during a country wide student solidarity march in Hyderabad, Pakistan November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Yasir Ali NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.[/caption] Being the only nuclear country in the Islamic World, Pakistan has become special target of some foreign ent ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Implementing the August 5 announcement which revoked the special status of the Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370, Indian central government issued a notorious map on October 31, this year. In accordance with it, Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two union territories— Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement that Islamabad “rejects these political map ...