By Sajjad Shaukat With national zeal and fervour in different parts of the country, Youm-e-Takbeer (The day of greatness) is celebrated every year on May 28 as a national day to mark the conduction of nuclear tests when on the very day in 1998; Pakistan became the first Muslim and the 7th nuclear power in the world. While showing aggressive designs, on May 11, 1998, the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Behar ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the earlier this month, the draft bill which was up for public consultation was published on the Indian home ministry’s website. It suggests that anyone distributing a map the Indian government deems to be wrong and could be liable for a billion-rupee fine and jail time. Through passage of this bill, the Indian government would be able to penalize individuals and organizations who depic ...

Rejoinder to Imtiaz Alam Asif Haroon Raja Imtiaz Alam is a senior journalist who writes articles and hosts programs on TV channels. He also heads SAFMA, a dubious organization which reportedly is sponsored by RAW. SAFMA in league with Aman ki Asha, another shady organization co-hosted by Jang-Geo Group and Indian media group is also patronized by RAW. The two have been working in tandem to improve Indo-Paki ...

By Sajjad Shaukat After the massive leak of the secret documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, the question of rampant corruption in Pakistan has again come into limelight, as the disclosed papers include the names of several Pakistanis, including the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and some other politicians who made millions of dollars of investments in the offshore companies and thus, were invo ...

حبیب ایک اور وفادار پاکستانی پھانسی چڑھ گیااُسے سزا ہی صرف پاکستانیت کی دی گئی ۔مطیع الرحمان امیر جماعت اسلامی بنگلہ دیش تھے نہ صرف پاکستان کے وفادار تھے اور پاکستان کے خلاف کام کرنے والوں میں شامل نہ ہوئے بلکہ 1971 کے مشکل ترین حالات میں بھی پاکستان کی حفاظت کے ہراول دستے میں شامل رہے وہ اُن لوگوں میں سے تھے جنہوں نے دشمن یعنی بھارت اور اِس کی پروردہ مکتی باہنی کے سامنے ہتھیار نہیں ڈالے بلکہ ڈٹے رہے۔شیخ مج ...

By Sajjad Shaukat It has been learnt through credible online sources that Engineer Mohammad Khan, the 1st Advisor and a close friend of Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has been arrested by Afghan forces/agencies for alleged links with the Islamic State group also known as Daish, ISIS or ISIL. Information strongly suggests that Daish has penetrated even in high ranking Afghan government officials as ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Proactive, reactive, offensive and counter intelligence operations are obligatory elements of well comprehensive thoughtful intelligence plan of proxy wars. Usually, the plans of such nature in proxy wars are being executed through organized intelligence network in the rival countries. Execution of covert intelligence operations while using the invisible state’s sponsored actors really br ...

Asif Haroon Raja Once the Army of British East India Company under Lord Clive defeated Siraj ud Daula in the battle of Plassey in 1757 with the help of infamous Mir Jaffar, the British in collusion with the Hindus oppressed the Muslim Bengalis and in a matter of 50 years they converted the entire class of their nobility into serfs and upgraded the Hindus from serfs to masters. Bengal which was the richest p ...