By Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD Towards Understanding the Reality of Problems In its formative history of 70 years, the nation is fraught with tragedies. The legal dismissal of PM Nawaz Sharif by the Supreme Court on financial corruption provides a fresh opportunity to the nation to think critically and with an inward eye on systematic change for sustainable future-making without feudal lords and sadistic politi ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Panama case which emerged in April 2016 was fully exploited by Imran Khan (IK) led PTI. Once IK refused to accept the offer of PM Nawaz Sharif (NS) to hold a commission of retired judges to probe the case, the Parliamentary Committee couldn’t make any headway since PML-N, PTI and PPP failed to frame consensus Terms of References (TORs). IK, Sheikh Rashid and Sirajul Haq submitted their p ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Kashmir is internationally recognized as a disputed territory whose final status is yet to be determined by the people. Both India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons and have fought three wars during the past half-century. This is a matter that urgently needs to be put on a road to find a just and viable solution. The heart of the matter is that Kashmir is an occupied country. Its sove ...

نغمہ حبیب مغرب نے دہشت گردی کو اسلام سے جوڑا اور بڑی منصوبہ بندی کرکے جوڑا گیا۔امریکہ اور روس کی سرد جنگ اور افغانستان میں دونوں ملکوں کی مداخلت اور موجودگی بھی اسی منصوبہ بندی کا حصہ تھا نہ صرف افغان بلکہ پاکستان اور دنیا بھر کے مسلمان ممالک سے نوجوان افغانستان پہنچے اور مجاہدین کہلائے۔امریکہ اور پورے مغرب نے انہیں دنیا کے امن کا پیغامبر مانا اور جانا اور انہیں ہاتھوں ہاتھ لیا۔یہ مسلمان آئے بھی جہاد کے جذب ...

By Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal Celebrating the occupation Within the last 60 years, most of the Muslim countries have received independence from the direct rule of their colonial masters. But, the so-called independence doesn’t give the Muslims the basic religious rights to practise even the most crucial and defining Islamic obligations like sharia, hudud, shura, khilafa, trans-ethnic Muslim unity and jihad in ...

BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI The writing was on the wall. Pentagon refused to pay Pakistan military $300 in military reimbursements. This followed when US secretary of Defence Ash Carter informed Congress of Pakistan’s failure to take steps against Haqqani network. This fund comes under CSF. “Pakistan rejects harbouring militants but says there are limits to how much it can do as it is already fighting multiple Isl ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although India has been targeting the civilians and military personnel near the border of Pakistani side of Azad Kashmir by continuously violating the Line of Control, yet India has, also, been waging the bloodless war against Pakistan by stopping the water-flow of rivers to Pakistan. Unlike the past wars, being fought through the traditional armies with tanks and machine guns, the arena o ...

By Sajjad Shaukat According to his family, a Pakistani citizen, Lieutenant Colonel (R) Muhammad Habib Zahir who went to Nepal looking for a job has been disappeared. Lt. Col. (R) Zahir left for Nepal on April 5 and the next day reached the country’s capital, Kathmandu. Thereon he went to Lumbini, which is about six kilometres from the Indian border. The disappearance of Lt. Col. (R) Zahir in Nepal cannot be ...