By Sajjad Shaukat External powers which have been supporting the Baloch Sub-Nationalists (BSNs) are also behind the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) as part of their unfinished agenda against Pakistan. They leave no stone unturned in misguiding the people of the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) by creating one after another issue. But, it is regrettable that some internal entities of Pakistan, which a ...

By Sajjad Shaukat External powers which have been supporting the Baloch Sub-Nationalists (BSNs) are also behind the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) as part of their unfinished agenda against Pakistan and its armed forces leave no stone unturned in misguiding the people of the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) by manipulating one after another issue. But, it is regrettable that some internal entities o ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On the one side, every year, 26th of January, is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day while, on the other side, the day is being observed by the Kahmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir. This time, this very day has come at time when the peo ...

By Sajjad Shaukat  There is a famous Arabian saying which states “A man’s greatness can be measured by the enormity of his enemies.” The Urdu poet Nida Fazli simplifies it further by saying, “He, who has lot of enemies; consider the man as good.” Something similar is happening in case of Pakistan’s military and now with the newly elected government of Prime Minister Imran Khan led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insa ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja Elections have to an extent helped in building the nation, but the process failed to build a political class of elites to lead the nation, integrate it, motivate it, and inculcate patriotism and nationalism. This fault line could be attributed to faulty election laws, making elections the exclusive domain of the feudal lords and the elites, Baradari and hereditary system, elected leader ...

Asif Haroon Raja Midway in his second tenure, Nawaz Sharif (NS) was toppled by Gen Musharraf (Mush) in a military coup on October 12, 1999. His team of eleven charted the six-point development agenda and produced excellent results in first three years of military rule, but then the reform and growth agenda and accountability went for a six with the coming in of King’s Party in 2002. After getting his foe NS ...

By Sajjad Shaukat for Veterans Today Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by former cricket star got victory in Pakistan’s general elections, held on July 25, 2018. It was due to the personals of the Pakistan Army who were deputed inside and outside the polling booths that free and fair elections became possible in a peaceful atmosphere. In this regard, addressing a press conference on July 27, this year, Chi ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan’s years of infancy The establishment of Pakistan, on August 14, 1947, was the result of the democratic struggle of Indian Muslims during the Pakistan movement under the leadership of All India Muslim League. After the creation of Pakistan, various domestic and international factors impeded the growth of democracy in Pakistan. After the untimely demise of Quaid-e-Azam in Septembe ...