Pilots Views About Old Aircraft Including ‘Fighter jets’ As ‘Coffins’: Sharing a personal experience By Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch“For days together and number of times, as a Technician availed adventurous chances to fly in the ‘Dakota’, being very old aircraft used to be called then as a ‘Coffin’, while by its dropping fresh ration at the high altitude to serving Military persons. One day immedia ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Addressing the 218th Corps Commanders’ Conference on February 4, this year, Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa said, “The dividends of improved internal security situation must reach out to the people of Pakistan through socio-economic development.” The army chief elaborated, “Stability operations as part of Radd-ul-Fasaad shall continue, focus shall be on a national response agai ...

RIYADH — The General Entertainment Authority (GEA) signed on Wednesday two memoranda of understanding (MoU) with a number of Indian entertainment companies. According to the MoUs, several Bollywood celebrities will perform in the concerts being held in the Kingdom. This was part of GEA’s efforts to enrich the entertainment sector in the Kingdom and enhance its global identity. The deals were inked on the si ...

By Sajjad Shaukat At least 44 Indian soldiers were killed in the Pulwama district of the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) on February 14, this year when a suicide bomber rammed a car into a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Next day, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi blamed Pakistan for the Pulwama terror attack and warned of a strong response, ratcheting up tension between the nuclear-arme ...

Asif Haroon Raja After the occupation of Afghanistan by Soviet forces in December 1979, Pakistan under Gen Ziaul Haq decided to support the Afghan Mujahideen resistance movement and to provide refuge to about 5 million Afghan refugees. The US came forward to assist Pakistan in June 1981 after making a calculated assessment that Pakistan had the resolve and competence to fight the proxy war. Pakistan was war ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On the midnight of 18-19 February 2007, India-Pakistan Samjhota Express train was bombed in which 68 Pakistani nationals were killed. A Hindu extremist leader Swami Aseemanand, a leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has confessed that he was involved in several bombings incidents. He also claimed to have been a part of the incident. In fact, ideology of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistans’ lawyer Khawar Qureshi is dealing with the case of Indian Spy Kulbhushan Yadhav in the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ). ICJ has fixed February 18, 2019-the date for hearing of his case. Being a terrorist, Kulbhushan’s case does not fall under Vienna Convention that is why, counselor access was not granted to him and his fair trial was done under the military cour ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since 1990, the 5th of February is being celebrated by Pakistanis and Kashmiris 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, this very day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legiti ...