By Sajjad Shaukat The 9th of February 9 is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru whom India secretly hanged and buried inside the Tihar jail complex on February 9, 2013. It triggered protests in Kashmir and widespread condemnations from various political and human rights organisations. Afzal Guru was convicted in 2001 Parliament attack case and awarded death sentence. Afzal ha ...

by Ishaal Zehra Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his Davos debut at this year's World Economic Forum's (WEF) opening session. Speaking in Hindi, he touted the ease of doing business in India to world leaders and global CEOs, also calling for countries to unite to tackle what he called the three big challenges that the world faces - "climate change, terrorism and a rising threat to globalization with ...

By Asif Haroon raja After the false flag operation in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, India blamed Pakistan, ISI and Hafiz Saeed led Lashkar-e-Taiba for the attacks (1), and suspended composite dialogue with Pakistan that had been renewed in February 2004 as a consequence to Indo-Pakistan peace treaty and a commitment to resolve all disputes including Kashmir issue through talks. Since then, India pushed aside ...

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. But, the very day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legitimate st ...

By Sajjad Shaukat It is most lamentable that by ignoring the modern global trends like renunciation of war, disarmament, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development, India’s endless nuclear programme has endangered the regional security. In this regard, India test-fired its longest range surface-to-surface nuclear ballistic missile Agni-5 from the Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on D ...

نغمہ حبیب 26 جنوری 2018 کو بھارت نے ایک بار پھر اپنا یوم جمہوریہ منایا۔ بھارت میں حکومت جمہوری ہے اور یہ جمہوری حکومت ظاہر ہے وہاں کی اکثریت یعنی ہندؤں کے ہاتھوں منتخب ہوتی ہے یعنی اکثریت کی حکومت اکثریت کے لیے اکثریت کے ذریعے اس میں اقلیت کے کچھ نمائندوں کے نام تو ضرور آجاتے ہیں کام یا حصہ ان کا حکومت میں کہیں نہیں یوں جمہوریت کا تسلسل قائم ہے اکثریت حاکم ہے اقلیت محکوم اور محکوم بھی ایسی کہ جسے آئے روز حا ...

By Ishaal Zehra Since the first war of independence against British raj ended in 1857, Lahore and New Delhi were never seen on the same page again except now, in a fight against a common opponent, SMOG! SMOG has been alleged for deaths of more than half a million Pakistanis and Indians each year. Lately, when a Pakistani meteorologist checked the air-quality of Lahore, it turned out that the level of the da ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the recent years, unbridgeable trust deficit existed between Pakistan and the United States because of America’s double game with Islamabad. But, President Donald Trump’s flawed strategy in South Asia, based upon anti-Pakistan moves, has taken the Pakistan-US ties to point of no return. It is notable that during the heightened days of the Cold War, despite Pakistan’s membership of the U ...