نغمہ حبیب بھارت خود کو دنیا کی سب سے بڑی جمہوریت کہتا ہے۔ یہ درست ہے کیونکہ اِس کی آبادی دنیا کی دوسری بڑی آبادی ہے اور چین میں چونکہ جمہوری حکومت نہیں اس لیے بھارت یہ اعزاز اپنے سرلے لیتا ہے لیکن اگر بھارت کی اقلیتیں اِس کی آبادی میں سے منہا کر دی جائیں، کم ذات ہندو، مسلمان،سکھ، عیسائی،بدھ،جین،پارسی سب نکال دیں تو بھارت باقی ماندہ ہندؤں کے لیے ایک جمہوری ملک ہے۔ اِس جمہوریت کے بھی ہندو مذہب میں انسانوں کے ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) was erected as a bogey by hostile agencies in the name of Pashtuns, same old wine in new bottle. Three leaders were created from local breakaway faction of Awami National Party (ANP) and activists of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Mohsin Dawar, who was courted in US by Hussain Haqqani’s SAATH forum and Stimson centre has become a pawn in the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian Prime Nerendar Modi’s extremist party BJP had got a land sliding triumph in the Indian elections 2014 on the basis of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan slogans. Indian election-campaign against Islam, Muslims and Pakistan enabled BJP hardliner Modi to become Indian prime minister. Whereas, the Muslim community in India had felt alienated, frightened and perturbed, as most of them were a ...

by Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan’s strained relations with India-Afghanistan Pakistan’s bilateral relations with its eastern and western neighbors severely deteriorated after Narendra Modi led BJP took over power in June 2014. From 2015 onwards the two arch rivals have been engaged in low intensity war. The Line of Control and Working Boundary in Kashmir has been kept bloody and on the boil by India. Terrorism ...

“The US is the most warlike nation in the history of the world, forcing other countries to adopt our American principles.” - Jimmy Carter Asif Haroon Raja America’s history of aggression While there is a prevalent belief among the Americans that the US almost always wages war for noble purposes and in defense of freedom, global public opinion and facts paint a very different picture. Most countries surveyed ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Daniel Markey, a longtime observer of US-Pak relations, wrote in his book, “No Exit from Pakistan: America’s Tortured Relationship with Islamabad”, that “despite all the problems and trust deficit that the US had with Pakistan and its military–the answer lay in managing the problems rather than finding a solution. Why managing problems and why not a permanent solution? It’s because the US ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on April 7, this year: “Pakistan has credible intelligence reports that India is planning another act of aggression against it between 16th and 20th of this month”. He elaborated that in order to justify its military action and to increase diplomatic pressure against Pakistan; India can create a new drama in Occupied Kashmir on the patt ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Strong rumours are prevailing in Indian political circle that Navjot Singh Sidhu is highly disappointed over denial of ticket to his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu by Congress Party in coming elections - 2019 . Sidhu gained popularity equally in Pakistan when on invitation, attended Oath Ceremony of his favourit cricketer and old friend Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan after winning election ...