By Sajjad Shaukat                                        The 23rd of March 1940 was a watershed in the history of the Sub Continent, when All India Muslim League passed the Resolution in Lahore for the creation of an independent state. Now, it is popularly called as Pakistan Resolution. Earlier, in his address to the Muslim League at Allahabad in 1930, the idea of a homeland for Muslims in their majority ar ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Altaf Hussain, founder of MQM in 1984, and its chief was given political asylum in London after he fled from Karachi hospital in May 1992 because of life threats from his colleagues in his party. He was later awarded British nationality in 2002 and allowed to establish MQM International Secretariat in London. All the runaway MQM leaders involved in dozens of criminal cases in Pakistan we ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی کوئی پاکستانی تجزیہ کار اور سیاسی دانشور اِس بیّن حقیقت سے انکار نہیں کرسکتا کہ پاکستان کے معاشی قلبِ ماہیّت کے لئے وضع کی جانے والی کسی بھی تخلیقی اور حقیقت پسندانہ منصوبے یا اسکیم کا مرکز ومحور ’زراعت ‘ کے شعبہ کے علاوہ کوئی دوسرا شعبہ بھی ہے؟ پہلے ہم یہ سمجھ لیں کہ پاکستان کی معاشی واقتصادی ترقی کی کلید ’زراعت کی ترقی ‘ ہے جو ہماری مجموعی قومی پیدا وار کا آج بھی غالباً 50-60 فی صد تو ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی بھارت کی تقریباً تمام سیکولر وجمہوری سیاسی جماعتیں اور خصوصاً جنونی ہندو مذہبی لشکر نما سیاسی جماعتیں جن جماعتوں کےنام کے ساتھ لفظ ’سینا‘ لگاہوا ہوتا ہے ’سینا ‘ کا کیا مطلب ‘ یعنی ’مسلح گروہ ‘ ایک سے بڑھ کر ایک؟ ایسی کئی ’سینایں‘ بھارت میں اُس روز سے بڑی سینہ زور نظرآنے لگی ہیں جب سے نئی دہلی مرکزی حکومت کی باگ ڈور آر ایس ایس کی ذیلی سیاسی تنظیم بی جے پی نے سنبھالی ہے اور نریندر مودی جیس ...

By Sajjad Shaukat India has broken all the records of violence, genocide and massacre perpetrated on various ethnic and religious groups entailing the community of its own lower castes. As part of persecution of minorities, these atrocities and injustices still continue in one way or the other. Although apparently, India claims to be the largest democracy, acting upon the principles of liberalism and secula ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The people of Jammu and Kashmir, who are larger in number than 123 currently independent nations and who have a defined historical identity, are at present engaged in a massive, indigenous and non violent struggle to win their freedom from the foreign occupation of their land. This struggle is not motivated by bigotry or ethnic prejudice, for its sole aim is the right of self-determin ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In the 19th century, the Muslims strength in Palestine was 86% and that of Jews only 4%. Despite the overwhelming majority, the Muslims treated the Jews justly. In later part of 19th century, the Jews spread all over the world started to shift to Palestine under a calculated plan and Great Britain helped them in their relocation. In the 1st World War, the British and the French deceptive ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On February 28, this year, India announced its ambitious defense budget amounting to 2.47 trillion Indian rupees ($40.07 billion), a 7.9 percent increase for the fiscal year starting from April 1, 2015, suggesting that it will move with the military’s long wish list for fighter jets, ships and artillery, as Narendra Modi’s government presented its first budget. For the current fiscal year, ...