By Sajjad Shaukat Although 27th of October is celebrated every year as the “Black Day” by the Pakistanis and the Kashmiris all over the world as a protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir on October 27, 1947, yet this time, this very day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legitimate struggle in the aftermath of the martyrdom of the young Kashmir leader Burhan Wani ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The US-North Korea antagonism has its roots in the 1952-3 Korean War which had divided the country. While North Korea is backed by Russia and China, South Korea is protected by the US and it has a large military presence in the country. In order to ward off impending danger posed by USA and its allies, North Korea despite being an impoverished country, developed nuclear bombs and missile ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Renowned historians agree that besides other causes, major cause of the French Revolution of 1789 was the class distinction between the privileged and the unprivileged, which rapidly increased under the reign of King Louis XVI who had continued the policy of taking out international loans, and the debt drove the country to near bankruptcy, leading to the Revolution. They opine, “The French ...

By Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD. America under President Trump continues to foster an agenda of extreme perplexity, triviality and confusion in dealing with urgent global affairs. If the administration were to learn from the history, it must be candid, focused and redirect its strengths and weaknesses from the past and usher a new strategic direction of change and adaptability to the present and futuristic chall ...

By SASHA Rawalpindi is not only a historic city of Pakistan but also a pseudo capital of Northern Punjab- the land of Pothwar Region. It is also the power centre of Pakistan, a home to Die-hard Muslim League politicians, a den of the most professional and patriotic army of the only Muslim nuclear state of the world, a city of martyrs of democracy, a city of champions of justice, a city of committed moderate ...

نغمہ حبیب شر اگر محدود بھی ہو توخیر کے ماحول میں ارتعاش ضرور پیدا کرتا ہے اس کی مثال گنتی کے چند دہشت گرد ہیں جنہوں نے پاکستان کے بیس کروڑپُر امن عوام کو پریشان کر رکھا ہے۔ایسے ہی گنتی کے کچھ لوگ بلوچستان میں بھی سر گرم ہیں اور خود کو بلوچوں کا نمائندہ کہتے ہیں یہ لوگ بلوچستان کی ایسی مخدوش اور ہولناک تصویر پیش کرتے ہیں جیسے یہاں خدا نخوستہ قتل عام ہو رہا ہو اور جیسے بلوچوں کی نسل کشی کی جارہی ہو اور صوبے م ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since, the government of the Balochistan province announced general pardon and protection to the Baloch militants as part of reconciliation process, many insurgents and their leaders have surrendered their arms and decided to work for the development of Pakistan and the province, peace has been restored in the province. While, Pakistan’s armed forces have successfully broken the backbone o ...

by Bakhtiar Hakeem The question of identity or the identity of ‘identity’ can be approached from two directions. After having come into grips with ‘identity’ one can find his or her place of comfort; anywhere in between the two ends of the continuum of identity. One can call one end the nadir and the other zenith. To some the issue may look absurd, for what was being named and called ‘identity’ was life, th ...