نغمہ حبیب مودی ہے تو بھارت کا وزیراعظم لیکن لگتا ہے کہ اُس کے دماغ میں بھارت سے زیادہ پاکستان کے بارے میں منصوبے بنتے ہیں حتٰی کہ اپنے یوم آزادی پر بھی وہ بھارت کی بجائے پاکستان کے بارے میں گفتگو کرتا ہے۔ اس بار بھی اپنے خبث باطن کا اظہار کرکے کھلم کھلا ہمارے معاملات میں مداخلت کی اور یوں اپنی زبان سے پاکستان کے دعووءں کی تصدیق کی کہ بلوچستان میں بگاڑ کا ذمہ دار بھارت ہے، وہ گلگت بلتستان میں بھی سازش کرنے ک ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Imtiaz Alam is irreconcilable and incurable since he compulsively speaks negatively. He is among the small band of faultfinders in Pakistan that see everything in Pakistan through jaundiced lenses and spare no opportunity to portray Pakistan and its institutions as well as the Islamists (referred to as fundos, extremists and jihadists) in poor light. In a TV program on August 3, I heard ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Pakistan on August 3, this year to participate in the 3-day conference of the interior ministers/home ministers and other delegates of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member states, held in Islamabad. Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit came at a time, when the tensions between Pakistan and India is running high in ...

By Sajjad Shauka tFrom time to time, controversy arises between Afghanistan and Pakistan when Afghan officials refused to recognize the Durand Line which is the 2640 kilometer long and porous border, situated between both the countries. The issue again came to the limelight on June 12, 2016 when Afghan security forces started unprovoked firing at Torkham border crossing, resulting in injuries to more than 1 ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Suicide bombers hit three cities of Saudi Arabia on July 4, this year and killed at least four people in the holy month of Ramadan, near the day of Eid al-Fitr. The first attack occurred near the US Consulate in Jeddah. One explosion rocked Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia when a suicide bomber attempted to launch an assault at a Shia mosque. The other suicide bomber detonated a bomb near the ...

by Brig® Mehboob Qadir Mothers Day came quietly this year among a series of commemorative days which followed each other in succession quick enough to leave hardly any footprint in their wake .Then there is that ever present maddening turmoil around us which degrades and badly dilutes one’s power of reflective thinking. It is a terrible tragedy of our times that even our considered thoughts have also become ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since the 9/11 tragedy, international community has been taking war against terrorism seriously, while there are also other forms of bloodless wars, being waged in the world and the same are like terrorism. Political experts opine that modern terrorism has many meanings like violent acts, economic terrorism etc., but its main aim is to achieve political, economic and social ends. Judging i ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the earlier this month, the draft bill which was up for public consultation was published on the Indian home ministry’s website. It suggests that anyone distributing a map the Indian government deems to be wrong and could be liable for a billion-rupee fine and jail time. Through passage of this bill, the Indian government would be able to penalize individuals and organizations who depic ...