By Asif Haroon Raja By the time PPP regime took over in March 2008 Fazlullah had created a state within state in Swat and adjoining districts. Former President Zardari and PM Gilani were forced to order a big operation in Swat in April 2009 after Fazlullah broke the peace deal signed two months earlier and his militants threatened Islamabad after capturing Dir and Buner. Operation Rah-e-Raast cleared Swat, ...

WASHINGTON — According to Staff Officer his boss Speaker John A. Boehner will resign from Congress and gave up his House seat at the end of October. In fact he was under tremendous pressure since September 17 this year. He is again confronted with a rank-and-file uprising by Republican lawmakers who want to end financing of Planned Parenthood. With Possible Shutdown Nearing, Obama Looks to Take Budget Fight ...

By Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal The unending crisis The Muslim world is now in the tight grip of an overwhelming crisis. It has engulfed not only the politics, but also the religious beliefs, the ideology, the spirituality, the culture, the education, the defence – in fact, all arenas of Muslims’ life. Day by day, the crisis is deepening and getting a catastrophic dimension. It shows no exit way. Rather it appear ...

By Sajjad Shaukat By setting aside Indian commitment to observe restraint, as agreed during the recent meeting of the Directors-General Military Operations (DGMOs) of both the countries, India has accelerated unprovoked firing at the Line of Control in Kashmir and Working Boundary across Pak-Indian border. Even without bothering for nuclear war, New Delhi has continuously been ignoring Islamabad’s protest. ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Still, some political entities are creating controversy about the National Action Plan (NAP) which is essential part of Pakistan’s war against terrorism, as it has co-relationship with the military operation Zarb-i-Azb which has broken the backbone of the militants. In this respect, while heading a meeting of high level apex committee, (Of civil-military high officials) on September 10, th ...

نغمہ حبیب ستمبر 1965 پاکستان پر بھارت نے حملہ کیا میں اس تفصیل میں نہیں جاؤنگی کہ بھارت نے رات کے اندھیرے میں حملہ کیا، اچانک کیا، اس کا ناشتے کا پروگرام تھا۔ یہ سب ہماری تاریخ کا حصہ ہے اور یہ بھی کہ کیسے اس کے تمام ارادوں کو ناکام بنادیا گیا۔ لاہور جم خانہ میں کھانا کھانے کی حسرت بھی جنرل چودھری کے دل میں رہ گئی۔ اس کی زیر کمان فوج رات کے اندھیرے کا فائدہ اٹھاکرواہگہ کی سرحد اور اس کے مضافات میں واقع علاق ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since the leader of the Hindu fundamentalist party, BJP Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India; Indian society is rapidly radicalizing, as unprecedented rise of Hindu extremism, persecution of minorities, ban on beef and cow slaughter, inclusion of Hindu religious books in curriculum and creation of war-like situation with Pakistan have been accelerated. These nefarious moves hav ...

 ناصررضا کاظمی حکمرانوں کی عالمی تاریخ کا ایک سرسری ساجائزہ لے لیں، چاہے وہ کسی عہد کی تاریخ ہو حکمران چاہے کسی زمانے کا ہو عالمِ انسانیت نے جب سے متمد ن عہد میں قدم رکھا دنیا کی کسی بھی قوم پر بدقسمتی سے یا کسی حادثاتی نتیجے میں کسی قوم یا کسی ملک پر کوئی رزیل‘کم اصل ‘ کمینی صفت‘پست ہمت ‘پست ذہنیت یا پھر کم فہم یا نا فہم اور متعصب شخص نے حکومتی امور میں اپنے لئے کوئی اہم عہدہ حاصل کرلیا یا آڑی ترچھی سازشوں ...