By Sajjad Shaukat The grim tragedy the United States suffered on September 11, 2001 through suicidal bombings on World Trade Center and Pentagon resulted into the death of more than 55000 persons. In the aftermath, the US held Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden responsible for the incident, and attacked Afghanistan where he had taken shelter. A majority of the small and major countries joined American global wa ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Besides Pakistan Army and Air Force, Pakistan Navy also played a key role in defeating India in the 1965 war due to its excellent performance. Hence, by celebrating golden jubilee celebrations of that war, on 8th September, the whole nation pays tribute to martyrs and Ghazi’s of Navy. In the war of 1965, the Operation Dawarka marked the first use of the Pakistan Navy in that war. The naval ...

By Correspondent  September 1, 2015. We are proud of the achievements of the Pakistani Americans not only in Virginia but also in the United States. Pakistani culture is a beautiful culture, said Hon. Terri McAuliffe, Governor of the State of Virginia who was the Chief Guest to kick off Pakistani Independence day Festival at Fairfax, Virginia which was attended by several thousand people. “The celebration o ...

نغمہ حبیب اچھے ہمسایے خدا کی رحمت ہوتے ہیں اگر یہ محاورہ عام زندگی میں لاگو ہوتا ہے تو یہی اصول بین الاقوامی ہمسائیگی اور تعلقات کے لیے بھی ہے کہ اگر ہمسایہ ممالک کے تعلقات اچھے ہوں تو سکون رہتا ہے لیکن اگر سرحد پر بھارت جیسا پڑوسی ہو جو روایتی طور پر عیار،مکاراور سازشی ہو تو خطے میں امن مشکل نہیں ناممکن ہو جاتا ہے۔ پاکستان کو بنے ہوئے اڑسٹھ سال ہو چکے اور بھارت کی آزادی کو بھی اتنا ہی عرصہ گزر گیا لیکن بدق ...

By Ali Sukhanver ‘A wave of attacks on Afghan police, army and NATO installations in Kabul killed at least 42 people and wounded hundreds, dashing hope that Taliban insurgents might be weakened by a leadership struggle after news of their longtime leader's death’, reported The Reuters on 7th August, 2015, ‘The attacks on Friday, which included a massive truck bomb in a heavily populated civilian area and a ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Fundamentalist government of the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi still prefers military spending instead of improving social fabric of Indian society. Rising number of rapes are attributable to religious fanaticism, nation’s patriarchy, widespread poverty and lack of law enforcement. Now, India has become an eternal ordeal for ladies, and every 23 minutes a lady is raped. In this r ...

By Sajjad Shaukat India once again escaped from negotiations by cancelling National Security Adviser (NSA)-level talks with Pakistan, scheduled to be held in New Delhi on August 23-24. In this regard, as part of pre-conditions, Spokesperson of India’s Ministry of External Affairs Vikas Swarup said that New Delhi opposes Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz’s meeting with pro-independence leaders ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Very brave leader and great soldier, Punjab Home Minister Col (Retd) Shuja Khanzada martyrdom along with DSP Hazro Shaukat Shah. 12 others killed and dozens of others injured in a suicide blast at his political office in Shadi Khan near Attock on 15 August 2015.  He was born on 23 August in his home town Shadi Khan, completed graduation in 1966 from Islamia College Peshawar, got commissio ...