Unlimited Greed Brings Pakistan Media Under Overdue Scrutiny, Much Needed Axe By Shaheen Sehbai THE LAST DECADE or so has seen the Pakistan media, especially the TV guys, grab immense power and unmatched notoriety while making tons  of money, mostly undeserved. All this was done, in most cases, while blatantly flouting basic media ethics. Some media houses had actually started believing and publicly claimin ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The former Soviet Union which had subjugated ethnic and religious communities in various provinces and regions through its military and intelligence agency KGB disintegrated in 1991. Even, its nuclear weapons could not save its collapse. One of the major causes of the disintegration of the former Russian Empire was that its greater defence expenditures exceeded to the maximum, resulting in ...

By Sajjad Shaukat External powers which have been supporting the Baloch Sub-Nationalists (BSNs) are also behind the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) as part of their unfinished agenda against Pakistan and its armed forces leave no stone unturned in misguiding the people of the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) by manipulating one after another issue. But, it is regrettable that some internal entities o ...

نغمہ حبیب علم اور تعلیم ملک کے ہر شہری کا بنیادی حق ہے اور حکومت کی ذمہ داری ہے کہ اس کا حصول ممکن،آسان اور معیاری بنائے۔ملک میں اس وقت سرکاری اور نجی سکولوں کے ساتھ ساتھ مدارس کا وسیع نظام کام کر رہاہے ہر ایک اپنے اپنے نکتہء نظر کے مطابق مصروف عمل ہے اور اس نکتہء نظرمیں ایک واضح اور وسیع تفاوت موجود ہے بلکہ کئی جگہوںیہ پر ایک دوسرے کی ضد ہیں کہیں ایک طریقہء تعلیم رائج ہے تو کہیں دوسرا اگر چہ کئی نظام ہائے ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Despite continuous employment of brutal tactics by the Indian security forces on the innocent Kashmiris in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), war of liberation has accelerated. The Kashmiri struggle has entered the turning point, putting the question mark, has India lost Kashmir? With the intensity of war of liberation and Indian state terrorism in the IOK, pressure on the Indian governmen ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The fundamental need and urgency for self determination in South Tyrol, when compared with that of Kashmir today, might raise some questions as to what possible similarities they have. South Tyrol is now Europe’s largest producer of apples, a major exporter of cheese, with world-class ski resorts in the Alps. An Italian province at the very northern edge of Italy where it borders Aust ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Besides Quaid-e-Azam Day, every year, December 25 is also celebrated as the Charismas Day across Pakistan. On this very Day, members of the Christian community attend special services at illuminated churches where prayers are offered for the progress and prosperity of Pakistan. Residential colonies and churches are decorated with twinkling lights and stars. On the occasion, Pakistanis also ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The Pakistan that was achieved with so much of blood and tears, was split into two on the fateful day of December 16, 1971. Even after the passage of 47 years, the traumatic experience still haunts us and cannot be washed away from the memories of those who had witnessed the tragic break up. After the truncation of Pakistan, the new leadership desperately wanted a scapegoat to defuse the ...