Asif Haroon Raja Although maligned by all and sundry, the fact is that all the bosses of Gen Yahya Khan in the Army gave him excellent reports and none doubted his military capabilities. Notwithstanding his failings, he was not corrupt and sincerely wanted to resolve the East Pakistan crisis to the best of his abilities. But he neither had political experience nor much understanding of political and constit ...

by Asif Haroon Raja   Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan’s presidential form of government under the 1962 Constitution brought in unitary system, which could not be digested by centrifugal forces in East Pakistan as well as in other smaller provinces having tendencies of detachment from the federation of Pakistan. The disillusionment in East Pakistan (EP) radical leaders was not actually related to lack of sh ...

 By Zaheerul Hassan World can’t be a piece of heaven till the time  state and its organs are not ready to abide by  international laws and every individual does not voluntarily ready to observe  or impose self discipline on him.  We have to follow and respect the customs and norms of that particular society, where we are living.  But currently Kashmir has become that piece of land where inhabitants are bein ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Countrywide violence started after 65 years old Mullah Abdul Qadir’s judicious murder in Bangladesh. In this ongoing blast wave 29 individuals had been killed, many injured,  in addition to  firebombing of train stations, pro-government businesses and blocking of  roads. Bangladesh has executed the famous leader Abdul Qadir Mullah, who was sentenced for allegedly committing murders of loc ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In united India, Muslim majority East Bengal was the poorest with lowest percentages of urbanization, industrialization, literacy and per capita income. It was kept economically and socially backward by Hindu Zamindars and was a hinterland of Calcutta utilized for 200 years to provide raw materials for the industries in Hindu dominated West Bengal. Division of Bengal and Calcutta becomin ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The interim nuclear deal signed between Iran and P5 plus 1 in Geneva on November 24 has apparently defused the explosive situation in Middle East. It has been widely hailed as the triumph of diplomacy. President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javed Zarif are being applauded for their pragmatism and for averting a catastrophic war in the making. High sounding names such as historic, ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Sectarian violence continues in Pakistan in one form or the other. In this regard, Punjab President of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), Maulana Shamsur Rehman Muaviya was shot dead by the two unidentified gunmen in Lahore on December 6, this year. A large number of workers of ASWJ staged sit-in protest and demonstrations across the country against his targeted killing. Particularly, in Laho ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2013 – A new two-volumeset of books entitled U.S. Congress on the Sikh Struggle for Khalistan has recently been published that reprints statements from members of the U.S. Congress inthe Congressional Record exposingIndian oppression of the Sikhs and other minorities, and supporting Sikhfreedom in a sovereign, independent Khalistan.  The books contain statements published from1 ...