نغمہ حبیب بر صغیر کے مسلمان برطانوی سامراج کے خلاف جس کسمپرسی اور بے کسی کی زندگی گزار رہے تھے وہ بے بسی کی مکمل تصویر تھی۔ ایسا نہیں ہے کہ رہنما نہیں تھے یا خواہش نہیں تھی سب کچھ تھا مسلمانوں نے غلامی کو کسی بھی حال میں قبول نہیں کیا تھا لیکن وہ اپنی سمت کا درست تعین کرنے میں ابھی تک ناکام تھے انہیں وہ رحیل کارواں چاہیے تھا جو اس قافلے کو جانب منزل لے کر چلے اور پھر ایسے میں حضرت علامہ اقبال کی شاعری نے کس ...

By Sajjad Shaukat This time Jammu Martyrs Day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legitimate struggle in the aftermath of the martyrdom of the young Kashmir leader Burhan Wani by the Indian security forces in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) in wake of continued sieges and prolonged curfew. Since July 8, 2016, Indian forces have martyred more than 100 innocent persons who hav ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The political temperature that had begun to boil from 28 October onward became menacing on the following three days, but mercifully it scaled down dramatically on the evening of November 01 after Imran Khan (IK) decided to call off his much hyped foray into Islamabad (Isbd) on November 2. IK led PTI had been drumming up the Panama papers scandal since April 2016 and straining their lungs ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When during the regime of the President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan initiated the construction of Gwadar deep-seaport in Balochistan province in March 2002 with Chinese assistance, sirens went off in the capitals of some European countries, especially the US, India and Israel which took it as a threat to their global and regional plans. Located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, Ba ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The ISI had developed its long arm capability during the tenures of Gen Akhtar Abdur Rehman, Lt Gen Hamid Gul and Lt Gen Javed Nasir as DG ISI. It was owing to this capability of hitting the chosen target outside the frontiers of Pakistan that the ISI earned the reputation of a dreaded outfit and the best in Asia. The long arm began to shrivel when Benazir Bhutto was PM from 1988 to 1990 ...

By Sajjad ShaukatWaging a prolonged war in Afghanistan, the US and other NATO countries have realized that after the withdrawal of foreign troops, Afghanistan would be thrown in an era of uncertainly and civil war. They realize the fact that there is a co-relationship of terrorism or stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Therefore, US-led developed nations which also spent billions of dollars for the devel ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستانی کھلاڑیوں نے کھیلوں کی دنیا میں کئی مقابلوں میں فتح کے جھنڈے گاڑھے اور ملک کا نام روشن کیا ایک وقت تھا جب پاکستان ہاکی کے میدانوں کا بادشاہ تھا اولمپک ، ورلڈکپ ، ایشین چمپئین ،ورلڈ چمپئین اور دوسرے تمام ٹائٹل اس کے نام تھے۔ سکواش کا نام آتے ہی پاکستان ، جہانگیر خان اور جان شیر خان ان سے پہلے اعظم خان، روشن خان، ہاشم خان جیسے عظیم کھلاڑیوں کے نام ذہن میں آتے تھے جو اس کھیل کے تا جدار تھے ۔ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although 27th of October is celebrated every year as the “Black Day” by the Pakistanis and the Kashmiris all over the world as a protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir on October 27, 1947, yet this time, this very day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legitimate struggle in the aftermath of the martyrdom of the young Kashmir leader Burhan Wani ...