By Sajjad Shaukat After an aggressive anti-Pakistan speech of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on August 22, this year, party workers attacked several media houses in Karachi. Addressing his workers on Phone from London, who were on hunger strike, Altaf Hussain went to called for the break-up of Pakistan. He ordered attacks on the offices of Karachi-based media houses of Geo Television ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The US was the first country to dupe and trap Pakistan after 9/11 for the achievement of its go-strategic objectives in the region. Collin Powell pushed Gen Musharraf against the wall by asking him bluntly whether “you are with us or against us”. And when he unhesitatingly opted for the first option, he was asked to meet seven demands which were related to Pakistan cutting off relations ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year when India celebrates Independence Day on August 15, Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over observe it as Black Day to convey the message to the international community that India continues to usurp their inalienable right to self- determination. At present, this very day has come at a time, when the Indian-held Kashmir is bracing continued siege and p ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 14th August which is celebrated every year as the Independence Day, has come at a time when Pakistan is facing multiple threats of grave nature internally and externally, which are not only worrying all the citizens, and are creating divisions among the federal and provincial governments including political parties. As the government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif rejected the draf ...

By Sajjad Shaukat A deadly suicide bomber in Quetta-the provincial capital of Pakistan killed at least 74 people and wounded more than 100 on August 8, 2016 in an attack at the government-run Civil Hospital. Earlier, on the same day, unknown armed men killed Balochistan Bar President Bilal Anwar Kasi at Mannu Jan Road of Quetta. The dead body of the prominent lawyer was transferred to the Civil Hospital. Th ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Imtiaz Alam is irreconcilable and incurable since he compulsively speaks negatively. He is among the small band of faultfinders in Pakistan that see everything in Pakistan through jaundiced lenses and spare no opportunity to portray Pakistan and its institutions as well as the Islamists (referred to as fundos, extremists and jihadists) in poor light. In a TV program on August 3, I heard ...

نغمہ حبیب www.naghmahabib.com پا کستان صرف طالبان کی دہشت گردی کا شکار نہیں بلکہ یہاں دیگر کئی اقسام کی دہشت گردی ہو رہی ہے اور ان میں سب سے بڑی دہشت گردی بلکہ عفریت کرپشن یعنی بدعنوانی ہے جس نے ملک کی جڑوں کو کھوکھلا کر دیا ہے۔ یہ بدعنوانی کسی ایک سطح پر نہیں نیچے سے اوپر تک ہے مزدور سے کارخانہ دار تک اور اہلکار سے سرکار تک سب اس حمام میں ننگے ہیں اور یہی وجہ ہے کہ پاکستان ترقی کی وہ منازل طے نہیں کر سکا ج ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Various forms of corruption have infected almost every sector of the country in such a way that it has now become a national problem. After the massive leak of the secret documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, the question of rampant corruption in Pakistan has again come into limelight, as the disclosed papers include the names of several Pakistanis, including the Prime Mini ...