By Sajjad Shaukat Preparations have started by Kashmiris living either side of the line of control and rest of the world to observe the Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan Day on July 19, this year. On this very day in 1947, the historical resolution was adopted by the by the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference in Abi Guzar, Srinagar during an emergency convention at the residence of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The first death anniversary of Burhan Wani, Commander of Hizb ul Mujahideen was celebrated on July 8, 2017 and second anniversary on July 8, 2018. Since he was an iconic figure of the Kashmir freedom movement, hence, his anniversaries were observed on a large scale in the Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir. Wide-spread protests were held in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). This year, Wa ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian Prime Nerendar Modi’s extremist party BJP had got a land sliding triumph in the Indian elections 2014 on the basis of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan slogans. Indian election-campaign against Islam, Muslims and Pakistan enabled BJP hardliner Modi to become Indian prime minister. Whereas, the Muslim community in India had felt alienated, frightened and perturbed, as most of them were a ...

By Sajjad Shaukat An analytical article, written by Vinay Kaura was published on the Indian news website “The Print.in”, Updated: 25 June, 2019. It contains subtitles “India needs Chabahar Port more than ever now, but Trump’s reckless behaviour could ruin it-China and Pakistan have been working overtime to woo Iran and integrate it into their strategic nexus against India”. In the analysis, Vinay Kaura wrot ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Early in the morning of June 22, an orchestrated coup attempt was made against the executive leadership of Amhara Regional Government of Ethiopia, north of Addis Ababa. A "hit squad" led by Amhara's security chief Brig Gen Asaminew Tsige burst into a meeting in the state offices of Amhara's capital, Bahir Dar, and shot Governor Dr. Ambachew Mekonnen and his adviser Ezez Wassie. The men w ...

by Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan’s strained relations with India-Afghanistan Pakistan’s bilateral relations with its eastern and western neighbors severely deteriorated after Narendra Modi led BJP took over power in June 2014. From 2015 onwards the two arch rivals have been engaged in low intensity war. The Line of Control and Working Boundary in Kashmir has been kept bloody and on the boil by India. Terrorism ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (ASD, also known as the Quad), comprising the United States, Japan, India, and Australia held a meeting in Bangkok in Thailand in the beginning of March, this year. The strategic meeting was attended by the senior officials of these countries who talked on their collective efforts for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region, opposing China’s influ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Three people were killed and five soldiers injured in a clash between security forces and Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) protesters on May 26, this year in North Waziristan. In this regard army’s media wing DG of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Asif Ghafoor said: “a group led by Mohsin Javed and Ali Wazir, assaulted Kharqamar check post, Boyya, North Waziristan tribal ...