by Lt Gen Retd Javed Nasir, Retired It was 29th of August 1967, I was supervising the work of my company of 101 Engineer Battalion on the famous Karakoram Highway, my camp was at Kuksil, just 4 miles from the Khunjrab Top (16500’ above mean sea level) where our Battalion Headquarters was located. I saw the DR (Despatch Rider) approaching me with a broad smile, there must be some good news but what could it ...

By Sajjad Shaukat It is most regrettable that by ignoring the modern global trends like renunciation of war, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development, India has accelerated alarming arms race in South Asia. In this regard, in its report, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has revealed on February 17, 2020 that in 2019, total global military expenditure rose to $1917 ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان ایک پُر امن ملک ہے جسے اپنے بہت سارے مسائل سے نمٹنا ہے، اس کی سرحد پر ایک بھارت کی موجودگی ہی کافی ہے کہ اس کے امن کو داؤ پر لگائے رکھے لیکن ہو یہ رہا ہے کہ بھارت صرف خود ہی نہیں بلکہ دوسرے پڑوسی ممالک کے ذریعے بھی پاکستان میں فساد برپا کرنے کی کوششوں میں مصروف رہتا ہے۔ افغانستان میں اُس نے وہاں کی حکومتوں کو عرصہ دراز سے ہائی جیک کیا ہوا ہے اور جو چاہتا ہے اُن سے کراتا ہے۔ یہی حال ایران ک ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although since Narendar Modi, the leader of the ruling party BJP became Indian prime minister in 2014, he started implementing ideology of Hindutva (Hindu Nationalism), especially by persecuting the Indian Muslims, yet during his second tenure; Modi government accelerated the completion of the agenda, particularly targeting the Muslims. Indian extremist rulers’ various moves such as abroga ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In his book, ‘The Prince’, Machiavelli advises the rulers to have a lion-like image outwardly, and act upon the traits of goat inwardly. He also suggests them, the use of terror to obtain their goals and foreign adventures to divert the attention of public from internal crises. In his sense, a good ruler should be a good opportunist and hypocrite. It is regrettable that since Narendar Modi ...

نغمہ حبیب بین الاقوامی دشمن خفیہ ایجنسیاں پاکستان میں مسلسل مصروفِ عمل ہیں۔سی آئی اے، را،کے جی بی، خاد، موساد، این ڈی ایس، ایم آئی سکس جب جو ایجنسی جس ملک کے لیے کام کرتی رہی پاکستان ان کے لیے ہمیشہ خاص رہااور اس کی وجہ پاکستان کا خاص تزویراتی محل وقوع ہے اور افسوس کے ساتھ کہنا پڑتا ہے کہ ان لوگوں کو پاکستان کے اندر سے ایسے ضمیر فروش اور وطن فروش مل بھی جاتے ہیں جو چند ٹکوں کے عوض اپنا آپ بیچ دیتے ہیں اور و ...

By Tahir Mehmood “I am proud of my martyred son. He has shown us the way to love and serve Pakistan.” This is a solid rock declaration by a proud father who lost his youngest son Captain Bilal Zafar on 17 May 2009 while fighting against terrorists in Peochar Valley, Swat. His second son, Captain Zarar Zafar has just come back from graveyard after praying Fateha on the grave of his loving brother Captain Bil ...

By Sajjad Shaukat After the World War 11, nuclear weapons were never used and were only employed as a strategic threat. During the heightened days of the Cold War, many crises arose in Suez Canal, Korea, Cuba and Vietnam when the United States and the former Soviet Union were willing to use atomic weapons, but they stopped because of the fear of nuclear war which could eliminate both the superpowers. Theref ...