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 ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Each year, United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24. On this day in 1945, the United Nations (UN) came into force when the five permanent members of the Security Council ratified its charter This followed a declaration by the UN General Assembly in 1947 which designated 24th of October as United Nations Day, by proclaiming that the day would be instrumental in making people aware of ...

نغمہ حبیب کشمیری ستر سال سے اپنی جدوجہد آزادی میں مصروف ہیں وہ 27 اکتوبر 1947 کی آنے والی تاریک رات کی سحر کرنے کے لیے چراغوں میں اپنا خون ڈال رہے ہیں لیکن چراغوں کی لو اٹھتی ہے تو قابض اور غاصب بھارت آزادی کے ان متوالوں کا مزید خون بہا دیتا ہے اور سمجھتا ہے کہ وہ ان کو بجھانے کے کام آئے گا یہ اور بات ہے کہ لہو کے یہ چراغ اپنی لو اور بڑھا دیتے ہیں ۔ دہائیوں سے آگ اور خون کا یہ کھیل کشمیر میں جاری ہے اور عال ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_14712" align="alignright" width="300"] Indian army's director general of military operations Lt General Ranbir Singh speaks during a media briefing in New Delhi, India, September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSPYYB[/caption] Sri Lanka’s High Co ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The US took Pakistan on board as a tactical partner after 9/11 to achieve its short term objectives but had listed it as one of its targets. It married up with Pakistan since it knew that without its intimate support and cooperation, the Afghan venture would become onerous and very expensive. It kept Pakistan on board to net Al-Qaeda operatives that had sneaked into FATA and Baluchistan ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “Kashmir is an integral part of India, constitutionally, legally and morally something that is non-negotiable.” Ram Jethmalani, Outlook Magazine, October 8, 2016. “Let me state unequivocally that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and will always remain so.’ Sushma Swaraj September 26, 2016. The fallacy advocated by the most celebrated Indian jurist and the Indian foreign ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja The Army, paramilitary forces and the police are fighting the US dictated war on terror since 2003 but have yet not been able to completely root out terrorism. I will be frank in stating that the Army was not mentally prepared, trained, equipped, acclimatized and motivated when it was suddenly launched to conduct irregular warfare in South Waziristan (SW). As a result, its performance f ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian journalist Ajai Shukla who is a retired Colonel of Indian Army and writes articles on defense policy has exposed Indian designs against Pakistan in the aftermath of the Uri base terror attack. In his article, under the caption Uri attack: Military Reviews ‘Escalation Ladder’ which was published in the Business Standard on September 21, 2016 also reproduced on the website http://ajai ...