نغمہ حبیب اکیسویں صدی میں بھی کچھ قومیں غلام ہیں غیر ان کے ملک، ان کی زمین، ان کی قسمت کے مالک بنے بیٹھے ہیں کشمیرانہی بدقسمت خطوں میں سے ہے جہاں کے لوگ سالہاسال سے اپنی آزادی کی جنگ لڑ رہے ہیں اپنی جانیں دے رہے ہیں لیکن ہو یہ رہا ہے کہ اُن کے آقا تو بدل رہے ہیں آزادی کی منزل ابھی نہیں آئی۔ گلاب سنگھ سے انگریز،انگریز سے ڈوگرہ،ڈوگرہ سے بھارت کی متعصب ہندو حکومت کی غلامی، جو بظاہر خود کو سیکولر قرار دیتی ہے ل ...

by Asif Haroon Raja The US led western forces invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 and caused massive destruction to the country. Ruling Taliban considered it prudent to withdraw and fight the occupation another day. After regrouping in FATA the Taliban fighters started guerrilla war. While Haqqani Network (HN) under Siraj Haqqani concentrated upon Eastern Afghanistan, Quetta Shura under Mullah Omar focus ...

[caption id="attachment_2282" align="alignleft" width="403"] Saudi Arabia[/caption]  ناصررضا کاظمی دورِ جدید کی دوبڑی مذہبی اکائیوں ’اہلِ نصارا اور اہلِ اسلام ‘کے مابین باہمی تعاون ‘ اعتماد اور مضبوط ساکھ پر استوار سفارتی پالیسیوں کے بنیادی اُصولوں پر یکتائی اورہم آھنگی کتنی ضروری ہے یہ ہم آھنگی اور یکجہتی پائی جاتی بھی ہے یا نہیں ؟ آئے روز وہ کون عناصر ہیں جو ’’عالم عیسائیت اور عالمِ اسلام‘‘ کو ایک دوسرے ک ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On the direction of Pakistan’s Chief of Army Stafff General Raheel Sharif, country’s superior intelligence agency, ISI done hard to bring almost all the factions of Afghan Taliban to the negotiating table in order to have talks with the Afghan government. These efforts materialized when representatives from both the sides reached Islamabad. In this regard, Pakistan Foreign Office said, “To ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In its report on July 2, this year, the Amnesty International has highlighted extrajudicial killings of the innocent persons at the hands of Indian security forces in the Indian Held Kashmir. The report points out, “Tens of thousands of security forces are deployed in Indian-administered Kashmir…the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) allows troops to shoot to kill suspected militants ...

By Asif Haroon Raja BJP swept the elections on the slogans of enforcing Hindutva in India and adopting a hard line approach towards Pakistan. RSS man Narendra Modi has behaved exactly as had been predicted by many. He and other BJP leaders assailed Congress government’s policy of appeasement of minorities. He is continuing to use communal and caste card and has remained firmly committed to the philosophy of ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although various Baloch separatist leaders of the Balochistan province are still opposing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), yet case of Nawabzada Braham¬¬dagh Bugti, the leader of the outlawed Baloch Republican Party (BRP) is of special consideration which exposes foreign designs of external powers against Pakistan. In this respect, Brahamdagh Bugti, in a recently-held conferenc ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Coupled with hostile propaganda campaign, India has continuously been arranging various acts of terrorism like suicide attacks, bomb blasts, targeted killings and sectarian violence in Baluchistan, Khyber Paktunkhwa, Sindh and Karachi including other regions of Pakistan through its secret agency, RAW which has also terrorized the Zimbabwe cricket team to cancel its trip to Pakistan. In thi ...