By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai As the time-honored adage advises, to every complex problem there is a simple solution, but it is wrong. I do not bear simple panaceas or simpleminded slogans. What I do hope to offer is an unstarry - eyed view of the fate of self-determination in Kashmir; and, the indispensability of convincing India that its national and economic security would be strengthened, not weakened, by endi ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Yesterday on March 23, 78th Pakistan Day was celebrated with vivacity and zest. Armed forces carried out brilliant march past in Islamabad and delighted the audience. To trace back the significance of this day, the idea of Pakistan in embryonic form was given by poet-philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal in his historic address at Allahabad in 1930. He had envisioned Pakistan based on Muslim ...

Ishaal Zehra Spring is back in Pakistan. And so is the exclusive Defence Day Parade which is annually held on March 23rd to mark the Pakistan Resolution Day. The day when all the Muslims of the sub-continent agreed upon to fight for a country which they can call ‘home’. At this time of the year one can catch quite a glimpses of colours and smiles all around Pakistan. Peace has returned to the country and so ...

نغمہ حبیب کہ تم ان کے جلسے سجاتے ہو تم اِن کے ووٹ بناتے ہو اِن کو لیڈر بناتے ہو ان کو ایوانوں میں بھیجتے ہو اور جب یہ تمہارے ہی پیسوں سے تمہارے ہی ٹیکسوں سے تمہارے خون پسینے کی کمائی سے چند سڑکیں بناتے ہیں کچھ ٹیوب ویل لگاتے ہیں کوئی شفاخانہ کسی سکول کی تعمیر کرتے ہیں تو تم پلکیں بچھاتے ہو پتیاں اِن پر لٹاتے ہوں اور پیارے عوام یہ لیڈر اپنی تجوریوں کی گرہ کومزید مضبوط اور محفوظ بنا کر بڑی تسلی کے ساتھ اپنی آ ...

By Sajad Shaukat Protests erupted after the Indian security forces martyred 22-year-young Kashmir leader Burhan Wani on July 8, 2016. A new wave of Indian brutalities has set in with the martyrdom of the eminent leader. In the aftermath of his martyrdom, new uprising (Intifada) started in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). Unlike the past, mostly, the young persons are participating in the demonstrations an ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 2002 Gujarat riots were a three-day period of communal violence in the Indian state of Gujarat by extremist Hindus under the guidance and command of the Indian Prime Minister Narinder Modi who was chief minister of Gujarat and mastermind the massacre of the Muslims. Besides previous massacre of Muslims, more than 2500 Muslims were killed in the BJP-ruled Indian state of Gujarat where h ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum has expressed gratitude to Mr. Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General for encouraging both India and Pakistan to address the issue of Kashmir through dialogue. The spokesperson of the Secretary General said on January 22, 2018, “We're obviously aware.  We're following this… what's been going on, really for th ...

By Ishaal Zehra Switzerland has rejected the request of the exiled leader of the banned Baloch Republican Party (BRP) Brahumdagh Bugti to seek political asylum after more than seven years. A week earlier, she also imposed a lifetime entry ban on the prominent exiled Baloch leader and Bugti’s brother-in-law, Mehran Marri. A source in the Swiss government confirmed that Brahumdagh Bugti’s asylum application w ...