By Asif Haroon Raja Strange are the ways in this land of the pure which at times stuns the world by bagging world records in various fields, be it sports, academia, technical and artisan skills, military professionalism, nuclear knowhow, charity, hospitality, or resilience to face crisis. On the other hand, it suffers from the stigma of being the most dangerous country in the world. Ignoring the strengths, ...

Ishaal Zehra The attacks in Mumbai in November 2008 - designated as 26/11 - left 162 people dead in a traumatic event that some people described as India's 9/11. Extensive media coverage has created the impression that all the relevant facts on this audacious operation have been reported. Unfortunately, this impression is false, says Elias Davidsson in his book on the 2008 attacks that occurred in Mumbai, I ...

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 ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستانی معاشرہ اس وقت جن مسائل سے دو چار ہے اُن میں دہشت گردی اور انتہا پسندی سر فہرست ہیں بلکہ اگر دیکھا جائے تو دہشت گردی کی وجوہات میں بھی انتہا پسندی کا حصہ سب سے زیادہ ہے ہم دوطبقات میں تقسیم ہیں ایک جدت پسندی کے نام پر حد سے نکلے ہوا ہے اور دوسرا مذہب کو آڑ بنا کر دوسروں پر طعنہ زن ہے۔ ہم کہنے کو کہتے ہیں کہ اسلام روا داری کا مذہب ہے لیکن اسے عملاََ ماننے پر آمادہ نہیں ہمارے ہاں جتنا ارزاں ...

By Sajjad Shaukat With the acceleration of firing by the Indian Army and Border Security Force (BSF) across the Line of Control (LoC), which has been targeting the innocent civilians and their property in Pakistani side of Kashmir and Working Boundary, tension has increased between Pakistan and India. However, both Pakistan and India are nuclear powers. Hence, LoC tension needs appropriate analysis, as it h ...

By Asif Haroon Raja George Bush threatened Gen Musharraf that Pakistan will be pushed into Stone Age if he didn't accept the US seven demands. Pakistan’s support helped the US in overthrowing Taliban regime and occupying Afghanistan. Instead of bringing about the promised changes in Afghanistan, the US focused its attention toward Pakistan and ignited flames of terrorism in FATA and Baluchistan and subseque ...