By SASHA Rawalpindi is not only a historic city of Pakistan but also a pseudo capital of Northern Punjab- the land of Pothwar Region. It is also the power centre of Pakistan, a home to Die-hard Muslim League politicians, a den of the most professional and patriotic army of the only Muslim nuclear state of the world, a city of martyrs of democracy, a city of champions of justice, a city of committed moderate ...

نغمہ حبیب شر اگر محدود بھی ہو توخیر کے ماحول میں ارتعاش ضرور پیدا کرتا ہے اس کی مثال گنتی کے چند دہشت گرد ہیں جنہوں نے پاکستان کے بیس کروڑپُر امن عوام کو پریشان کر رکھا ہے۔ایسے ہی گنتی کے کچھ لوگ بلوچستان میں بھی سر گرم ہیں اور خود کو بلوچوں کا نمائندہ کہتے ہیں یہ لوگ بلوچستان کی ایسی مخدوش اور ہولناک تصویر پیش کرتے ہیں جیسے یہاں خدا نخوستہ قتل عام ہو رہا ہو اور جیسے بلوچوں کی نسل کشی کی جارہی ہو اور صوبے م ...

by Bakhtiar Hakeem The question of identity or the identity of ‘identity’ can be approached from two directions. After having come into grips with ‘identity’ one can find his or her place of comfort; anywhere in between the two ends of the continuum of identity. One can call one end the nadir and the other zenith. To some the issue may look absurd, for what was being named and called ‘identity’ was life, th ...

By Sajjad Shaukat If we take cognizance of related-developments in the world, especially in South Asia and the Middle East, we can note that the Islamic State group (Also known as Daesh, ISIS and ISIL), including its linked terror organizations and similar other outfits are being supported by the US, India and Israel who are the real masters of this militant group. Some European countries like the Great Bri ...

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali  “Islamabad had given the world “terrorists” while India was producing top-notch doctors and engineers.” The statement is ironic and Swaraj could have chosen better words had she realised it – Khakan Abassi is qualified by USA’s universities as a professional engineer, Modi, till recently, was banned from entering said country. Connecting the sequence of events: Till August 31st 2017, P ...

By Asif Haroon Raja War against the Soviets Fearing takeover by the fundamentalists, 40th Soviet Army intervened and occupied Afghanistan on December 27, 1979, killed Hafiz Amin and installed a communist regime under Babrak Karmal. Pakistan could not remain unconcerned with this intervention because of Moscow’s age-old quest for warm waters, its strategic partnership with archrival India and 7 million Afgha ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan In a memorandum submitted to Mr. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Barrister Sultan Mehmood Choudhary, former Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir and Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum highlighted the following: We are writing to urge a leadership role of the United Nations in resolving the 70-year-old Kashmir conflict that ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s Armed Forces have successfully broken the backbone of the foreign-backed terrorists by the military operations Zarb-e-Azb and Radd-ul-Fasaad which have also been extended to other parts of the country, including Balochistan province and Karachi. Army and ISI have broken the network of these terrorist groups by capturing several militants, while thwarting a number of terror attem ...