By Sajjad Shaukat With the support of some state actors and after its defeat by the Russian-led coalition of Iran, Iraq and Lebanon-based Hezbollah in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group (Also known as Daesh, ISIS and ISIL) is rapidly spreading its tentacles in South Asia. It is also due to the dual policy of the US-led some Western powers, Israel and India that ISIS which is most dangerous terrorist gr ...

By Ishaal Zehra Indian occupied Kashmir has remained tensed for long now. The powerful surge of retaliation against Indian brutalities which began two years back has intensified this year. Death of Kashmiri civilians at the hands of Indian Military has become a routine in guise of counter-militancy operations in the valley. These counter-insurgency operations have destabilized Indian held Kashmir since the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Renowned thinkers, Hobbes, Machiavelli and Morgenthau opine that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities like deceit, fraud, falsehood and even murder to fulfill their countries’ selfish aims. But such a sinister politics was replaced by new trends such as fair-dealings, reconciliation and economic development. Regrettably, India is still following the discarded theories of past poli ...

نغمہ حبیب سوات پاکستان کے ان خوبصورت علاقوں میں سے ہے جس کا حسن دنیا کے کسی حصے کے انسان کی آنکھیں خیرہ کر دیتا ہے یہ پُر امن شہر ہمیشہ سے قدرتی حسن کے دلدادہ سیاحوں کے لیے باعث کشش رہا ہے وہ یہاں بڑے شوق سے آتے تھے ، فطرت سے محبت کی پیاس بجھاتے تھے اور سوات کے مہمان نواز لوگوں کی مہمان نوازی کا خوب فائدہ اٹھاتے تھے اور خوشگوار تعلقات کی یادیں ساتھ لے کر واپس بحفاظت اپنے ملکوں کو پلٹ جاتے تھے۔ پھر معلوم نہی ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the beginning of March, this year, a Hindu woman from a lower caste-Dalit has been elected to the Senate for the first time in Pakistan. A woman Krishna Kumari a human rights activist and member of the Pakistan Peoples Party was elected as a senator on March 3, 2018 and a Taliban-linked cleric was defeated. Krishna Kumari told The Associated Press: “I feel delighted; this was unthinkabl ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although 23rd of March is celebrated every year as the Pakistan Day, but, this time, it has come at a time when Pakistan stands at the crossroads of its destiny, facing internal and external challenges and threats to the national security of the country, which are worrying all the citizens. The 23rd of March 1940 was a watershed in the history of the Sub-continent, when All India Muslim Le ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In his ten year rule, Field Marshal Ayub Khan achieved phenomenal all round results mainly because he had kept the politicians out till 1964 under EBDO. He debarred the politicians from politics for ten years on account of their dismal performance after the murder of Liaqat Ali Khan in October 1951. Their incompetence and their indifference to the rule of law and constitution making as w ...

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 ...