By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, the martyrdom anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru is being celebrated on the 9th of February to pay homage to him, as India secretly hanged him and buried inside the Tihar jail complex on February 9, 2013. His martyrdom resulted into protests in Kashmir and widespread condemnations from various political and human rights organisations. Afzal Guru was convicted in 2001 Parliament ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since 1990, the 5th of February is being celebrated by Pakistanis and Kashmiris as the Kashmir Solidarity Day to pay homage to Kahsmiri martyrs and to show solidarity with the freedom fighters who are demanding their legitimate right of self-determination, as recognized by the UN resolutions. This time, this very day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their legiti ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The former Soviet Union which had subjugated ethnic and religious communities in various provinces and regions through its military and intelligence agency KGB disintegrated in 1991. Even, its nuclear weapons could not save its collapse. One of the major causes of the disintegration of the former Russian Empire was that its greater defence expenditures exceeded to the maximum, resulting in ...

Asif Haroon Raja When I was serving as Director Psychological Operations (Psy Ops) in GHQ way back in early 1990s, I had the privilege of revolutionizing this neglected subject and upgrading its significance in the Army in a big way for the first time. The then Army Chief Gen Asif Nawaz backed my efforts. I had argued that while the armed forces prepared itself during peace time for the future war by carryi ...

By Sajjad Shaukat External powers which have been supporting the Baloch Sub-Nationalists (BSNs) are also behind the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) as part of their unfinished agenda against Pakistan and its armed forces leave no stone unturned in misguiding the people of the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) by manipulating one after another issue. But, it is regrettable that some internal entities o ...

By Abida Rahmani Nov 25th 8th Zilhajj We arrived at Mina from Azizia (Mecca) today. Found it too much changed than the hajj that we performed in 1983. Lots of improvements have been done here.Tent is big enough to accommodate all three groups of us. Ladies in one tent and gents in the other one. We arrived here by bus after 12pm. The sky in Mecca was over cast since morning a significant scene to watch.(Aft ...

نغمہ حبیب علم اور تعلیم ملک کے ہر شہری کا بنیادی حق ہے اور حکومت کی ذمہ داری ہے کہ اس کا حصول ممکن،آسان اور معیاری بنائے۔ملک میں اس وقت سرکاری اور نجی سکولوں کے ساتھ ساتھ مدارس کا وسیع نظام کام کر رہاہے ہر ایک اپنے اپنے نکتہء نظر کے مطابق مصروف عمل ہے اور اس نکتہء نظرمیں ایک واضح اور وسیع تفاوت موجود ہے بلکہ کئی جگہوںیہ پر ایک دوسرے کی ضد ہیں کہیں ایک طریقہء تعلیم رائج ہے تو کہیں دوسرا اگر چہ کئی نظام ہائے ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s armed forces have successfully broken the backbone of the foreign-backed terrorists by the successful military operations Zarb-e-Azb and Radd-ul-Fasaad which have also been extended to other parts of the country, including Balochistan. While, Pakistan’s primarily intelligence agency, ISI has broken the network of these terrorist groups by capturing several militants, while thwar ...