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Posts Tagged ‘kashmir’

India , the Most Favorite Nation?

By Aftab Alam • Nov 4th, 2011 • Category: Politics

They Killed tens of thousands innocent Pakistanis, who were migrating to Pakistan after partition in 1947.
They plundered in boundary commission in 1947.
The princely state; Hyderabad Deccan was annexed by Indian Armed Forces in 1948 to India.
Another Muslim majority princely state; Jammu & Kashmir was occupied in 1948 by Indian Armed Forces.
Indians have been defying the [...]



Education and Muslim Ummah

By Saleem Kolachi • Nov 3rd, 2011 • Category: Politics

Education has always been used as an effective tool for change and it helped the nations to achieve for what they longed for centuries. A cursory glance will reveal that in today’s world the accessories that a common person uses are invented by the army of englishmen. Muslim Ummah on the contrary remembers it’s centuries [...]



Disputes, Mediation and United Nations

By Air Cmdre (r) Khalid Iqbal • Jul 28th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Recently two eye-catching events took place at the United Nations, in a quick succession; unfortunately both escaped desired focus. First, Ban-Ki-Moon was approved for the second five year term. He took the oath of office, placing his hand on the original UN Charter, promising to discharge his functions in the interests of the entire UN [...]



Burgeoning US-India Relationship and Pakistan

By Maria Sultan • Jul 24th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The issue of arrest of Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, executive director of the US-based NGO Kashmir American Council, and negative propaganda against Pakistan in this regard with the US State Department is worrying the new foreign minister and her office in Pakistan. To add insult to the injury, Hillary Clinton in India is hinting at [...]



Are Pakistanis a Nation?

By Syed Muhammad Waqas • Jul 15th, 2011 • Category: Politics

The most critical national debate of our times, namely redefining the ideological foundations of Pakistan, traces its origin in the qualification of “nation-hood” in regard to its particular application on Pakistani people. The question is whether we can class ‘Pakistanis’ as a monolithic nation or not. The question is indeed demanding and mind-boggling; therefore, we [...]



Pakistan: Pan-Islamism in Army

By Inam R Sehri • Jul 2nd, 2011 • Category: Politics

In Pakistan, Brig Ali Khan’s arrest on 6th May 2011 under specific approval of COAS Gen Kayani speaks the deep roots of Islamists still having rising trends in the Pakistan Army. He was posted in the GHQ Rawalpindi since two years. He was arrested on the allegations of keeping contacts with Hizbut Tehreer (HT) which [...]



Nation was Sold

By Rai Azlan • Oct 2nd, 2010 • Category: Politics

Alama Iqbal said a verse on the incident of British raj selling Kashmir to Dogras. That was a Persian poetry so I do not remember the exact words and still looking for it. However, it says that the nation was sold; alas, it was sold on a cheaper rate. That incident took place in 1846 [...]



From UK with Love

By Rai Azlan • Jul 23rd, 2010 • Category: Features

Saeeda Warsi visited Pakistan, and this has been the big news since July 16 that the chairperson of Conservative party who is Pakistani by origin has visited Pakistan met some top people and visited many places including her hometown. I think it will be better if I say the hometown of her Father. Anyways, this [...]



Kashmir is Bleeding

By ahsan • Jul 18th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Almost half a decade back, while passing through the Garhi Dopata, Hattian and finally Chokati Bazar of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) to attend a briefing being given by Pakistani Army authorities to journalists on Kashmir issue, I had a belief that this time we are going to solve the [...]



Our Ignorance may be pitting us against our God

By A Khokar • Jul 16th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Islam has its ancestral roots in Judea and Christianity. The Holy book of Quran; duly confirms and validates the old denominations and extensively uses and narrates the conduct of both the older nomens to high lights and quote their explicit examples in order to derive the guidance and Hikmah for the believers. God Almighty very [...]