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Post Views: 36,851 By Major Waseem Mahmood Butt (Retd.) President, PESAF – PAKISTAN Ex-Servicemen of the Armed Forces Veterans, Great PAKISTAN. Defense Analyst, Columnist PAKISTAN has been confronting terrorism in KP for over three decades, beginning with the TNSM uprising in Malakand in 1994. History offers an interesting perspective: despite repeated tribal uprisings, the British…

Post Views: 55,288 by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal There are certain facts buried deep within the annals of history that have been deliberately veiled, whether from motives of political expediency or to shield the interests of powerful parties, under such dense accumulations of silence that even the most diligent searcher after truth might labour long without…

Post Views: 44,193 The question of Jammu and Kashmir cannot be separated from the framework of international law, the United Nations Charter, relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and the long-standing aspirations of the Kashmiri people. Pakistan’s concern over recent remarks attributed to the United States ambassador is therefore understandable. Islamabad has formally conveyed that such…

Post Views: 33,476 By: Major Waseem Mahmood Butt (Retd.) President, PESAF (PAKISTAN Ex-Servicemen Of the Armed Forces’ Veterans, Great PAKISTAN Security & Defence Analyst | Columnist Quaid-e-Azam Gold Medal Recipient)   PAKISTAN’s peace, stability, and national unity are inseparable from a peaceful Balochistan. Having served in Balochistan—including as Officer In-Charge, District Monitoring Team, District Pishin…

Post Views: 25,506 By: Owais Hasan Freelance Canadian Journalist The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), founded in 1967 by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, has played a major role in Pakistan’s political history. It has championed the slogan of democracy, social justice, and public welfare. However, like every major political party, PPP has also faced substantial criticism over…

Post Views: 33,084 History witnesses rare moments when the rise of a nation does not merely signify the success of one country, but rather determines the direction of the world itself. Today, Pakistan stands at precisely such a historic crossroads, where Almighty God has entrusted this nation not merely with sovereignty, but with a far…

Post Views: 417   By Ijaz Ahmad Khan TORONTO: As dawn breaks over the banks of the River Indus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, fish farmer Naseer Khan resumes his daily operations at a fish farm in Swabi district, burdened by rising alarm over India’s purported breaches of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) that imperil aquatic life…

Post Views: 1,077 By: Tajammal Hussain Hashmi Many years ago, a gathering of columnist brothers was held at the Karachi Press Club, and I was also invited. When it was my turn for introduction, the host friend said, “Hashmi Bhai has very close relations with the establishment people.” Everyone turned towards me as if something…

Post Views: 23,255 by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has returned to the White House after concluding a two-day official visit to China, an engagement that drew the gaze of capitals worldwide and revived memories of an earlier era in Sino-American diplomacy. Accompanied by a formidable delegation that included…

Post Views: 25,953 By: Shakeel Ahmad Khalil, Karachi In the world of knowledge and enlightenment, teachers are like radiant lamps who are not only illuminated by the light of knowledge themselves but also enlighten the hearts and minds of their students with the same brilliance. In the field of Library and Information Science, one such…