Every 14th August, we celebrate our Independence Day with zeal and fervor. Ever since General Zia ul Haq introduced the concept of observing this day with flags, buntings and ribbons, the fad has become popular. Roadside kiosks spring up a fortnight earlier, selling flags, coat lapel pins, hats and masks in Pakistan flag colours. Whatever […]
Debunking baseless propaganda about Xinjiang
COVID-19 brought out the best in humanity as well as its worst. The world’s second largest economy-China-where the deadly pandemic was first reported successfully managed to insulate its residents and protect them from the epidemic spreading in an uncontrolled manner. It built hospitals, quarantine centers and isolation cells to shield its citizens and kept the […]
The storm in a teacup over the Jadhav case
Commander Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav aka Hussain Mubarak Patel is a serving Indian Navy officer and senior RAW operative, who was arrested in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on charges of terrorism and spying for his mother country India. After his arrest, the Indian Navy Commander sang like a canary and made a full disclosure before […]
Double whammy for India from Iran
Twice in a row, India has had to eat a humble pie at the hands of Iran this month. After being shown the door in the Chabahar Port Rail project, now India has been “dropped” from an ambitious Iranian gas field project that had been in the pipeline for the past 10 years. India’s Ministry […]
The saga of fake licenses of Pakistani pilots
In the aftermath of the crash of Pakistan International Airline’s ill-fated Flight 8303 at Karachi on May 22, investigations revealed that the national carrier had been harbouring a large number of pilots with dubious flying licenses. Pakistan’s Minister for Aviation made the disclosure in his address to the Parliament, declaring that Pakistan’s national carrier is […]
Myopic India raises Hong Kong at UN
India, after its forces were badly mauled by the Chinese in the Galvan Valley at Ladakh, is trying to strike back by raising the Hong Kong issue at UN. For the first time since the Hong Kong protests broke out last year, India on 1st July, spoke out at the United Nations Human Rights Council […]
China’s subtle message to India
Chinese diplomacy is suave, subtle and refined. It was once defined that when a Chinese diplomat will tell you to go to hell, he will do it so politely that you will look forward to the trip. Over the years, Chinese diplomacy has not lost its finesse, except that it has become assertive. A 2017 […]
Playing politics in COVID-19
Pakistan is reeling under the attack of the global pandemic COVID-19 but the nation, instead of being united to combat the scourge of the deadly disease, is playing politics. The Sindh Government, which had initially won plaudits for its bold handling of the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus, is now facing flak for its tall […]
Justice for Bramsh
On May 26, three armed robbers stormed into a house in Dannuk with the intention of carrying out a robbery. In the ensuing assault, four year old Bramsh became orphaned. Her mother Malik Naaz was ruthlessly martyred in front of her little daughter for resisting while the little girl was injured badly. According to Turbat […]
Justice for all!
During the Second World War, when the Luftwaffe (German air force) was wreaking havoc over London with its incessant bombing attacks, the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill took cognizance of the heavy casualties and economic devastation. He asked, “Are the courts functioning?” When told that the judges were dispensing justice as normal, Churchill replied, […]