Sarah Ameer

Every year on July 19, Kashmiris living across the globe observe “Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan Day”. 77 years ago, at the time of the sub-continent partition, the Princely state of Kashmir ruled by the then ruler, Maharaja Hari Singh, was given the choice to decide the valley’s fate. Keeping in view the will of millions […]

The Sainik Schools are a system of public schools in India, established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society (SSS) under the Ministry of Defence. The purpose of the Sainik Schools is to prepare students academically, mentally and physically for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA). Until 2021, the […]

Almost a week ago, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s key figure, Abdul Manan alias Hakimullah, was killed in the Kunar region of Afghanistan. Abdul Manan is said to be closely associated with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Malakand Chapter Commander Azmat Ullah Mehsood. As per the reports, Abdul Manan joined Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan back in 2007 and has remained involved in multiple […]

Almost 77 years to the day Pakistan was founded with a vision of a religiously tolerant society, the country still grapples with the evil of religious violence. A recent incident in Sargodha exemplifies this ongoing challenge. A Christian man faced violence from a mob of religious people who attempted to lynch him upon accusations of […]

For decades, India has been using cowardly tactics to silence the voices of Kashmiri freedom fighters. Under the leadership of Modi, this practice got further impetus. One among such voices is of 56 year old, Muhammad Yasin Malik. He was arrested back in 2019 and in 2022, he was given life imprisonment under trumped-up terrorism […]

A wise man once said, “Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.” Gulzar Imam Shambay, who had been fighting alongside terrorists since 2009, found himself drawn to the same idea. Resultantly, in May 2023, he decided to lay down his arms and take a more mature and constructive approach to advocate for […]

India has recently inked a 10-year agreement with Iran to develop and operate its warm water port: Chabahar. The port is located in Sistan-Baluchistan province and is about 140 km west of Pakistan’s Balochistan. Chabahar port consists of two separate ports: Shahid Kalantri and Shahid Beheshti. As per the agreement, India will be using Shahid […]

“The world of humanity has two wings-one is women and the other men. Not until both wings are equally developed can the bird fly. Should one wing remain weak, flight is impossible.” Two centuries since Abdul Baha, a Persian thinker from the 19th century, eloquently emphasized the importance of women’s role in societal progress, the […]

The Iran-Pak Gas Pipeline project once again seems to be in jeopardy. Initially started as an Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline in the 1990s, the project, later, turned into a bilateral contract after India withdrew in 2008. For an energy-deficient country like Pakistan, the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline offers a promising opportunity as it has the potential to […]