Wajid Shamsul Hasan

We lost war with India in 1971 and yet to this day volumes are being churned out that irrespective that Quaid’s Pakistan was dismembered, it is being insisted that no fault was committed by the military leadership for creation of conditions for the break up, fratricidal civil war in the majority province, alleged genocide of […]

Notwithstanding the fact that in the month of December was born Holy Christ (S.A.W), the founder of world’s largest religion Christianity, so were Muslims of Indian sub-continent fortunate to see the birth of their leader Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah who single-handedly changed the course of modern history for them. While that being that, to quote […]

One morning in 2008 I received a call on my mobile from a desperate lady in London. She was a Sikh Yatree, one of the groups of 20 that had planned for their holy visit to Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. They had months in advance booking with PIA but they had no visa. According to […]

Lahore is known for its beautiful gardens and colossus Mughal architectural sites and some major events in history. Its politically historic significance, has come to be due to Lahore Resolution of 1940, that set the course for an independent liberal state for the Muslims in India, as a student of political science it is more […]

Decay and decline have been gnawing the very socio-economic and political fabric of our society. There is free for all every-where. Lawyers have surpassed the rowdies, judges have forgotten that they need to speak through their judgements and not their unsolicited observations during the proceedings of a trial. What is reported in the media of […]

It was Guy Fawkes night in the year 1996 when sporadic fireworks were noticed on Islamabad’s horizon. Some kids in Halloween make up were doing the rounds celebrating. Sitting in Prime Minister House with my wife, on hearing a blast of fire works I reminded the Prime Minister that it was Guy Fawkes night when […]

July 2018 elections were yet another big step forward for consolidating gains of democracy made after noble sacrifice in blood rendered by martyred Benazir Bhutto that first forced President General Pervez Musharraf to doff his inform and then hold elections to exit from Pakistan’s political scenario. It was an outstanding accomplishment of the PPP to […]

London: As I sat down to write memorial article on the death anniversary of Begum Nusrat Bhutto (Died Oct 23, 2011) I found my eyes dried of tears. Before me rolled a life of sacrifices that cannot be measured in words. Not many suffered as she — as a wife, mother, mother-in-law, grand-mother and god […]

Amongst the twelve months, October is most enigmatic in its multifaceted manifestations in the history of Pakistan. In this month Muslims of India were rendered into “hewers of wood and drawers of water” following the unsuccessful revolt of 1857. However they had among their depleted ranks a man of vision with unparalleled qualities of leadership. […]