Storify: Shia genocide in Pakistan – by Voice of Qaim: In last few months and years, numerous attacks on Pakistan’s Shia Muslims have been carried out in various areas of Pakistan, from the Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan) to Balochistan and from Karachi to Parachinar. Shias and other religious minority communities
Aur Islam zinda ho gaya -by Omair Mahmood: “بابا! قمیص اٹھاؤ” کلاشنکوف بردار شخص نے حکم دیا۔ بوڑھے شخص نے کانپتے ہاتھوں قمیص اٹھائی۔ وہاں ابھری پسلیاں تھیں، بھوک تھی، لیکن زنجیر زنی کے نشان نہ تھے۔ “ٹھیک ہے بابا، تم کلیئر ہو” کلاشنکوف بردار شخص آگے
Will Gilgit-Baltistan Fall to Taliban? – Jamil Khakwani: We are amnesic and we forget the issues to be addressed with utmost importance, we hue and cry when the events like Bangladesh and Baluchistan occur and then we mourn afterwards. We as Pakistani nation are actually very slow
Current Situation in Gilgit-Baltistan – by Jamil Khakwani: Gilgit-Baltistan: The potential 5th Province of Pakistan. History began from 1947, when the people of this prestigious mountainous region looked at the newly established state of Pakistan on the name of religions Islam. As matter of fact the strategic
Congratulations on Chilas victory – by Riaz Malik Hajjaji: I am writing this post to thank Pakistani media on behalf of my friends of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) also known as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ). During this week, SSP-ASWJ has achieved great victories in Chilas and Gilgit and
Gilgit-Baltistan: Fact File – by Dr. Zaeem Zia: What a misery it is to see, we always beat the drums and propagate tyranny of Indian forces for what’s happening in Kashmir and Israel in Palestine. We claim to be the champs and the sign of peace and disassociate ourselves from our own bloodshed on our soil. We pass
Target of the century – by Ibrar A. Mir: دھائیوں کا نشانہ پانچ جولائی 1977، چھ اگست 1990، پانچ نومبر 1996 اور اب 2012 کی کوئی وارد کی ھوئی تاریخ کونسی ھوتی ھے اسکا انتظار کرنا پڑیگا یا پھر موجودہ گورنمنٹ کی دی ھوئی تاریخ کو معجزے سے
Tibetans in Baltistan – by Salman Rashid: Until the beginning of the 8th century CE, Baltistan was a country inhabited by the Indo-European Shin tribe. This was a time when the superpowers of the region were China and Tibet, both vying for supremacy in High Asia.
Human fright in Gilgit Baltistan – Institute of Gilgit-Baltistan: On February 26, 2011, a representative of the Human Rights Observer International (HRO) accused the federal government of Pakistan for the continued targeted killings and related terrorist activities in Gilgit. The representative stated that Pakistani security forces and police stationed in
Reconstitution of National Economic Council: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has advised President Asif Ali Zardari to reconstitute the National Economic Council (NEC) by including the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan as Members of the NEC.He also advised for inclusion of the
Floods and the Existential Threat – by Adnan Sayed: The existential threat comes from disowning the democratic structure, giving up on it and looking yet again for another instant messiah in face of tremendous adversity and hopelessness. We were wrong in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1990s when