On this day, Muslims remember the enormous sacrifices made seventy years ago for establishing a state in the name of Islam, in the lands of Pakistan, the Pure, the Good. Hizb ut Tahrir/ Wilayah Pakistan conveys a solemn reminder of what has passed, what we face today and what lies ahead.
The initial expectation over the disqualification of Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, evaporated, as the National Assembly selected the new Prime Minister on 1 August 2017, replacing the corrupt after looking within the rows of the corrupt! Indeed, we have been here before, after the previous departure of Nawaz in 1999, then Musharraf in 2008, then Zardari in 2013 and now Nawaz in 2017.
The crusader Alliance aircrafts recently launched raids on the infrastructure and residential neighborhoods in the southeast of Deir al-Zour, killing seven people, including five children. This came two days after the targeting of the town of Taybeh, killing 18 civilians and injuring more than 20, and causing tremendous material damage.
Despite the attempts of others in the administration to calibrate and contextualise the bombastic statements of US President Donald Trump, it is quite clear the United States of America is fully committed to intensifying the conflict over North Korea. The US portrays itself as only taking legitimate and reasonable defensive steps in reaction to North Korean aggression.
