By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.” John F. Kennedy Peace has eluded Kashmir for more than 69 years, every since British sovereignty lapsed on August 15, 1947. The Government of India holds the decisive cards to end Kashmir’s convulsions and carnage on a genocidal scale. No peace formula worth its salt, however, depends on altruism or unselfishness senti ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_14712" align="alignright" width="300"] Indian army's director general of military operations Lt General Ranbir Singh[/caption] It is most regrettable that by ignoring the modern global trends like renunciation of war, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development, India has activated dangerous arms race in South Asia. In this respect, India test-fired its ...

Asif Haroon Raja Till as late as 1990, India remained a close knit strategic partner of former USSR and it kept belittling the US imperialist policies and its provision of military assistance to Pakistan on all international forums. It fully supported the Soviet military intervention and occupation of Afghanistan. Paradoxically, today India is among the most trusted strategic partners of USA and the US toge ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In the 6th century, the entire Arab Peninsula had sunk into the morass of depravation and delinquency. The two super powers of the time, Romans (Byzantine Empire) and Persians (Sassanian Empire) were situated in the west and east of Arabian Peninsula respectively and were antagonists. The 28 year-war (602-630 A.D.) had drained the two empires and decay had begun to set in. It was in thos ...

By Sajjad Shaukat During the last two decades, political analysts have been opining that the US which is acting upon a secret strategy, wants to make India the superpower of Asia in order to counterbalance China, while this game was, openly, disclosed by the then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who was on three-day trip to India in 2011. In this respect, on July 20, 2011, the US Secretary of State Hil ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Article 5, Universal Declaration of Human Rights The statement of Mr. Ban Ki-moon - UN Secretary General deserves an appreciation who wants to console people by saying: “On Human Rights Day, let us recommit to guaranteeing the fundamental freedoms and protecting the human rights of all." ...

نغمہ حبیب دنیا میں ہونے والے بہت سے واقعات میں جب تک پاکستان کا نام نہ لیا جائے اور اسے ملوث نہ کیا جائے تو لگتا ہے تحقیقات مکمل نہیں ہوئی کہیں کوئی کڑی رہ گئی ہے جسے اگر نہ جوڑ ا گیا تو مجرم تک پہنچ نا ممکن ہو جائے گی چاہے بعد میں مجرم خود اپنے ہی ملک میں پکڑا جائے اور اپنے ہی ملک کا نکلے لیکن حیرت انگیز طور پر پاکستان کے خلاف کام کرنے والے کسی بھی ملک میں محفوظ رہتے ہیں بلکہ وہاں کے معزز شہری بن کر رہتے ہ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although by arranging various false flag operations like the attacks on Indian Parliament in January 12, 2001, in Mumbai attacks on November 26, 2008, at Indian Air Force Base in Pathankot on January 2, 2016 etc., India succeeded in deflecting attention of the world from the uprising in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) due to the US-led West’s double standard, yet Indian rulers have faile ...