By Sajjad Shaukat The traditional relations among the independent states have often been explained in terms of power factor or role of force. The leading theorists of realism and neo-realism such as Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Morgenthau, Waltz and Kissinger agree that power plays a central role in international relations. These power-theorists describe the power factor as the main determinant of world ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Once again, Pakistan came under terrorists’ attacks in the month of July 2018 in which over 160 embraced Shahadat (martyred) and more than 300 people injured. Militancy planners and executors had chosen the time when in Pakistan political hype supposed to be on its peak and gathering of thousands of innocent people available as soft targets due to last month of elections campaign – 2018. ...

ڈاکٹر شیر شاہ سید میری بیٹی نے مجھے دو دفعہ حیران کیا۔ پہلی دفعہ جب اس نے مجھے لندن سے فون کرکے بتایا کہ وہ لاہورسے آئے ہوئے اپنے ہم جماعت لڑکے کے ساتھ شادی کرنا چاہتی ہے اوروہ یہ بھی چاہتی ہے کہ اس کی ماں کومیں سمجھاؤں کیوں کہ اس کا خیال تھا کہ مجھے تو کوئی اعتراض نہیں ہوگا لیکن اس کی ماں اور نانی طوفان کھڑا کردیں گی۔ دوسری دفعہ اس وقت جب منگنی کے بعد شادی سے صرف تین ماہ قبل اس نے مجھے رشتہ ٹوٹ جانے کی خب ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When Pakistan emerged as the independent state on August 14, 1947, the country inherited 20 percent of the subcontinent’s population. Pakistan’s share in industry was less than seven percent, mostly consisting of small-scale and minor industrial units. Pakistan had no large industry. Pakistan that included East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) as well had only 34 factories. The total employment p ...

Highlits by Balbir Singh Soach Posted By Zaheerul Hassan 1. Rahul Gandhi, President of the Congress cited ‘The Economist Magazine’ to say that India has become one of the dangerous places in the world for women. He said that gangrapes and atrocities against women have drastically increased, as have brutalities against Dalits, adivasis and minorities. “I want to ask the prime minister – are Dalits, adivasis ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since May 28, 1998 when Pakistan became nuclear power, defence analysts had been opining that if a war erupted between India and Pakistan, the latter will be the first to use atomic weapons, as comparatively, it lacks conventional arms including their quality in modern terms. But, now, defence production capability of Pakistan has overcome this problem. Besides production, superiority of P ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Birth of Pakistan was seen as a miracle of 20th century. Its survival under extreme odds was indeed a bigger miracle. History depicts that Radcliffe award was critical in sowing the seeds of animosity among numerous communities and hence led to a bloody and violent partition. Kashmir was the unfinished agenda of the partition left behind by the British which has kept India and Pakistan p ...

Written by Tahir Mehmood Shardi and Nardi, two mountain peaks, two enslaved fairies, are an integral part of the beautiful town of Sharda. Centuries ago they lived in Sharda peacefully and happily. The place was known for knowledge and learning. People travelled from across the mountains and valleys to satiate their thirst for knowledge. In those ancient times arrived a man from the world laid distantly acr ...