Mr Tariq Rizwan Afghanistan enjoys a tremendous geostrategic importance and is considered a bridge between the warm waters and the minerals laden Central Asia and Eurasia. Such importance proved to be disadvantageous as the country remained a battle ground among the regional and extra regional powers coupled by the wary local Pashtun traditions. Indeed, the country’s importance is intact and the instable Af ...

By Ali Sukhanver The asylum application filed by Nawab Akbar Bugti’s grandson Brahamdagh Bugti has been rejected by the Swiss immigration authorities. This rejection was on the basis of Pakistan’s decision of declaring him a terrorist. Pakistan had declared Brahamdagh Bugti-led Baloch Republican Party BRP as a terrorist organization. It is something very positive on the part of the Swiss government that it ...

By Zaheerul Hassan History of strained relationship between two oil producing countries Kingdome of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Iran is too old. The major causes of continuous deteriorating relationship are based on sectarianism, differences in ideology, variation in economic, political, military interests, controlling Gulf and unannounced desires of attaining regional domination. Proxy war between Iran and KSA ...

Media and judiciary are generally viewed as the strong pillars of any democratic country. Traditionally, judiciary and media in India have maintained reasonably good standards and have gained considerable public support. Unfortunately, in recent times, judiciary has been subjected to much criticism and several of the judgements have been received with skepticism by the people. In the same way, Indian media, ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On January, 20, this year, at least 21 persons, including students, a faculty member and security guards were killed at Bacha Khan University in Khyber Pakhtunkha’s Charsadda town, when heavily-armed terrorists of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) entered the university and opened fire on them. It was due to the quick response of Pakistan’s security forces, including Special Serv ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When every year, on January 26, is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day, Kahmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren commemorate it as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir, while, the issue is still alive due to continued struggle of the Kashmiri people. On January 26, 1930, the Indi ...

By Zaheerul Hassan DG ISPR Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa while briefing media disclosed in Peshawar that five terrorists have been arrested from Charsadda and surrounding. These facilitators have helped those terrorists who attacked innocent students of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda on 20 January 2016. In this attack 21 people were killed and more than 60 were injured. According to DG ISPR the operation has ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Early morning of 20 January, 2016 four gunmen entered in the university and sprayed bullets on the innocent students who were busy in taking their breakfasts while sitting in their rooms of the boys’ hostel and canteen. The attackers were wearing suicide vests but were killed by security forces' before they could detonate their explosives. They also opened fire on the students and faculty ...