By Sajjad Shaukat During the historical visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan, on April 20, this year, he and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed 51 agreements for cooperation in various fields, related to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), energy, infrastructure, agriculture, research, technology, education etc. The establishment of CPEC between deep Gwadar seaport of Baloch ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai After a meeting Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had in Delhi on Tuesday April 7, 2015, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, official statements from the Indian government indicate that the CM had assured Modi that the state government intends to acquire and provide land for creating composite townships for displaced Kashmiri Pandits. The Government o ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Yemen crisis cannot be seen in isolation, as it has provided the anti-Muslim countries and lobbies with a golden chance to destabilize the Muslim World. It is of particular attention that faced with an unending resistance in Iraq and other volatile Islamic states, the US had planned to spark a civil war between the Sunnis and Shias. In this context, a study of a leading think tank R ...

 نغمہ حبیب پاکستان ملٹری اکیڈمی کی 132ویں پاسنگ آؤٹ پریڈکی خاص بات یہ تھی کہ اس کے مہمان خصوصی افغان چیف آف جنرل سٹاف شیر محمد کریمی تھے۔ پاکستان اور افغانستان دو ایسے ہمسایہ ممالک ہیں جو مذہبی، ثقافتی اور تہذیبی رشتوں میں بندھے ہوئے ہیں دونوں ملکوں کی تاریخ ایک دوسرے کے بغیر مکمل نہیں ہوتی اور یہ تاریخی سلسلے آپس میں ایسے باہم پیوست ہیں کہ ان کو جدا کرناممکن ہی نہیں ۔ محمد غوری، محمود غزنوی، بابر اور بے شم ...

By Asif Haroon raja Sectarian and tribal divides in Yemen had sharpened during the long rule of President Gen Ali Abdullah Saleh. Arab spring followed by entry of Al-Qaeda made the internal situation in Yemen chaotic. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) led Gulf States prevailed upon reluctant Saleh to make way for his Vice President Mansour Al-Hadi in 2012. Hadi got elected on February 21, 2012 election and rece ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Although in the recent years, Pakistan’s civil and military high officials have been saying that foreign hands are behind the insurgency in Balochistan province in order to destabilize Pakistan, yet army chief’s clear statement in this respect is notable. During his visit to Quetta, Chief of Army Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif on April 15, this year warned foreign forces and spy agencies again ...

By Sajjad Shaukat                                                 Indian hegemonic designs and lust for military power has resulted in brazenly ignoring socio- economic factors behind the menace of rape, as sexual assaults are direct outcome of ignored priorities at national level. Fundamentalist government of the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi still prefers military spending instead of improving s ...

         نغمہ حبیب   بلوچستان میں ایک بار پھر نہتے غریب مزدور وں کو قتل کر دیا گیا۔ ان مزدوروں میں سے سولہ کا تعلق صادق آباد اور رحیم یار خان پنجاب، اور چار کا تعلق حیدرآباد سندھ سے تھا۔ یہ انتہائی غریب خاندانوں کے لوگ تھے جو تربت میں گڈان کے علاقے میں سہراب ڈیم کے منصوبے پر کام کررہے تھے۔ بلوچستان پاکستان کا سب سے زیادہ غیر ترقی یافتہ صوبہ ہے یہ قدرتی دولت سے مالامال ہے لیکن کچھ  شدید قسم کے جغرافیائی حالا ...