By Asif Haroon Raja Afghanistan has traditionally remained friendly to India and hostile to Pakistan since 1947. The only time it was friendly with Pakistan and unfriendly with India was during the five-year rule of Taliban from 1996 till 2001. However, no government in Kabul had created a situation along the western border to prevent Pakistan from shifting its three infantry divisions from Peshawar, Kohat ...

 By  Brig® Mehboob Qadir                                    There is no intention to indulge in a circular talk or place anyone in a state of now- you- see-  now-you-don’t like  what it might appear in the composition of this phrase. As a matter of fact and historic experience generalities are not permanent as they tend to become in popular lore ,but have a temporary relevance and then fade away into the et ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Socialists agree that historical background and national character play a key in moulding the behaviour pattern of a country’s people, while customs and beliefs also influence the thoughts of individuals. But electronic media of the rival countries have accelerated the process in formulating the opinion of persons against each other. In these terms, as part of psychological warfare, besi ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat It is surprising that media did not take much notice of the report of a US Congress-established panel which has shown serious concerns over the maltreatment of religious minorities in India. In this regard, on April 30, in its annual report 2015, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom said, “Since the [last year’s] election, religious minority communities have been subject t ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی اقوامِ متحدہ کے ادارے ’یونیسکو‘ کی جنرل اسمبلی نے دسمبر1993 کو ہر سال3 ؍ مئی کو ’یوم آزادی صحافت ‘ کا عالمی دن منانے کا اعلان کیا دنیا بھر میں عالمی ادارے کے اِس اعلان کی روشنی ہر سال ’یوم آزادی  صحافت ‘ کا یہ دن اِس عزم ویقین کے اعادے سے منایا جاتا ہے کہ اظہاررائےِ کی آزادی کا یہ ’عالمی دن‘ دنیا کے ہر فرد کو یہ حق تفویض کرتا ہے کہ وہ اپنے حقوق کے لئے اپنی آواز بلند کرئے ایسا کرتے ہوئے د ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Baluchistan is at the junction point of South Asia, Central Asia and gateway to Middle East. It is endowed with oil, gas, copper, gold, copper reserves. With eyes on resource rich Baluchistan and its coastline along the Arabian Sea, intelligence agencies of the US and its strategic partners have been making concerted efforts since 2002 to destabilize the province and ultimately detach it ...

 سیّد ناصرر ضا کاظمی جذبات سے مغلوب اعمال کا نتیجہ ہمیشہ ناکامی ‘ نامرادی‘ پچھتاوا اور ندامت ہوا کرتا ہے پاکستانی فوج اور پاکستانی سپریم انٹیلی جنس ادارے آئی ایس آئی کے خلاف اپنے دل کا کثیف زدہ غبار نکال کر ایم اکیو ایم کے بانی لیڈر الطاف حسین جیسے آجکل معافی ‘ معذرت انتہائی معذرت اور اندرونی پچھتاوے کی کمزور تاویلیں پیش کرنے میں اپنی خاص شہرت رکھتے ہیں ایسی ہی کچھ پچھلے دنوں یکم ؍ اپریل اور2 ؍ اپریل کی درم ...

It is an irrefutable reality that India’s prime intelligence agency RAW is leading terrorist activities in Baluchistan by using the soil of Afghanistan, harbouring and financing terrorists and projecting them as freedom fighters. This covert support is going on since 2002 and several other foreign agencies have also been supplementing RAW’s efforts. RAW had created Mukti Bahini, a militant wing of Awami Lea ...