By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The people of Jammu and Kashmir, who are larger in number than 123 currently independent nations and who have a defined historical identity, are at present engaged in a massive, indigenous and non violent struggle to win their freedom from the foreign occupation of their land. This struggle is not motivated by bigotry or ethnic prejudice, for its sole aim is the right of self-determin ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In the 19th century, the Muslims strength in Palestine was 86% and that of Jews only 4%. Despite the overwhelming majority, the Muslims treated the Jews justly. In later part of 19th century, the Jews spread all over the world started to shift to Palestine under a calculated plan and Great Britain helped them in their relocation. In the 1st World War, the British and the French deceptive ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On February 28, this year, India announced its ambitious defense budget amounting to 2.47 trillion Indian rupees ($40.07 billion), a 7.9 percent increase for the fiscal year starting from April 1, 2015, suggesting that it will move with the military’s long wish list for fighter jets, ships and artillery, as Narendra Modi’s government presented its first budget. For the current fiscal year, ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی کل تک ہمارا کیا بہت سوں کا خیال تھا کہ جنونی مذہبی منافرت کے لبادوں میں لپٹی ‘ تعصبات کی رنگی رنگائی میں رنگی بھارتی سیکولر جمہوریت کا قدبت‘ بہت طاقتور ’قد آور ‘ ہے ماضی میں اِس کا بڑا ڈھنڈورا پیٹا جاتا تھا بھارتی سیکولر جمہور ی تسلسل کی انعقاد پذیری سے بھارت کے عوام کو کتنا فائدہ پہنچا ہے بحث اِس پر نہیں اصل بات یہ ہے کہ کیا بھارت میں ہر پانچ برس بعد اپنے وقت پر منعقد کرائے جانے والے ان ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Although since partition of the sub-continent, India has been employing various tactics to deprive the people of the Indian-held Kashmir of their legitimate right of self-determination which was afterwards also recognized by the UNO, yet as part of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan approach, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is implementing n ...

               سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی افغانستان کے صدر ڈاکٹر اشرف غنی پہلی بار بطور افغان قائد کے دنیا کے سامنے آئے تو بہت سے لوگوں نے یہ سوال اْٹھایا کہ \'یہ شخصیت ماضی میں کبھی بحیثیت سیاسی طور پر افغان جپاد کے حوالے سے اپنی کوئی شناخت نہیں رکھتی جہاں تک عالمی اقتصادیات کے میدان میں اِن کی پیشہ ورانہ نمایاں خدمات کاتعلق ہے اْس سے واقعی انکار بھی نہیں کیا جاسکتا مگربطور ایک سیاسی قائد‘ ایک ایسے طویل عرصہ تک جن ...

By Khalid Iqbal In a follow-up action to his recent visit to India, President Obama’s half an hour phone call to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has set the stage for resumption of Pakistan-India dialogue. New Indian Foreign Secretary is likely to visit Pakistan to resume the process from the point his predecessor had disrupted. However, at the same time, worrisome estimates are pouring in from divergent source ...

By Khalid Iqbal During the recent Pakistan-Turkey summit, both sides explored options to assist Afghanistan in reaching a peace agreement with the Taliban. Turkish premier Ahmet Davutoglu had an extensive agenda, including looking beyond bilateral cooperation and playing a role in stabilising Afghanistan. Due to Turkic demographic belt running from West Asia to East Asia through Afghanistan, Turkey has an a ...