By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai  “We should probably try to facilitate a better understanding between Pakistan and India and try to resolve the Kashmir crisis…” President Obama, October 30, 2008 Your planned visit to India has inspired hopes, in the hearts of Americans of Kashmiri origin, that your global statesmanship may move the frozen dispute over the status of Kashmir towards a settlement based on justice and r ...

By Sajjad Shaukat US President Barack Obama is arriving India on three days visit on January 25, 2015. In view of the extremely sensitive nature of the visit and potential strategic gains, India has put security agencies on nationwide high alert to avoid any breach of security and untoward incident. India has also been projecting the possibility of a terrorist attack coinciding with Obama’s visit or targeti ...

 By Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal  The hate campaign The killings at Charlie Hebdo had sent powerful shock waves all over the West. Now the security threats and fear run very high everywhere. It seems that not only the hateful Islamophobic cartoonists of Charlie Hebdo, but also the politicians and the security officers of the West have turned pathologically paranoid. Even an unattended bag in a railway or undergro ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the last few years, external elements accelerated their propaganda campaign against Pakistan, because, it is the lonely nuclear country in the Islamic World. For the purpose, these elements have especially been targeting Pakistan’s Army. In this regard, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and leader of the ruling party, Awami League Sheikh Hasina Wajid and India are in connivance to distort th ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja Hindu bigot Narendra Modi, well known for his acute animus towards Indian Muslims and Pakistan and his passion for Hindutva was elected as the PM of India in June 2014 with a heavy mandate. He was eulogized and lionized by Indian media duly backed by western media and all his past sins were pushed under the rug. He was projected as a go-getter and an economic wizard who would once again ...

By Asif Haroon Raja India occupies a unique position in the South Asian region by dint of occupying nearly 72 percent of the land surface in South Asia, being a home of 77 percent of the region’s population, and accounting for nearly 75 percent of the regional economic output. It has the third largest Army (1,325,000) in the world and its economy is ranked 10th strongest ($2.0 trillion). Notwithstanding its ...

نغمہ حبیب مسلمان سو رہا ہے اور ایک بار پھر اُس کی عزت سے کھیل لیا گیا اور توہین آمیز خاکے شائع کیے گئے اور ایسا اب کی بار فرانس کے اخبار چارلی ہیبڈو نے کیا ایسا پہلی بار نہیں ہوا کہ مسلمانوں کے جذبات سے کھیلا گیا ہو ایسے ہی خاکے پہلے ناروے میں بھی شائع ہو چکے ہیں اور نہ یہ ایک واحد انداز ہے جس سے مسلمانوں کی دل آزاری کی گئی ہو۔ نعوذبااللہ”برن دی قرآن“ جیسے باقاعدہ قسم کے پروگرام بھی بنائے اور چلائے گئے ظاہر ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat During his recent visit to Pakistan, the newly-elected President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani said that his government and the people of Afghanistan desire to further strengthen bilateral relations with Pakistan in all areas of mutual interest. He elaborated, “We must overcome the past…we will not permit the past to destroy the future.” The Afghan president who was accompanied by Afghan D ...