By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan and Afghanistan have traditionally had a complicated relationship characterized by mutual suspicion. Northern Alliance heavy Afghan regime under Hamid Karzai had remained heavily tilted towards India and had not only given high preference to India in her internal and external matters but also had adopted a hostile policy towards Pakistan. With the blessing of Washington, Karzai ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat                                          International politics is passing through transitory period, as rapidly developing geo-political differences among global powers in Asia show that the next Cold War is likely to be waged between the Russia-China alliance and the US-led bloc in Asia, while Pakistan has already become its arena.   In this regard, US still backs Indian hegemony in As ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Since 1948, the inhabitants of scenic piece of land “Kashmir” are locking toward international human rights organizations and member states of United Nation (UN) to intervene and help them in living with peace and free of fear in their motherland as mentioned in UN Resolutions 48-49 and Simla Agreement 1972.  They are also struggling for their rights of self-determination as promised by U ...

Part 1 By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “Let us remember here that the future of Jammu and Kashmir is not something that the governments of India and Pakistan can decide without involving the Kashmiri people. How this diverse people’s representatives should be identified, and then associated with the process toward a possible settlement, are crucial if difficult questions, but every human and democratic principle dem ...

By Ali  Sukhanver It is a difficult question to be answered whether we really enjoy being in a state of oblivion while making a list of our friends and foes? For the last many decades we, the Pakistanis, as a nation, have been trying our best to introduce us as a peace-loving rather cordial and friendly nation but unfortunately our all struggles seem gone waste; some of the countries to whom we have been tr ...

  سیّد نا صر رضا کاظمی اہلِ پاکستان ہر سال 5؍ فروری کو مقبوضہ جموں وکشمیر کے مظلوم و مہقور مسلمان کشمیری بھائیوں کے ساتھ مکمل اظہارِ یکجہتی کا دِن اِس پختہ عہدِ وفا کے ساتھ مناتے ہیں کہ کشمیر یوں کی یہ لہو رنگ قربانیاں کبھی رائیگاں نہیں جائیں گی اپنی قومی آزادی کو حقیقت کا روپ دینے کے لئے کشمیریوں نے نسل در نسل جس خلوصِ عقیدت کے ساتھ بے مثال قربانیوں کا جو یہ کبھی نہ تھمنے والا سلسلہ شروع کیا ہے انشا ء اﷲ ب ...

By Sajjad Shaukat                              Since 1990, the 5th of February is being celebrated by Pakistanis and Kashmiris as ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ to pay homage to Kahsmiri martyrs and to show solidarity with the freedom fighters who are demanding their legitimate right of self-determination as recognized by the UN resolutions. On partition of India in 1947, the ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, Hari Sing ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat                                           During American President Barack Obama’s visit to India, on January 25, this year, the US and India announced a breakthrough on a pact which would allow American companies to supply New Delhi with civilian nuclear technology. In this regard, both the countries had signed a deal in 2008, but, Indian access to civilian nuclear technology was held up ...