By Asif Haroon Raja FuR had become a political orphan and was in wilderness after July 2018 elections. He suddenly came in the limelight as a result of his million Azadi March which he launched in last week of October. His threats to stage a huge sit-in at Islamabad (Isbd) were not taken seriously by the government (govt) and agencies. In their assessment, he could at best gather few thousand supporters and ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the recent years, various conferences and seminars have been held regarding the security of nuclear weapons and radioactive materials, as the participant countries were worried that terrorist outfits like the Islamic State group (Also known as Daesh, ISIS and ISIL) may get these fatal weapons and can use against a state actor or any country to create misunderstanding, which may culminat ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Almost three months have been passed. Indian forces have continued lockdown and curfew in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). In order to hide human rights violations, communication services in that region have been cut off from the world and foreign delegations and journalists are not allowed to enter the IOK. On August 5, 2019, New Delhi unilaterally annexed the IOK, revoking articles 35A ...

جنرل مرزا اسلم بیگ سابق چیف آف آرمی سٹاف پاکستان Email: friendsfoundation@live.co.uk حکومت کی تبدیلی کے لئے دھرنے کی روایت عمران خان نے 2014میں ڈالی تھی جس کا اب خود انہیں سامنا ہے کیونکہ اب وہی ’حکومت کی تبدیلی‘ کی لہر کہیں زیادہ شدت کے ساتھ ان کے اقتدار کے درواز ے تک پہنچ چکی ہے-مولانا فضل الرحمن کی قیادت میں دائیں بازوکی مذہبی جماعتیں جوگذشتہ بہتر سالوں سے سیاسی طور پر بے وقعت رہی ہیں‘ اچانک قومی سیاسی ا ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_15579" align="alignright" width="319"] Kashmiri villagers carry body of Burhan Wani, chief of operations of Indian Kashmir's largest rebel group Hizbul Mujahideen, during his funeral procession in Tral, some 38 Kilometers (24 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, July 9, 2016. Indian troops fired on protesters in Kashmir as tens of thousands ...

By General Mirza Aslam Beg Former COAS, Pakistan friendscolumn@hotmail.com Imran Khan introduced “Dharna” in 2014, to bring about regime change. The same now has recoiled back on him, knocking at his doors with greater intensity. The Religious Right under Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) having remained a marginalized political entity for the last seventy two year, has suddenly emerged ...

By Sajjad Shaukat War of nerves between India and Pakistan has continued since August 5, 2019, when New Delhi unilaterally annexed the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), revoking articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution which gave a special status to that region. Almost three months have been passed. Indian forces have continued lockdown and curfew in the IOK in wake of shortage of foods and even medicines for ...

By Sajjad Shaukat More than 70 days have been passed. But, India has continued military clampdown and strict communications blackout in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) by continuing curfew. Tensions between India and Pakistan accelerated on August 5, this year, when New Delhi unilaterally annexed the IOK, revoking articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution which gave a special status to that region. Besides ...