By Zaheerul Hassan lone gunman, namely Sikandar Hayat who along with his wife and two children drove into the Red Zone by challenging the capacity of administration in the capital city, should not make us think passively and lose sense of respect for law-enforcing agencies. The armed man, sitting in a car had been firing intermittently at the Constitution Avenue, Islamabad and police did not go ahead. The i ...

By Zaheerul Hassan On 17th August 2013 creativity, freedom and integrity of 17 Pakistani artists became prey to LoC tensions recently initiated by Indian army. The costly artworks were splintered into pieces by members of Bajrang Dal, an extremist Hindu youth organization as a protest to the alleged killing of  5 Indian soldiers in Poonch by Pakistan army. Apparently the hooligans of Indian youth from Bajra ...

Dr Muhammad Khan Monday, August 26, 2013 - Chanakya wrote three books namely; Arthashastra, Nitishastra and Chanakya Niti. In Sanskrit, Arthashastra mean the science of material gain. The book is a classic example of statecraft. The theme of Arthasastra is totally amoral. Chanakya considers the classic general issues of politics — relations with neighbouring countries, increasing the national wealth, ensuri ...

Dr Noor ul Haq Recently India has created hype over the killing of five Indian soldiers falsely blaming Pakistan. In fact, the possible reasons for the killing of soldiers might be different: (1) the continuing insurgency in Indian held Kashmir (IHK), which is a disputed territory, and the insurgents might have killed the soldiers. (2) There are skirmishes between the Indian forces and the insurgents and on ...

 The Pakistani Taliban sidelined a senior commander Saturday for welcoming the government’s offer to hold peace talks, the group’s spokesman said, exposing a rift within the group and raising questions about the likelihood of negotiations. The commander, Asmatullah Muawiya, was not authorized to respond to the government’s offer, said Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid. Muawiya has been removed ...

  Posted By Zaheerul Hassan  Syrian situation has dragged Middle East into fire but U.S seems terribly failed in achieving in her long term objectives. Saudi Shah recently very rightly warned his old friend U.S. to stop interfere in Middle East countries. In this regard Shah Abdullah categorically mentioned that U.S. is behind Syrian and Egyptian  current crises. According to a diplomatic report about the “ ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat With the support of the US, both India and Israel have been acting upon a secret diplomacy, targeting China and Pakistan. In this context, Israel’s Ambassador to India, Mark Sofer in an interview to the Indian weekly Outlook on February 18, 2008 disclosed about India’s defence arrangements with Tel Aviv, and joint exercises in the Indian Ocean, saying, “We do have a defence relationship w ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Terror-related incidents such as bomb blasts, suicide attacks, abductions, target killings, ethnic and sectarian violence including assaults on security forces and law-enforcing agencies have enveloped Pakistan, especially Karachi, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Regrettably, these security forces and law-enforcing agencies are not only targeted by terrorists, but are also under stric ...