By Sajjad Shaukat Tension between India and Pakistan accelerated when recently, the former set off a series of unprovoked cross-border firings at the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir including Working Boundary in Sialkot and Nakiyal sector, which killed some civilians. On the other side, Pakistan Army and Rangers responded with equal response. Acting upon shrewd diplomacy, Indian External Affairs Minister S ...

By Asif Haroon Raja India is the largest country in South Asia and its leaders never tire of boasting that India is the super power of the region and a potential world power. Indira doctrine advocated India’s unrestricted influence over the whole region. India is past master in covert operations and propaganda war and habitually resorts to intrigues, economic coercion and blackmail. It never shies of threat ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Although Indian blame game against Pakistan about violations at the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir has hidden purposes, yet it has been creating anti-Pakistan chauvinism.  Even such a phenomenon was also created by Indian rulers in normal circumstances, when in May 1998; New Delhi detonated five nuclear tests, and compelled Pakistan to follow the suit. However, by acting upon a preplann ...

Posted by Javed Iqbal Egypt's interim government finally ran out of patience with the Muslim Brotherhood supporters who have been camping out in permanent protest at the dismissal of former president Mohammad Mursi. After weeks of seeking an accommodation with the Islamists, the government finally started to end the protests by sending in bulldozers to remove the mounds of sand, brick walls and barricades. ...

By Iftikhar Hussain Jazib According to recent media reports, terrorist organisations and the criminal networks are gathering millions in foreign currency as ransom from people without facing any resistance in the twin-cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Top industrialists, business tycoons, ministers, politicians and lawyers are frequently receiving threatening letters and phone calls from the terrorist net ...

Asif Haroon Raja Delving into the history of Pak-US relations spread over six decades one finds that the US relationship was always transactional in nature. Friendship turned into coldness and at times hostility the moment its objectives were achieved. After betraying Pakistan in the 1965 and 1971 wars against India, it made friends with Pakistan in 1981 to help fight the proxy war against Soviet forces In ...

Posted by Javed Iqbal  Pakistan is the acronym of Persian word “Pak” which means pure and “Istaan” which means territory. Hence, Pakistan can be categorically defined as land of pure people. Before leading the topic towards present scenario, history of Pakistan should be given a focused view. Basically, Pakistan did not get independence on 14th of August 1947 rather it was made independent in the skies by t ...

Professor Anjum James Paul The nation is celebrating the 66 Independence Day of Pakistan. It is so sad that the Pakistani nation has forgotten the vision of the Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan that he presented to the Constituent Assembly in Karachi on August 11, 1947 on his election as the first President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. The Pakistani nation has not been fa ...