By Asif Haroon Raja 9/11 and the Post-9/11 Era The events of 11 September 2001in the USA fundamentally transformed Pakistan's security environment. Although Pakistan joined the US-led coalition against terrorism and served as the principal frontline state throughout the two-decade-long War on Terror, it simultaneously found itself under sustained pressure from multiple directions. While facilitating coaliti ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan's Geopolitical and Security Environment at the Time of Its Birth Pakistan came into existence on 14 August 1947 under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. The controversial Radcliffe Award, widely regarded in Pakistan as unjust and influenced by the combined interests of the British administration and the Hindu-dominated Congress leadership, partitioned the Muslim-majority p ...

By Asif Haroon Raja  On 27 June 2026, at 8:10 p.m., a suicide attack was carried out on the Karachi Transport Company of the Sindh Rangers. Immediately after the explosion, five armed terrorists stormed the premises. According to reports, all five terrorists were killed, while the identities of six other terrorists have not yet been established. The attack resulted in the martyrdom of two security personnel ...

By The filing of a 737-page chargesheet by Kashmir's State Investigation Agency (SIA) before a Special Court in Srinagar against Yasin Malik and four others in connection with the 1990 abduction and murder of nurse Sarla Bhat raises profound legal and political questions. Coming more than three decades after the incident, the prosecution has inevitably reignited debate over justice, accountability and the u ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan's Role During Afghan Jihad in the 1980s During the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan from December 1979 till February 1989, an estimated 1.8 million Afghans, including nearly 300,000 children, lost their lives. In stark contrast, Pakistan opened its doors to more than five million Afghan refugees over several decades. It not only provided them with shelter and securi ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Today’s meeting in New York between Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman of the World Forum for Peace & Justice, Sardar Taj Khan, Senior Vice Chairman of the Kashmir Mission USA, and Ambassador Hameed Ajibaiye Opeloyeru, the Permanent Observer of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to the United Nations, serves as an important reminder that the question of Kashmir remains unres ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Visit of Iran's President Pezeshkian to Pakistan Asif Haroon Raja Diplomatic Breakthrough in Talks Negotiations in Switzerland continued for approximately 18 hours. The outcome emerged in the form of a joint communiqué, under which a basic agreement was reached for a period of 60 days. Technical teams will now engage with one another to address and finalize the remaining issues. Pakistan ...

by Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The Arria-Formula Meeting of the United Nations Security Council on “Bridging the Implementation Gap: Security Council Resolutions and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security”, held at UN Headquarters in New York on 23 June 2026, highlighted a fundamental truth about the international system: resolutions matter only when they are implemented. The concept note for the meeti ...