By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a strong spokesman of the World of Islam and the leader of the Third World. He was the founder of Pakistan’s nuclear programme. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had announced that he would call Third World summit in his second tenure. Bhutto wanted to liberate the Third World and the Muslim World from neo-imperialism and neo-colonialism. As a res ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Before the start of the military operation Zarb-e-Azb, terrorists had been, primarily, waging a war against the citizens of Pakistan, their values, beliefs and assets. 200 million people of Pakistan had, bravely, been facing various kinds of terrorist acts for years. Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria and other Muslim countries have been facing various kinds of terrorism related attack ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The government led by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) presented its first federal budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 in the Parliament on June 11, this year, setting ambitious tax collection targets to stabilise a faltering economy. In this regard, Minister of State for Finance Hammad Azhar presented the budgetary proposals in the National Assembly. In his speech, in the beginning, he s ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (ASD, also known as the Quad), comprising the United States, Japan, India, and Australia held a meeting in Bangkok in Thailand in the beginning of March, this year. The strategic meeting was attended by the senior officials of these countries who talked on their collective efforts for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region, opposing China’s influ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Three people were killed and five soldiers injured in a clash between security forces and Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) protesters on May 26, this year in North Waziristan. In this regard army’s media wing DG of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Asif Ghafoor said: “a group led by Mohsin Javed and Ali Wazir, assaulted Kharqamar check post, Boyya, North Waziristan tribal ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Opposition parties have agreed to convene an All Parties Conference (APC) after Eid-ul-Fitr. They have agreed for launching a protest movement against the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) government which has continued anti-corruption drive and documentation of the economy to pull Pakistan out of the multiple crises. The purpose of this conference is to put pressure on the government and crea ...

By Sajjad Shaukat ‘Operation Blue Star’ was an Indian military operation which occurred between 3–8 June 1984, ordered by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to control over the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) complex, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs in Amritsar, Punjab, and to arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers from the complex buildings. Bhindranwale had earlier taken residence in ...

“The US is the most warlike nation in the history of the world, forcing other countries to adopt our American principles.” - Jimmy Carter Asif Haroon Raja America’s history of aggression While there is a prevalent belief among the Americans that the US almost always wages war for noble purposes and in defense of freedom, global public opinion and facts paint a very different picture. Most countries surveyed ...