By Mohammad Jamil Theor­etically, any one who believes in freedoms and civil liberties would not hold brief for military dictators, authoritarian rulers or civilian dictators. But in Pakistan whenever Martial Law was promulgated in the past, a large number of politicians, journalists, intellectuals, members of judiciary and people at large had supported the dictator. However, when the dictator tried to exte ...

By Sajjad Shaukat While Afghanistan has already been facing intractable issues internally and externally, some latest developments will create more complications, darkening the future of the war-torn country in wake of new emerging geo-political scenario. At a time when Afghan President Hamid Karzai was making strenuous efforts to have a long-term strategic partnership with the United States for the surviva ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Politics, security and peace are interlinked factors which are directly connected and get affected due to the policies of global powers. The, intelligence agencies play pivotal role in framing foreign policies of the states. However regional and international politics and security environment is being controlled by super powers in particularly through their intelligence agencies. In this ...

By Zaheerul Hassan American unilateral operation in Abbottabad in May las year opened the flood gates of criticism for Pakistan from all quarters. An already hostile international me­dia found it all convenient to unleash their most venomous war aga­i­nst Pakistan, Pak Army, ISI and Pakistan's Nuc­lear Programme. Most of the online Interna­tional Newspapers (with the exception of Arab and neutral countries) ...

By  Suhab Quershi Hindustan Construction Company-HCC- executing 330 Megawatt Kishen Ganga Hydro Electric Power Project has made life hell for the people residing in the dozens of villages here in North Kashmir's Bandipora district, some 59 Kilometers from the summer capital Srinagar of Jammu and Kashmir state. From destruction of roads, buildings and drains to recession of water resources, HCC has trained t ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since the Supreme Court of Pakistan took notice of the missing persons in the country, there is much hue and cry on the issue. On March 7 this year, even the Senate unanimously passed a resolution, expressing deep concern over the issue of disappeared persons. In this context, on June 2011, a two-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Javed Iqbal had condemned the role of NGOs ...

By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Muslim Kashmiris in Indian held Kashmir (IHK) were quietly undergoing the injustices and high-handedness of India's handpicked Kashmiri leaders and atrocities of Indian security forces for over four decades. Their patience broke down when state elections in 1987 were blatantly rigged. It triggered mass agitation and within two years street protests turned into armed resistance. Indi ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although political manipulation is very common even in the western countries where the rival politicians always try to exploit any issue against one another for gaining the sympathies of general masses, yet they do not act upon such a practice at the cost of national interests. But it is our misfortune that Pakistan's political parties leave no stone unturned in targeting the security agen ...