Power show of opposition parties

By Asif Haroon Raja Despite best efforts of Imran Khan (IK) led PTI and PAT under Tahirul Qadri (TuQ) since June 2014, the duo has neither been able to eject the PML-N government, nor could it crack the fort of the ruling party. PML-Q led by Choudhry Brothers has been lending support to PTI and PAT all along, while the PPP remained detached from the six months long sit-in at Islamabad in 2014 but now is on ...

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Where will the buck stop?

In last three years, over 700 cases were reported on child rapes and murders from Kasur alone. Over 700. That’s a large number for a small town. 2015 was the worst year with 451 cases of recorded child abuse. For every one case registered, many go unreported. Why are such cases so high in number in this area? First and the most basic is lack of educating the child not to trust a stranger. In most cases the ...

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Strategic Dimensions:  Indian Wheat is Harmful for Afghans’ Health

By Sajjad Shaukat After hosting the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, India on October 29, 2017 began shipment of 15000 tons wheat to the landlocked Afghanistan through the Iran’s Chabahar port, which was received in the Afghan city of Zaranj with jubilation. The consignment was the first out of the 1.1 million tons wheat committed by India for the people of Afghanistan on grant basis and was projected ...

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USA’s treacherous agenda against Pakistan

By Asif Haroon Raja The US ignores its own human rights violations and also looks the other way to massive human rights abuses committed by Israel, India, Egypt and other dictatorial regimes towing its agenda. Washington, however, has no tolerance for democratic regimes that refuse to make their countries compliant States and opt to pursue independent foreign policy best suited for their national interests. ...

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Growing Trend of Negative Coverage of CPEC in Media

By Sajjad Shaukat In the cyber-age, online information and interaction of peoples by the developed and the less developed countries have further increased the importance of media. Media tools which include TV channels, newspapers and websites have the power to mould peoples’ views in positive or negative sense. In this respect, terror-attacks in Pakistan’s various regions, especially in the Balochistan prov ...

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Strategic Dimensions: Indian Wheat is Harmful for Afghans’ Health

By Sajjad Shaukat After hosting the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, India on October 29, 2017 began shipment of 15000 tons wheat to the landlocked Afghanistan through the Iran’s Chabahar port, which was received in the Afghan city of Zaranj with jubilation. The consignment was the first out of the 1.1 million tons wheat committed by India for the people of Afghanistan on grant basis and was projected ...

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Rules of engagement need a serious revisit

By Yasmeern Aftab Ali The US has always repeated the mantra of “do more” to Pakistan in WoT since it invaded Afghanistan. A war that US and NATO has failed to win after over sixteen years of boots on ground. Pakistan’s repeated narrative of being the biggest victim in terms of lives and impact on economy and the damage to the social fabric of the country has fallen on deaf ears. US should care. Reality is, ...

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