By Atta Rasool Malik The US and the Western Allied forces remained the major chess players in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region through proxies since 2001. Pakistan had no influence on Afghan policies being drawn by those powers. The main reason attributed to the turbulence in Afghanistan was exclusion of Pashtun faction from the Afghan government and Indian investment which paved way to interfere in Afghanis ...

By Atta Rasool Malik “It is very difficult to give an exact figure but, we have killed around 200 In Kashmir.” The assessment of local terrorists is around 110-120. Similarly, the foreigners are about 100”. It was so sad to listen Lieutenant General Sandhu addressing a press conference in Indian occupied Kashmir two days ago. The Indian general did not know or possibly did not care how many humans, so-calle ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان میں ایک جملہ جو بہت تواتر سے سننے کو ملتا ہے کہ ’’اس میں اسٹبلشمنٹ کا ہاتھ ہے‘‘ یہ ’’اس‘‘ اکثر سیاسی معاملہ ہوتا ہے اور اسٹبلشمنٹ کا مطلب فوج ہوتا ہے کہنے کو ہم یہ بھی کہتے ہیں کہ فوج سب معاملات میں مداخلت کی مجاز نہیں بالکل درست ہے فوج کا کام دفاع ہے اور سیاست کا کام حکومت کا چلانا ہے لیکن اس کا یہ مطلب بھی ہر گز نہیں کہ فوج ملک کے اندر ہونے والے کسی واقعے پر اپنی رائے کا اظہار بھی نہ کر ...

By Ali Sukhanver I was searching for the hard copy of an old article of mine in my record-room, a few days back. I just came by a letter which my younger son had written to America almost ten years back. Then he himself was nine years old. The letter said, “Dear Uncle Sam! Why don’t you look at the toddlers, searching for their mothers and crying for their fathers in the burning valleys of the Indian held K ...

By Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch First is to decide-make a decision, come to a decision, make your mind up, resolve; end something clearly, ‘to bring something to an end in a definite or obvious way’ and analysis independently, ‘whether human perfection is not imperfect and corrupt minus ‘Rule Of Law’ or What is imperfect and corrupt human minus of ‘Rule Of Law’? Human nature of people; relating to, ...

By Yasmeen Ali A red nose for the government The country was in lockdown. Roads jammed, shops closed in many areas, schools announced closed for two days, in Islamabad crackdown one policeman was martyred and 37 reportedly injured in clashes. Different key areas in different parts of Pakistan have been hit by protestors resulting in blockades. In early October 2017, government literally bulldozed the Amende ...

By Ali Sukhanver Under the Hague Convention: Article 23 of the Regulations Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land adopted by the First Hague Conference especially prohibited employing "poison and poisoned arms." The Chemical Weapons Convention 1993 also put a ban on the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and their precursors. International law too prohibited the use of chemical weap ...

As the Faizabad sit in seems to be nearing an end, it leaves many questions in its wake. The chequered history of Pakistan has witnessed yet another event where its rulers were almost overtaken by events and took the corrective action only at an eleventh hour. From a neutral perspective, following questions come to the mind. Who were the powerful individuals in the inner circle of PML (N) Govt who initiated ...