By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan’s Heavy Price in the War on Terror During the 20-year war on terror, Pakistan stood as a frontline ally of the US-led Western coalition. Yet, it bore the brunt of devastation — losing over 80,000 lives and suffering an economic loss exceeding $150 billion. The war was externally manipulated; Afghanistan became the launching pad for massive covert operations led by India’s RAW an ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Legislative Response to Rising Terrorism On 13 August, the National Assembly passed a bill, moved by Parliamentary Committee head Naveed Qamar, authorising the government and law enforcement agencies — including the Army and Civil Armed Forces — to order preventive detention of suspects linked to terrorism, target killings, kidnappings, extortion, or threats to national security for up t ...

Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal Israel’s full license for war crimes Israel is enjoying free license to kill anyone it likes. So the Israeli Army is killing the babies, the children, the women, the men, the journalists, the doctors, the paramedics and whoever they like. More than 60 thousands people have already been killed and the killing continues. The Israeli Army has no red line. The criminal state of Israel en ...

By Asif Haroon Raja India’s Expansionist Ambitions India’s long-cherished dream of Akhand Bharat has driven its quest for regional hegemony and global power status. Pakistan’s refusal to accept India’s dominance, coupled with the unresolved Kashmir dispute, has kept the two archrivals at odds. Despite fighting three wars and engaging in numerous skirmishes, their hostility remains unrelenting. Chanakyan Str ...

Within the great ledger of history there come rare and fleeting instants which, to the untrained eye, may pass for little more than casua encounters — yet to those endowed with a more discerning eye, they are revealed as the pivot-points upon which the very course of empires and civilisations swings. Today, as the world traverses a dark and uncertain interregnum, we find ourselves caught in just such a pivo ...

By Zaheerul HassanLandlocked Afghanistan with the area or 652,864 KM (251,072 miles) since ages is titled as warriors land because many world renowned conquerors like Alexander the Great, Mongols, Mughals, Persians emperors and Genghis Khan passed through it and attacked India. Afghanistan being a buffer precinct between Central Asian States (EX-Soviet Union), Britain India, enjoying strategically vital pos ...

Brig Asif Haroon "Pakistan is facing an alarming security crisis: Dozens of attacks in recent days by an emboldened BLA and by a relentless TTP launching its spring offensive. Anti-state actors are strengthening capacities, boosting recruitment and joining forces". It is being stated that the current security situation is much more dangerous than what it was during the 20-year war on terror. To give credenc ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Fulminations in Afghan-Pakistan Relations Unfortunately, Afghanistan has never been friendly to Pakistan from day one. It was the only country in the world which didn’t accord diplomatic recognition to the newly created Pakistan in the United Nations (UN). It refused to recognise the British demarcated 2640 km long Durand Line as a border between the two neighbours on the plea that it wa ...