By Zaheerul Hassan (ZM) — According to Saudi ambassador Adel al-Jubeir to the United States disclosed that his country has started airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who drove out the U.S.-backed Yemeni president. He said the operations began at 7 p.m. Eastern time. He further states, widely believed to be backed by Iran, "have always chosen the path of violence." He refused to admit the U.S.  I ...

 By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “All of us remain concerned that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir should be solved through peaceful negotiations and should be willing to lend all the strength we have to the resolution of this matter.” President Nelson Mandela at the NAM Summit – September 2, 1998 In matters of international conflict resolution, that can only imply the involvement of a third party mediator or facilita ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی پتھروں کے زمانے میں مذاہب کے نام پر پتھر کے بنائے گئے بتوں کی بجائے انسانوں کی پوجا کی جاتی رہی کئی صدیاں بیت گئیں جو جتنا زیادہ بہارد ‘ بلکہ جو جتنا زیادہ بڑا درندہ صفت نما انسان تھا وہ اپنے سے کمزوراور مجبور و محکوم لوگوں کو اپنے سامنے اپنے سینے تان کر سجدہ کرواتا اور اُن پر بے تحاشا ظلم و بربریت کرتا اور اُن کے مال مویشی اُن کے کھیت کھلیان طاقت کے زور پر اُن سے زبردستی چھین لیتا ماضی ...

By Zaheerul Hassan After seven years of the gap a joint Armed Forces Parade held on Pakistan Day at Islamabad. Last parade was held on 23 March 2008 during the tenure of General (Retired) Pervez Musharraf when he was holding the office as a civilian president. Troops, of three forces, strategic division, civil armed forces and departments participated in the parade. Here, I would like to pay special thanks ...

By Ali Sukhanver It was really something very painful to watch on the TV screen, a very smart man of yesterday repenting over his cruelties and regretting his past and appealing for a little delay in execution on his death penalty. Was Solat Mirza a criminal by birth? Did his parents know at the time of his birth that one day their beloved son would be pushed behind the bars for his cruel activities; certai ...

By Sajjad Shaukat While echoing Hobbes and Machiavelli, Morgenthau opines that in international politics, countries act upon various immoral activities like deceit, fraud, falsehood and so on. In one way or the other, they also follow these tactics to fulfill their selfish aims. But, in the modern era of electronic and social media including open diplomacy, it is difficult for the sovereign states to contin ...

By Sajjad Shaukat                                        The 23rd of March 1940 was a watershed in the history of the Sub Continent, when All India Muslim League passed the Resolution in Lahore for the creation of an independent state. Now, it is popularly called as Pakistan Resolution. Earlier, in his address to the Muslim League at Allahabad in 1930, the idea of a homeland for Muslims in their majority ar ...

 نغمہ حبیب مسلمان برصغیر میں دو سو سال سے غلامی کی زندگی گزار رہے تھے وقتاََ فوقتاََ مسلمان رہنما اٹھتے رہے اور قوم کو جگاتے رہے آزادی کی چنگاری بجھی نہیں تھی لیکن شعلہ بھی نہیں بن رہی تھی آزادی کی خواہش بھی موجود تھی اور اسے حاصل کرنے کی لگن بھی لیکن نہ تو منزل کا تعین کیا گیا اور نہ ہی راستہ واضح تھا ۔ ایسے میں مسلمان رہنما 22 مارچ 1940 کو منٹو پارک میں جمع ہوئے اور قوم کے لیے ایک منزل کا تعین کیا ۔ اجلاس ...