Sajjad Shaukat When during the Musharraf regime, with the Chinese assistance, Pakistan initiated the construction of Gwadar deep-seaport in the Balochistan province in March 2002; sirens went off in the capitals of foreign countries, especially the US, India and Israel who took it as a threat to their global and regional plans. Balochistan’s ideal strategic location, its abundant mineral resources like gas, ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The two-day international conference ‘Regional Dynamics and Strategic Concerns in South Asia’ organized by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) in association with the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) held at Islamabad, Pakistan on November 14-15, this year. The speakers, who included former ambassadors, intellectuals and analysts, including Pakistan’s Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff ...

By Asif Haroon Raja India under Modi No Indian leader has reconciled with the existence of Pakistan. Unresolved Kashmir dispute has kept the two neighbors at loggerheads. The animus between the two archrivals spiraled when Narendar Modi took over power in India in June 2014. He has all along pursued a highly truculent and bullying policy and has missed no opportunity to express his hostility against Pakista ...

By Sajjad Shauka Despite the repeated assurances of Pakistan’s military and civil leadership that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are well-protected and are under tight security arrangements, having well-coordinated command and control system, a deliberate propaganda campaign against the safety of these weapons keeps on going particularly by the US, India and some Western countries who are acting upon the Zionis ...

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali Why it is in West’s interest to scuttle BR The stakes are high. Who will be the next world leader for coming decades? With Chinese policy becoming more assertive, the US is deeply concerned about an economic surge by China, leading to it becoming a world leader. The time is now. This article explores the bigger picture of which CPEC and Gwadar form a part. In 2013 China launched the Bel ...

By Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD Arab Masses Victims of the Modern Warfare Truth is One, not many. The Western leaders propelled by the ambiguous animosity of ‘the clash of civilizations’ are using sectarian violence as the engine of sophisticated warfare to destroy the Arab Middle East. Syria is destroyed, Iraq dismantled, Libya gone, Yemen ruptured and according to Robert Fisk, House of Saud comes next. The wel ...

By Sajjad Shaukat At least eight people were killed and 11 injured on Tuesday (October 31, 2017) when the driver of a pickup truck hit people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan, New York City near the World Trade Centre. The vehicle then hit a school bus, injuring two adults and two children on board. According to the US media reports, “It was a terror attack…Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, a 29-year-old man ...

Post Tillerson’s visit By Yasmeen Ali  Two different narratives seemingly appeared upon US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit. Narratives that are not new. Both US and Pakistan need to understand the thought process of each other, to then seek a common ground to achieve peace in Afghanistan. The conflict in Afghanistan is of the pre-trump era. According to Steve Bannon Donald Trump’s ex-White House Ch ...