By Zaheerul Hassan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on his return from KPK chaired a meeting ofcorps commanders at GHQ Rawalpindi on, 10th February, 2016. In this conference, the military leadership has reviewed the progress of operation Zarb-e-Azb and emphasized on the need of eliminating terrorism, requirement of giving special focus on return of Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) to the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat As regards terrorism, Machiavelli advises the rulers to have a lion-like image outwardly, and act upon the traits of goat inwardly. He also suggests them foreign adventures and the use of terror to obtain their goals. In his sense, a good ruler should be a good opportunist and hypocrite. While echoing Machiavelli, Morgenthau points out that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities lik ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 11th of February is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Bhat who was hanged by the then Indian regime on February 11, 1984 in Tihar Jail as the reprisal expressed by New Delhi. He was hanged to take the revenge of the killing of an Indian Diplomat by some unknown organization claiming to be Kashmiri. It was an act of shame for a country called India, as even after ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 9th of February 9 is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru whom India secretly hanged and buried inside the Tihar jail complex on February 9, 2013. It triggered protests in Kashmir and widespread condemnations from various political and human rights organisations. Afzal Guru was convicted in 2001 Parliament attack case and awarded death sentence. Afzal ha ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان اور بھارت کے درمیان اگر کشمیر کا مسئلہ حل ہو جائے تو برصغیر پاک و ہند کے امن کولاحق خطرات تقریباََ ختم ہو جائیں گے اور یہاں کے لوگ سکھ اور چین کا سانس لے سکیں گے۔ مسلمانوں کی انتھک محنت ، قربانیوں اور قائداعظم محمد علی جناح کی شاندار قیادت و سیاست کے نتیجے میں انگریز کو ہندوستان چھوڑ کر جانا پڑا اور برصغیر میں ایک نیا ملک پاکستان معرض وجود میں آگیا اور بھارت کو بھی انگریز سے آزادی مل گئی۔ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Because of its ideal strategic location, and being the lonely nuclear country in the Islamic World, Pakistan has become special target of the US, India and Israel whose secret agencies have been destabilizing it through various kinds of terror attacks. These hostile elements are also using propaganda in maligning Pakistan. For the purpose, they have also hired the services of those Pakista ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since 1990, the 5th of February is being celebrated by Pakistanis and Kashmiris as ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ to pay homage to Kahsmiri martyrs and to show solidarity with the freedom fighters who are demanding their legitimate right of self-determination, as recognized by the UN resolutions. During the partition of the Sub-continent, the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) wh ...

By Asif Haroon Raja 120 seconds pep talk between Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi at Paris on November 30, followed by meeting of National Security Advisers Ajit Doval and Lt Gen Nasser Janjua at Bangkok on December 6 melted the ice and set the ball rolling. Indian external affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Islamabad to attend Heart of Asia conference two days later and her announcement that Indo-Pak ...