By Zaheerul Hassan UNO and world over protests failed to convince Israeli to stop brutality in Gaza. Tonnage of bombs pounded in Gaza by Tel Aviv’s warplanes in more than 155 airstrikes on the blockaded strip till 27th day of aggression. So far, in airstrikes and ground actions Palestinian sources claimed 1,724 killed while 9, 080 others have been injured. 421 children and 205 women and 21 medical staff are ...

By Asif Haroon Raja On one hand the officers and men of Army shed their blood to safeguard the motherland; on the other the politicians having sold their souls barter away national interests. Who cares about sovereignty which is already bruised, honor already rolling in dust, as long as Uncle Sam promises to open the tap and cash flows in and that too in grant? This contrast has been there right from incept ...

 By Asif Haroon Raja To cast Muslims as the ‘enemy’ of Jews is distortion of history. Judaism resembles Islam in theology, structure and rituals far more than with Christianity. Historically, the Muslims treated the Jews fairly and humanely. Unlike in Europe where the Jews were hounded and ruthlessly persecuted, the Muslim rulers didn’t consider the Jews as infidels and were not proselytized.  The Jews live ...

By: Sohail Parwaz If one critically looks into the Kashmir quandary, it would be quite evident that the problem aggravated merely due to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s hypocrisy and politics. He was the one who, on one hand, gained time to ensure a strong hold on Kashmir while on the other hand kept assuring the world about extending the right of self-determination to the Kashmiris and kept beating the ethics an ...

By Muhammad DaimFazil The contemporary world order is not a guarantee of ‘all-weather’ friendship between the two neighboring states unless interests of both sides converge. The realist prone system, pertinent in the modern world, demands timely and necessary amendments in the bilateral relationships. The same is happening in Pak-China relations which are, primarily, rendered to ‘all-weather and deeper than ...

By Asim Hamza and Ahmad Khan Soft power is a newly established mean in international power politics, exercised as an instrument to attract others and thus, influencing the behaviors of others to achieve the desired outcome. Having its roots in thousands of years of human experience, soft power is being used in the contemporary international politics to restructure the manner and approach in terms of resolvi ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Unlike the past, the arena of aggression has changed. In the present era, besides subversive acts, the enemy use techniques of psychological warfare like propaganda and creation of division including other similar tactics to achieve its nefarious designs. For the purpose, the hostile elements also buy the services of intellectuals, writers and activities who are vulnerable, and can work ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control and Pakistan including rest of the world celebrate July 19 as Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan Day. As regards the dynamics of the day, on this very day in 1947, the historical resolution was adopted by the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference in Abi Guzar, Srinagar during an emergency convention at the residence of Sard ...