By Asif Haroon Raja Hot Question The burning question dominating strategic discourse is whether President Donald Trump will sign and finalise a peace agreement with Iran before departing for China on 15 May. Hard Realities The following strategic realities must be taken into account: The US campaign, codenamed “Epic Fury,” has failed to achieve its principal war objectives despite carrying out more than 15, ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Indian Brutality in Occupied Kashmir When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” Winston S. Churchill. The disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir stands apart as the most cantankerous of conflicts, with the catastrophic possibility of nuclear devastation. After all India and Pakistan have fought three wars and nearly began a fourth with the ever-present threa ...

By Admiral Afzal Tahir I claim political neutrality and ask you to consider this. The political developments in Pakistan over the last two years cast a profound impact on the recent developments in our region. Change of political government post 2018 elections must be considered a godsend. Pakistan had been continuously losing diplomatic ground over the ten-year period of PPP and PMLN governments. All the c ...

نغمہ حبیب کشمیرسلگ رہا ہے اور دنیا یہ تماشا دیکھ رہی ہے ایسا کچھ اب سے نہیں اس خطے نے جانے کب آزادی کا سورج دیکھا تھا۔ آج سے تقریباًکچھ کم صدی پہلے علامہ اقبال نے افسوس کرتے ہوئے کہا تھا۔ آج وہ کشمیر ہے محکوم و مجبور و فقیر کل جسے اہل نظر کہتے تھے ایران صغیر اس خطے کو کسی نے جنت نظیر کہا کسی نے ایران صغیر کہا کچھ نے فردوس بریں کہا لیکن اس کے قدرتی حسن کی تعریف مکمل نہ ہوئی۔ آج یہی کشمیر ظلم کی چکی میں پس رہ ...

نغمہ حبیب بھارت اِن دنوں ہزیمتوں کی زد میں ہے وہی مودی جس کو عظیم لیڈر قرار دینے کی کوشش کی جارہی تھی پے در پے شکست کھا رہا ہے۔ پاکستان چین اور نیپال کے ہاتھوں پٹنے کے بعد اب اُسے ایران میں سبکی کا سامنا کرنا پڑرہا ہے۔ ایران اور بھارت کے درمیان معاہدہ طے پایا تھا کہ بھارت ایران کی خلیج اومان میں ایک چھوٹی سی بندرگاہ چاہ بہار کو تعمیر کرنے اور اسے وسعت دینے کے لیے ایران کی مدد کرے گاچاہ بہار بحر ہندسے نزدیک ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The term of terrorism has been so confused that there is no exact definition of terrorism. The problem is confined to political terrorism which occurs when a group, whether holding governmental office or outside government, resolves to pursue a set of ideological objectives by methods which not only subvert or ignore the requirements of domestic and international law, but also rely for the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The former Soviet Union which had subjugated the minorities and ethnic groups in various provinces and regions through its military, disintegrated in 1991. Even its nuclear weapons could not save its collapse. One of the important causes of the disintegration of the former Russian Empire was that its greater defence expenditure exceeded to the maximum, resulting into economic crises inside ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, Kashmir Martyrs’ Day (Youme Shudaha-e-Kashmir) is commemorated on July 13 in the memory of 21 Kashmiris who were martyred outside Srinagar Central Jail by the troops of Dogra Maharaja on July 13, 1931. This very day is observed on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world by the Kashmiris to pay homage to these Kashmiris. However, the history of Dogra rule (1846- ...