By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.” John F. Kennedy Peace has eluded Kashmir for more than 69 years, every since British sovereignty lapsed on August 15, 1947. The Government of India holds the decisive cards to end Kashmir’s convulsions and carnage on a genocidal scale. No peace formula worth its salt, however, depends on altruism or unselfishness senti ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_14712" align="alignright" width="300"] Indian army's director general of military operations Lt General Ranbir Singh[/caption] It is most regrettable that by ignoring the modern global trends like renunciation of war, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development, India has activated dangerous arms race in South Asia. In this respect, India test-fired its ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In the 6th century, the entire Arab Peninsula had sunk into the morass of depravation and delinquency. The two super powers of the time, Romans (Byzantine Empire) and Persians (Sassanian Empire) were situated in the west and east of Arabian Peninsula respectively and were antagonists. The 28 year-war (602-630 A.D.) had drained the two empires and decay had begun to set in. It was in thos ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Article 5, Universal Declaration of Human Rights The statement of Mr. Ban Ki-moon - UN Secretary General deserves an appreciation who wants to console people by saying: “On Human Rights Day, let us recommit to guaranteeing the fundamental freedoms and protecting the human rights of all." ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The sixth Heart of Asia Conference which was held in the Indian city of Amritsar on December 3 and 4, this year is likely to prove fruitless in achieving its goals due to secret diplomacy. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates are part of the Heart of Asia initiative ...

By Zaheerul Hassan The 6th Heart of Asia conference held in Amritsar Punjab on 4 December 2016. Despite Indian hostile attitude, Pakistani Top Foreign Policy Advisor Mr. Sirtaj Aziz attended the conference. Somehow irrationally, India and Afghanistan criticized Islamabad and alleged Pakistan for supporting terrorism. Russian Envoy negated Indian and Afghan criticism. He said that Pakistan itself facing the ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja Narendra Modi had been elected by the Indians in June 2014 under the fond hope that contrary to Manmohan Singh who in their view was weak and unassuming, Modi being tough and assertive, he will be able to nail down Pakistan and annex remaining part of Kashmir. Impressed by his economic management as a chief minister of Gujarat and earning a reputation of an economic wizard, they expecte ...

By Balbir Singh Sooch 1. PM MODI OF INDIA openly declared that the people of rich, if stands deposited their money in the Bank Accounts of poor people, they (poor people) need to return back at all at any cost. 2. If the rich boss (bosses) asks or threaten(s) him or them to return his money in the Bank Accounts of poor people, refuse to do so and write a letter to PM MODI OF INDIA. 3. Now it stands openly a ...