By Asif Haroon Raja India occupies a unique position in the South Asian region by dint of occupying nearly 72 percent of the land surface in South Asia, being a home of 77 percent of the region’s population, and accounting for nearly 75 percent of the regional economic output. It has the third largest Army (1,325,000) in the world and its economy is ranked 10th strongest ($2.0 trillion). Notwithstanding its ...

نغمہ حبیب مسلمان سو رہا ہے اور ایک بار پھر اُس کی عزت سے کھیل لیا گیا اور توہین آمیز خاکے شائع کیے گئے اور ایسا اب کی بار فرانس کے اخبار چارلی ہیبڈو نے کیا ایسا پہلی بار نہیں ہوا کہ مسلمانوں کے جذبات سے کھیلا گیا ہو ایسے ہی خاکے پہلے ناروے میں بھی شائع ہو چکے ہیں اور نہ یہ ایک واحد انداز ہے جس سے مسلمانوں کی دل آزاری کی گئی ہو۔ نعوذبااللہ”برن دی قرآن“ جیسے باقاعدہ قسم کے پروگرام بھی بنائے اور چلائے گئے ظاہر ...

                       نغمہ حبیب 1971 میں پاکستان دولخت ہوا وہ ملک جس کے لیے ہندوستان کے گوشے گوشے کونے کونے میں رہنے والے مسلمانوں نے بغیر یہ سوچے سمجھے کہ وہ پاکستان کا حصہ بن سکیں گے یا نہیں پاکستان کے حصول کا نعرہ لگایا اور پاکستان حاصل بھی کرلیا لیکن اپنوں کی خود غرضیاں اور غیروں کی سازشیں کام کر گئیں اور بنگلہ دیش بن گیا۔ بنگلہ دیش تو بن گیا لیکن سازشیں نہ رکیں تاریخ سے سبق حاصل نہیں کیا گیا اور اب بھ ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Unlike the past wars, the arena of war has changed. In the ongoing era, besides subversive tactics, non-lethal weapons like propaganda can be more harmful in damaging the interest of a target country. In this regard, overtly, US high officials state that they seek stability in Pakistan, but covertly, they continue to destabilize this lonely ‘nuclearised’ country in the Islamic World. With ...

(Part II) By  Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Ultimately the referendum in Scotland was held in a peaceful manner, and the people decided according to their own free will not to be an independent nation. This was undoubtedly a victory for democratic principles and universal values. The people of Kashmir do not want anything more than that. They want the same principle to be equally applicable to Kashmir. Let the people ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Since the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and leader of the ruling party, Awami League (AL)  Sheikh Hasina Wajid came into power, India has been employing various tactics to entrap Bangladesh by exploiting her pro-Indian tilt to fulfill its strategic interests, especially against Pakistan. Two persons have been killed in Bangladesh in the deadly clashes erupted in the country on January 5, t ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat While fighting a different war with the non-state actors, Pakistan is passing through exceptionally unusual circumstances and the situation warrants clear, bold and firm decisions to deal the menace of terrorism, specially the threat of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its banned affiliated groups. After the 9/11 tragedy, American President, Congress, media and public became one t ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat                             Since the US started global war against terrorism, after the 9/11 tragedy, various political experts have opined that as part of the insurgency, terrorism comes in a variety of forms such as religious terrorism, secular terrorism and so on. Bruce Hoffman, in his book ‘Inside Terrorism’ writes: “For the religious terrorist, violence is the foremost divine duty ...