By Sajjad Shaukat Anti-Pakistan and anti-state group-the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) held a public crowd in Bannu on January 12, this year, during which prominent leaders, including Manzoor Pashteen and MNAs Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, addressed the gathering. In a video circulating on SM, Ali Wazir is being seen addressing a crowd in Bannu where he said that “we will cut down the barbed wires and fence ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Kashmir - bone of contention Antagonism between India and Pakistan is a never ending phenomenon mainly due to unresolved Kashmir dispute. It is the unfinished agenda of partition in 1947 left behind by the British. After three wars, the two archrivals have so far refrained from going for the 4th round due to nuclear deterrence acquired by Pakistan. While India succeeded in gaining time t ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The US-NATO-ANSF military operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan have been going on since October 7, 2001 relentlessly and have now reached a stalemate. For all practical purposes, the US had lost the war after it pulled out bulk of 150,000 ISAF troops in December 2014 and allowed its chief foe Taliban to gain initiative and an upper edge in the battlefield. The US is however refu ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On 26th of November 2011, the US-led NATO forces attacked two Pakistani check-posts on Pak-Afghan border and martyred 24 Pakistani military personnel indiscriminately. In this regard, two American Apache helicopters and two F-15 Eagle fighter jets targeted the two Pakistani posts, Boulder and Volcano, situated at Salala in the Baizai tehsil of Mohmand Agency. The airstrike was carried out ...

 نغمہ حبیب پاکستان میں سیاست کے لیے ایک میرٹ تو یہ ہے کہ آپ کسی سیاستدان کی اولاد ہوں پھر چاہے کو ئی سیاسی فہم اور تدبر ہو یانہ ہواس سے کوئی فرق نہیں پڑتا دوسرا میرٹ یہ ہے بلکہ بہت اہم یہ ہے کہ آپ کے پاس اتنی دولت ضرور ہوکہ آپ یا تو گن نہ سکیں اور گن سکیں تو کئی ہفتے یا چلئے کئی دن تو لگیں ورنہ تو کوچہ ء سیاست میں قدم رکھنے کی کوئی گنجائش نہیں اور اگر اتفاقاََ کوئی ”غریب سیاستدان“ کامیاب بھی ہو جائے تو یہ ک ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited China at a crucial time when epoch making changes and power shift is taking place in the region and beyond. P.M. Imran visited at the invitation of H.E. Li Keqiang, Premier of China from October 8-9, 2019. By all standards, the visit was a resounding success in strategic terms. Premier Imran Khan ...

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 During three-day visit to the US, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan met American President Donald Trump on July 22, this year in a push to mend the strained relations between Islamabad and Washington. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa also accompanied the premier. Talking to Prime Minister Imran at the Oval Office, President Trump of ...