By Ali Sukhanver In a move intended to mend shattering and tattering ties with the Unites States, the newly-elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and US Ambassador James Cunningham, signed the Bilateral Security Agreement known as ‘BSA’ this year on 30th September at the presidential palace in Kabul. The deal allows the US to leave a small contingent of troops in the country beyond this year, when a NATO-le ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai November 23, 2014 “Whatever the (Indian) Government spokesman might have said before, or may say now, there has never been a free and fair election in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.” Jayaprakash Narayan, ‘India’s Conscience-Keeper.’ Hope and change the Modi way seems to have taken in the majority of India's voters since he was elected in May, 2014 but his message to the flood-ravaged ...

نغمہ حبیب کچھ ادارے یا کچھ لوگ کسی ملک کی پہچان ہوتے ہیں اور ان پر ممالک فخر کرتے ہیں۔پاکستان ایک زرخیز ملک ہے جو انسانی اور قدرتی وسائل سے بھرپور ہے اور ساتھ ہی ساتھ ہی اس کو خدا نے بہترین دماغوں سے بھی نوازا ہواہے اور ایسے ہی کچھ دماغ جب آپس میں ملے اور ملک کی بہتری کے لیے کوشاں ہوئے تو پاک فوج کا ادارہ آئی ایس آئی وجود میں آیا اور بلاشبہ پاکستان کی پہچان بنا۔یہ بات سبھی جانتے ہیں کہ آئی ایس آئی نے پاکستا ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In the 19th century, Great Game was played between Russia and Great Britain in the regions of Central Asia and Afghanistan. Durand Line was demarcated in 1893 during Abdur Rahman’s rule and Afghanistan was created as a second buffer State between the two competing powers. Afghanistan was ruled by King M. Zahir Shah from 1933 till 1973. Absolute monarchy in Afghanistan was transformed int ...

By Asif Haroon Raja [caption id="attachment_2670" align="alignright" width="300"] South Asia Conflict Map[/caption] Although Pakistan became the most allied ally of the US in 1950s but this apparently deep-seated alliance was on papers only. Practically, the US always remained inclined towards India even when it was a camp follower of former USSR. The US left Pakistan high dry in the 1965 and 1971 wars with ...

   By Sajjad Shaukat Indian spin doctors, especially those associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and other extremist Hindu groups continuously propagate against Pakistan, and aggressively use anti- ISI narrative with a view to showing Islamabad in bad light, while maligning Pakistan’s top intelligence agency, ISI. Their sick mind and elusive psyche spread intriguing thoughts and breed wickedness ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی ’ لوگ صرف اتنا جانتے ہیں کہ اِن کو کیا بولنا ہے؟ عقلمند آدمی مگر وہ ہے جو یہ بھی جانے کہ اُس کو کیا بولنا نہیں ہے ‘ یہ نہیں جو منہ میں آئے بولتا چلا جائے جو تعصب آلود ہ فکر کچھ لکھنے پر اُسے آمادہ کرئے وہ لکھتا چلا جائے کوئی اِس ناقص وکمرو راہ پر اگر چل نکلے خود کو ادیب ‘ قلمکار ‘ تجزیہ نگار یا صحافی بھی سمجھنا شروع کردے تو سمجھ لیجئے ’بد بختی ‘ نے اُس کا دروازہ دیکھ لیا ہے ایسے میں پھر ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Gallup survey of the UK official body, DFID, conducted on July 20, 212, had disclosed that the vast majority of the Baloch people oppose the idea of an independent Balochistan. As a result of the general elections 2013, the government led by the nationalist leader Chief Minister Balochistan Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch was established in Balochistan, while on December 7, 2013; local bodies elect ...