By Sajjad Shaukat On June 10, this year, while showing the progress of the military operation Zarb-e-Azb, Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Raheel Sharif said, “Terrorists have been cleared from their strongholds in North Waziristan Agency and Khyber Agency, and fight now is moving into last few pockets close to Afghan border.” He laid emphasis on “continuation of the operations till elimination of the last expecte ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی پاک بھارت اختلافات پر مسلسل بحث ومباحثہ اور باہم تکرار کرنے والوں میں ایک طبقہ ہمارے ہاں ایسا بھی پایا جاتا ہے جو اپنے آپ کو ’غیر جانبدار‘ مانتا ہے یہ طبقہ رہتا بستا تو پاکستان میں ہے، اپنے آپ کو پاکستانی بھی کہلواتا ہے مگر‘ اپنے افکارو خیالات کے اظہار کے ذریعے سے ایسے لوگ کسی نہ کسی عذر بہانوں کی آڑ میں ‘ اور کبھی ’امن‘ کے نام پر اپنا فکری ونظری وزن بھارت کے پلڑے میں ڈالنے کبھی ٹلتے نہی ...

By Ali Sukhanver  “Targeting Mecca and Medina is the only way to save US from the attacks of the Muslims”, said Tom Tancredo, the US presidential candidate in Election 2007. Tom Tancredo belonged to the Republican Party. During his election campaign he earned a lot of popularity among the extremist strata of the American society by suggesting that the sacred Muslim cities of Mecca and Medina should be attac ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The world is in turmoil and events are moving towards confrontation between bigger powers. Owing to its evil acts, the Evil Empire wanting to convert the world into a global village has made the world insecure and is now seen as the biggest human threat the world has ever known. The so-called invincible US military and NATO have been roundly defeated by the ill-clad and ill-equipped Afgh ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan Thinkers Forum held a seminar at Islamabad Club on March 29, 2015 under the chairmanship of Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat. Lt Gen Naeem Khan Lodhi and Dr. Sultan Bashir Mehmood spoke on the topic “National Solidarity” while I and Prof Dr Anis Ahmed spoke on “Pakistan has a Future”. I will share my presentation in the succeeding paragraphs.   Miracle of 20th Century Pakistan em ...

By Sajjad Shaukat While echoing Hobbes and Machiavelli, Morgenthau opines that in international politics, countries act upon various immoral activities like deceit, fraud, falsehood and so on. In one way or the other, they also follow these tactics to fulfill their selfish aims. But, in the modern era of electronic and social media including open diplomacy, it is difficult for the sovereign states to contin ...

By  Sajjad Shaukat                                                            Every year, World Water Day is celebrated on March 22 on global level, focusing attention on the water crisis as well as the solutions to address it. An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. The United Nations General Assembly responded by de ...

 By Ali Sukhanver A very honourable Pakistani diplomat Hussain Haqqani said speaking at the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House in London that Pakistan must give up its ideological obsession over the Kashmir issue. He further said that Pakistan no longer enjoys the support of the international community. He stressed that Pakistan needs to have the kind of approach China has over Taiwan ...