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 ...

Reviewed By Sajjad Shaukat Deserts have witnessed the decay of many civilizations. Although some people might have rendered their services for humanitarian work in those barren places, yet we do not have any record of remote history. But, in the modern age of technology, these services and relief-work of individuals can be preserved. In this regard, Thar, Payas Aur Pani (Thar, Thirst and Water) is the lates ...

 نغمہ حبیب آپریشن ضرب عضب جاری ہے اور یہ بھی کہا جارہا ہے اور قوم کو مسلسل تسلی دی جا رہی ہے کہ دہشت گردوں کی کمر توڑ دی گئی ہے۔فوجی جوان اپنی جانوں کی قربانی پیش کرنے اور اپنی زندگیاں قربان کرنے میں کوئی دقیقہ فروگذاشت نہیں کر رہے وہ اُسی بہادری سے لڑ رہے ہیں جو ایک مجاہد کی شان ہے اور بظاہر دہشت گردی کی کاروائیوں میں کمی بھی نظر آرہی ہے اگرچہ یہ کمی بہت معمولی سی ہے لیکن یہ سب کچھ ہونے کے باوجود سچ یہ ہے ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Within four months, clearing more than 80 percent areas in North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan’s Armed Forces have almost defeated the ferocious militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) by military operation Zarb-e-Azb which has rapidly been achieving its objectives. Present different war between Pakistan’s Armed Forces and the TTP insurgents is simply a ‘clash of wills’ between two ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat           By setting aside the principles of nuclear deterrence, intensity in the Indian unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and Working Boundary (WB), which killed several persons since October 6, this year inside Pakistan, is alarming for peace-loving countries of South Asia including those of the world. Calling for restraining its forces from constant violations of the ce ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja Taliban insurgency which triggered soon after the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan by the US led western forces and Afghan Northern Alliance troops in November 2001 is still raging and gathering strength. Resistance forces have forced the occupying forces to exit by end December 2014. The US will be abandoning Afghanistan in disgrace and will leave behind an unstable, impoverished ...

By Sajjad Shaukat                     Since October 6, this year, India accelerated cross-border shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) and Working Boundary (WB) and killed several innocent persons including their animals inside Pakistan. It compelled tens thousands of the residents of the villages to migrate to safe areas, with their livestock and other belongings. In this regard, spokesman of the Inter- ...