By Ali Sukhanver  The US president Donald Trump is really a wonderful orator, an excellent speaker and no doubt a master of words. He has an ability of mesmerizing the audience with his magical style of speech and with his outstanding body language. It is also very much true that he is a man with extra ordinary nerves as he has been facing a lot of opposition with a pleasant smile since after his election a ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When any terror attack occurs in Afghanistan, Afghan government revives old blame game against Pakistan. On May 31, this year, a massive truck bombing of the Afghan capital’s diplomatic section killed more than 150 people and injured hundreds of others, including foreigners. It was the deadliest terror attack in the 16-year-old conflict. Taliban denied responsibility for the terror attack. ...

نغمہ حبیب امریکہ اور پاکستان کہنے کو اتحادی ہیں اور ماضی میں بھی رہے ہیں اورپاکستان نے ابتدا ہی سے امریکہ سے مضبوط تعلقات استوار کرنے کی کوشش کی، وجوہات جو بھی تھیں یا اس کے پیچھے جو بھی محرکات تھے وہ اپنی جگہ، اُن پر بحث سے ہم کچھ بھی حاصل نہیں کر سکتے اور نہ حالات کو پلٹ کر اپنی مرضی کے مطابق کر سکتے ہیں۔ ہماری خارجہ پالسی پر ہمیشہ امریکہ کا اثر رہا ہے چاہے ہمیں اس سے فائدہ پہنچا ہو یا ہم دوسری طرح اس سے ...

By Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal Celebrating the occupation Within the last 60 years, most of the Muslim countries have received independence from the direct rule of their colonial masters. But, the so-called independence doesn’t give the Muslims the basic religious rights to practise even the most crucial and defining Islamic obligations like sharia, hudud, shura, khilafa, trans-ethnic Muslim unity and jihad in ...

BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI The writing was on the wall. Pentagon refused to pay Pakistan military $300 in military reimbursements. This followed when US secretary of Defence Ash Carter informed Congress of Pakistan’s failure to take steps against Haqqani network. This fund comes under CSF. “Pakistan rejects harbouring militants but says there are limits to how much it can do as it is already fighting multiple Isl ...

By Sajjad Shaukat According to his family, a Pakistani citizen, Lieutenant Colonel (R) Muhammad Habib Zahir who went to Nepal looking for a job has been disappeared. Lt. Col. (R) Zahir left for Nepal on April 5 and the next day reached the country’s capital, Kathmandu. Thereon he went to Lumbini, which is about six kilometres from the Indian border. The disappearance of Lt. Col. (R) Zahir in Nepal cannot be ...

By Sajjad Shaukat A man died and at least 11 people were injured in the early hours of Monday (June 19, 2017) morning after a van was rammed into a crowd of Muslims worshipers in Finsburry Park near a mosque in north London. Eyewitnesses reported chaotic scenes, as the incident unfolded just after midnight, when worshipers had just finished evening Ramadan prayers. They said that the driver shouted, “I want ...

By Ali Sukhanver Some people suggest that Pakistan must say good-bye to Afghan affairs. In other words they suggest that Pakistan must let Afghanistan burn in fire of intrigues and conspiracies and must ignore the sorry plight of those whom Pakistan has been entertaining and accommodating for more than thirty years. Such people ignore a very important thing while giving this suggestion that Pakistan’s own p ...