By Sajjad Shaukat In the earlier this month, the draft bill which was up for public consultation was published on the Indian home ministry’s website. It suggests that anyone distributing a map the Indian government deems to be wrong and could be liable for a billion-rupee fine and jail time. Through passage of this bill, the Indian government would be able to penalize individuals and organizations who depic ...

Rejoinder to Imtiaz Alam Asif Haroon Raja Imtiaz Alam is a senior journalist who writes articles and hosts programs on TV channels. He also heads SAFMA, a dubious organization which reportedly is sponsored by RAW. SAFMA in league with Aman ki Asha, another shady organization co-hosted by Jang-Geo Group and Indian media group is also patronized by RAW. The two have been working in tandem to improve Indo-Paki ...

By Sajjad Shaukat After the massive leak of the secret documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, the question of rampant corruption in Pakistan has again come into limelight, as the disclosed papers include the names of several Pakistanis, including the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and some other politicians who made millions of dollars of investments in the offshore companies and thus, were invo ...

By Sajjad Shaukat It has been learnt through credible online sources that Engineer Mohammad Khan, the 1st Advisor and a close friend of Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has been arrested by Afghan forces/agencies for alleged links with the Islamic State group also known as Daish, ISIS or ISIL. Information strongly suggests that Daish has penetrated even in high ranking Afghan government officials as ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Proactive, reactive, offensive and counter intelligence operations are obligatory elements of well comprehensive thoughtful intelligence plan of proxy wars. Usually, the plans of such nature in proxy wars are being executed through organized intelligence network in the rival countries. Execution of covert intelligence operations while using the invisible state’s sponsored actors really br ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Russia’s Defense Ministry hosted the fifth Moscow Conference on International Security, held in Moscow on April 27-28, 2016 with the participation of high military officials and experts from around the world to discuss the fight against terrorism and other pressing security challenges. Besides, security problems of Asian-Pacific region, war and peace problems in Europe as well as global se ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although rampant corruption in Pakistan has continued by damaging the social and institutional fabric of the country, yet it has again come into limelight, after the massive leak of secret documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, which were released on April 3, this year. The level of tax avoidance and money laundering, disclosed in the Panama Papers Leaks run into the several ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Terrorism which is inhuman has enveloped almost entire world in general and South Asia in particular. Pakistan is a country subjected to terrorism itself. Present military and civilian leadership is determined to unearth and root out the menace from its soil, because the survival of the country itself is at stake and the entire nation shares this resolve. However, various developments have ...