By Iftikhar Hussain Jazib Al-Qaeda’s assassinated chief Osama Bin Laden (OBL) and its current Amir      Dr Ayman Al-Zawahiri were not known as religious personalities before Afghan jihad. Both had received their formal education at secular institutions. OBL had studied Economics, Business Administration and civil engineering while Dr Zawahiri had studied Medicine to become an eye surgeon. This lack of relig ...

  سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی ’فاشزم سیاست ‘ جمہوری سیاست کا جتنا بڑا لبادہ اُوڑھ لے اپنے چہرے بشرے پر مختلف جمہوری رنگوں کی لکیریں بھی لگاتی پھرے اُس کا یہ طرزِ عمل اُسے کبھی جمہوریت سے تعبیر نہیں کرسکتا جمہوریت کی اصل کو سمجھنا ہے تو پھر آئیے جمہوریت کے بانی ارسطو کی اِس بات کو سمجھنے کی کوشش کرتتے ہیں کہ اُس نے جمہوری حکمرانوں کے بارے میں کیا کہا ارسطو کہتا ہے کہ’ انسان پر لازم ہے کہ وہ اِس کوشش میں مسلسل مصروف ر ...

RIYADH (ZM):  Saudi Arabian government requested Pakistan for military assistance inan on-going conflict with Yemen.  Pakistani high level assured Saudi rulers that Islamabad will provide all possible assistance in this crisis. The delegation has returned home and is expected to brief Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while a decision to send troops will be made by the country’s leadership as well. Defence Minist ...

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                                   Pakistan has become special arena of the different war, being waged by the security forces against the ruthless terrorists who have continued their terror-activities such as suicide attacks, bomb blasts, targeted killings, beheadings of the innocent people, assaults on security personnel and prominent religious figures. Besides blowing children schools an ...

 نغمہ حبیب 1947 میں نظریے کی بنیاد پر پاکستان بنا اور اگلے سال یعنی مئی 1948 میں مغرب کے مکمل تعاون بلکہ منصوبہ بندی کے نتیجے میں اسرائیل کے قیام کا اعلان کیا گیااور ایک سال بعد اسے تسلیم بھی کر لیا گیا۔ اس کا قیام بھی نظریے کی بنیاد پر عمل میں لایا گیا قیام تو دونوں ریاستوں کا اپنے اپنے نظریے کی بنیاد پر کیا گیا لیکن اِن کے نظریات میں اس قدر تفاوت تھا کہ نہ تو کبھی اِن کے تعلقات قائم ہو سکے اور نہ ہی ایک د ...

By Zaheerul Hassan (ZM) — According to Saudi ambassador Adel al-Jubeir to the United States disclosed that his country has started airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who drove out the U.S.-backed Yemeni president. He said the operations began at 7 p.m. Eastern time. He further states, widely believed to be backed by Iran, "have always chosen the path of violence." He refused to admit the U.S.  I ...

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 ...