By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, General Raheel Shrif along with Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong has inaugurated the grand opening ceremony of the strategically vital Gwadar port on November 13, 2016. The Gwadar Port currently has 11.5 meters depth, however; it would be more deepen uptill 14 meters and will enable docking of larger ships with a deadweight tonnage of up to ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The sole super power under George W. Bush Junior duly assisted by his team of neocons declared the 21st century as the American century and for the realization of this ambition had designed a new world order (NWO). The NWO envisaged neo-colonizing the Middle East, capturing the world resources under the garb of global war on terror, and turning the world into a global village administere ...

By Sajjad Shaukat While, the US-led developed countries have spent billions of dollars for development in Afghanistan with a view to attaining stability and peace in the war-torn country, but, India has been destabilizing Afghanistan through various sinister designs. In this regard, renowned writer Musa Khan Jalalzai in his recent article “Afghanistan teeters on the brink, “published in the Daily Times on N ...

BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI Imran Khan pulled out the plug on the November 2 dharna at the eleventh hour, reposing faith in the judiciary upon its taking up the case and converting a protest day into one of thanksgiving. This act of Imran Khan was stated by many to be ‘umpire’ guided or blamed on his naiveté at reposing trust in promises made. Others made fun of how he had failed his supporters and lesser numbers ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The political temperature that had begun to boil from 28 October onward became menacing on the following three days, but mercifully it scaled down dramatically on the evening of November 01 after Imran Khan (IK) decided to call off his much hyped foray into Islamabad (Isbd) on November 2. IK led PTI had been drumming up the Panama papers scandal since April 2016 and straining their lungs ...

نغمہ حبیب بھارت کو لگام دینے والا کیا کوئی نہیں یا دنیا نے آنکھیں بند کی ہوئی ہیں وہاں سے مسلسل پاکستان کے معاملات میں مداخلت کی جا رہی ہے اور علیٰ الاعلان کی جا رہی ہے کبھی ان کا وزیراعظم بڑے دھڑلے سے مشرقی پاکستان کی علحدگی کو اپنا کار نامہ کہتا ہے کبھی کھلم کھلا بلوچوں کی مدد کا اعلان کرتا ہے۔ بھارت اپنی دہشت گرد ہندو ذہنیت سے ہمیشہ مجبور رہا ہے چاہے کانگریسی اندراگاندھی ہو یا بی جے پی کا مودی سب کا ایجن ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The ISI had developed its long arm capability during the tenures of Gen Akhtar Abdur Rehman, Lt Gen Hamid Gul and Lt Gen Javed Nasir as DG ISI. It was owing to this capability of hitting the chosen target outside the frontiers of Pakistan that the ISI earned the reputation of a dreaded outfit and the best in Asia. The long arm began to shrivel when Benazir Bhutto was PM from 1988 to 1990 ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja Imran Khan (IK) and his partner Sheikh Rashid pursuing politics of agitation since mid-2014 are once again on a rampage and are determined to lock down Islamabad (Isbd) and seize power by force. Their tantrums have shot up the political temperature to a boiling point and has intensified uncertainty and insecurity. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Pervez Khattak along with PTI ...