By Sajjad Shaukat Learning no lesson from the past, and depending upon state terrorism, Indian Central Government has finalized the raising of Indian Reserve Police Battalions (IRBPs) in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) and Naxal/Maoist hit states or Left Wing Extremism (LWE) areas, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Out of the total 25 IRBPs proposed, five will be for IOK and 12 for LWE affected states whereas res ...

By Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal The unending crisis The Muslim world is now in the tight grip of an overwhelming crisis. It has engulfed not only the politics, but also the religious beliefs, the ideology, the spirituality, the culture, the education, the defence – in fact, all arenas of Muslims’ life. Day by day, the crisis is deepening and getting a catastrophic dimension. It shows no exit way. Rather it appear ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Military thinkers agree that although the physical force will determine the type and scale of war, yet it is the will to fight or moral force which determines the outcome of war. Clausewitz puts it this way, “One might say that the physical force seems little more than the wooden hilt, while moral factors are the precious metal, the real weapon.” In his book, “Fighting Power: German and U. ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Still, some political entities are creating controversy about the National Action Plan (NAP) which is essential part of Pakistan’s war against terrorism, as it has co-relationship with the military operation Zarb-i-Azb which has broken the backbone of the militants. In this respect, while heading a meeting of high level apex committee, (Of civil-military high officials) on September 10, th ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The leader of the Indian ruling party BJP and Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has crossed the limits in implementing the internal and external policies of his country in accordance with the agenda of fundamentalist outfits which follow the ideology of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism). In this regard, background of the Indian Prime Minister Modi which shows his ‘hypocrite personality’, n ...

 مہم ناصررضا کاظمی جامعہ ِٗ کراچی کے انتظامی انفراسٹریکچر میں وائس چانسلر کے عمل دخل کا دائرہ کتنا بااثر ہوتا ہے یا ہونا چاہیئے، کیا وائس چانسلر کسی فیکلٹی سے جواب طلبی کرسکتا ہے قوم کو محسوس ہو رہا ہے ہمارے ملک کی سرکاری اور نجی یونیورسٹیاں اِن میں قائم ذیلی شعبے (فکلیٹیز) ضرورت سے زیادہ خود مختار ہوتے چلے جارہے ہیں، یا اصل میں یہ شعبے ہوتے ہی خود مختار ہیں ؟ خالصتاًیہ ٹیکنیکل سوال ہے یہاں ایسا سوچنے یا اِ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although every year September 6 is celebrated as the defence day to pay tribute to the Pakistani soldiers who defeated India in the 1965 war, yet this very day has come at a time when BJP-led government of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has planned to celebrate the golden jubilee of that Indo-Pak war, which New Delhi had never celebrated in the past. In order to propagate that war ...

نغمہ حبیب اچھے ہمسایے خدا کی رحمت ہوتے ہیں اگر یہ محاورہ عام زندگی میں لاگو ہوتا ہے تو یہی اصول بین الاقوامی ہمسائیگی اور تعلقات کے لیے بھی ہے کہ اگر ہمسایہ ممالک کے تعلقات اچھے ہوں تو سکون رہتا ہے لیکن اگر سرحد پر بھارت جیسا پڑوسی ہو جو روایتی طور پر عیار،مکاراور سازشی ہو تو خطے میں امن مشکل نہیں ناممکن ہو جاتا ہے۔ پاکستان کو بنے ہوئے اڑسٹھ سال ہو چکے اور بھارت کی آزادی کو بھی اتنا ہی عرصہ گزر گیا لیکن بدق ...