By Asif Haroon Raja Establishment of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was first proposed by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to Pakistan in May 2013. Li stated, “Our two sides should focus on carrying out priority projects in connectivity, energy development and power generation”. At that time, Pak-China bilateral trade had reached $12 billion. The proposed project of linking Kashgar in no ...
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By Ali Sukhanver “Targeting Mecca and Medina is the only way to save US from the attacks of the Muslims”, said Tom Tancredo, the US presidential candidate in Election 2007. Tom Tancredo belonged to the Republican Party. During his election campaign he earned a lot of popularity among the extremist strata of the American society by suggesting that the sacred Muslim cities of Mecca and Medina should be attac ...
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سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی جھوٹا انسان ہمیشہ طاقت کے آگے جھکتا ہے سچا انسان وہ ہے جو ’دلیل ‘ کے آگے جھک جائے ‘بھارت گزشتہ 66-67 برسوں سے مقبوضہ کشمیر کے معاملہ میں ہمیشہ جھوٹ کا لبادہ اُڑھ کر امریکا اورمغربی قوتوں کے سامنے غلاموں کی طرح سرجھکائے ہوئے ہے جبکہ مقبوضہ جموں وکشمیر کے آزادی کے خواہاں عوام سچائی کا عَلم اُٹھائے آزادی اور ہر قیمت پر بھارت سے آزادی کے لئے حق استصوابِ رائے کی دلیل کی پکار سے عالمی ضمیر کو ...
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سیّد ناصرر ضاکاظمی بھارتی مسلح غیرریاستی تنظیم آر ایس ایس کے بنیادی رکن نریندر مودی جب سے بھارت کے ’سیاہ وسفید ‘کامالک بنا اُس نے بھارت دیش کو جو کبھی ’عظیم جمہوریہ ‘ ہونے کا بڑے عزم وتکبر سے دنیا بھر میں مانا جاتا تھا اندرونی طور پر پورے دیش کو سیاسی وقار کی بلندیوں سے ایسا نیچے گرا دیا جیسے کبھی وہاں جمہوریت نام کی کوئی چیز ہی نہیں تھی یہ بھارت کی شناخت بن چکی ہے آئے روز کے تشدد اور وحشت زدہ جنونیت نے جی ...
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By Asif Haroon raja Sectarian and tribal divides in Yemen had sharpened during the long rule of President Gen Ali Abdullah Saleh. Arab spring followed by entry of Al-Qaeda made the internal situation in Yemen chaotic. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) led Gulf States prevailed upon reluctant Saleh to make way for his Vice President Mansour Al-Hadi in 2012. Hadi got elected on February 21, 2012 election and rece ...
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By Sajjad Shaukat Indian hegemonic designs and lust for military power has resulted in brazenly ignoring socio- economic factors behind the menace of rape, as sexual assaults are direct outcome of ignored priorities at national level. Fundamentalist government of the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi still prefers military spending instead of improving s ...
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(Part 2) By Asif Haroon Raja Conflict between the Houthis under Abdul Malik al-Houthi and the elected government of Abd-Rabbuh Mansour al-Hadi, now in exile, is seen as part of a regional power struggle between Shia-ruled Iran and Sunni-ruled Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), which shares a long porous border with Yemen. The sectarian problem certainly looms in the background somewhere but is not the main fa ...
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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 ...
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