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 ...

 By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “All of us remain concerned that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir should be solved through peaceful negotiations and should be willing to lend all the strength we have to the resolution of this matter.” President Nelson Mandela at the NAM Summit – September 2, 1998 In matters of international conflict resolution, that can only imply the involvement of a third party mediator or facilita ...

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 ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Altaf Hussain, founder of MQM in 1984, and its chief was given political asylum in London after he fled from Karachi hospital in May 1992 because of life threats from his colleagues in his party. He was later awarded British nationality in 2002 and allowed to establish MQM International Secretariat in London. All the runaway MQM leaders involved in dozens of criminal cases in Pakistan we ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی کوئی پاکستانی تجزیہ کار اور سیاسی دانشور اِس بیّن حقیقت سے انکار نہیں کرسکتا کہ پاکستان کے معاشی قلبِ ماہیّت کے لئے وضع کی جانے والی کسی بھی تخلیقی اور حقیقت پسندانہ منصوبے یا اسکیم کا مرکز ومحور ’زراعت ‘ کے شعبہ کے علاوہ کوئی دوسرا شعبہ بھی ہے؟ پہلے ہم یہ سمجھ لیں کہ پاکستان کی معاشی واقتصادی ترقی کی کلید ’زراعت کی ترقی ‘ ہے جو ہماری مجموعی قومی پیدا وار کا آج بھی غالباً 50-60 فی صد تو ...

 نغمہ حبیب کشمیر ڈیڑھ سو سال سے زیادہ عرصے سے اپنی تمام تر خوبصورتی اور حسن کے باوجود غلامی کی زنجیروں میں جکڑا ہوا ہے کبھی انگریز، کبھی ڈوگرہ اور کبھی بھارت کے زیر تسلط رہا ہے اوریہاں کے مسلمان مسلسل عذاب جھیل رہے ہیں۔ آج اکیسویں صدی میں بھی انسانوں کو غلام بنانے کا رواج موجود ہے اور پوری پوری قوموں کو غلام بنانے کی ہوس بھی، اور کشمیر انہی بدنصیب قوموں میں سے ایک ہے جو غلام بھی ہے اور اس کی فکر سے دنیا آزا ...

 By Ali Sukhanver A very honourable Pakistani diplomat Hussain Haqqani said speaking at the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House in London that Pakistan must give up its ideological obsession over the Kashmir issue. He further said that Pakistan no longer enjoys the support of the international community. He stressed that Pakistan needs to have the kind of approach China has over Taiwan ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In the 19th century, the Muslims strength in Palestine was 86% and that of Jews only 4%. Despite the overwhelming majority, the Muslims treated the Jews justly. In later part of 19th century, the Jews spread all over the world started to shift to Palestine under a calculated plan and Great Britain helped them in their relocation. In the 1st World War, the British and the French deceptive ...