By Sajjad Shaukat  The government of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) led by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is determined to have peace dialogue with the Taliban, especially Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which has continued its subversive acts before, during and after the general elections 2013. On the other hand, while accepting the offer, the TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid has recommended that the ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat With the support of the US, both India and Israel have been acting upon a secret diplomacy, targeting China and Pakistan. In this context, Israel’s Ambassador to India, Mark Sofer in an interview to the Indian weekly Outlook on February 18, 2008 disclosed about India’s defence arrangements with Tel Aviv, and joint exercises in the Indian Ocean, saying, “We do have a defence relationship w ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Terror-related incidents such as bomb blasts, suicide attacks, abductions, target killings, ethnic and sectarian violence including assaults on security forces and law-enforcing agencies have enveloped Pakistan, especially Karachi, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Regrettably, these security forces and law-enforcing agencies are not only targeted by terrorists, but are also under stric ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Presidential election held on 30 June 2013 kicked up lot of dust owing to PPP’s cranky behavior. PML-N’s demand to seek a change of date was not with mala fide intention. It was wrong on part of well-meaning but secular Fakhru Bhai not to understand the significance of 27th Ramadan which fell on 6th August and that many either sit in Aitiqaf or perform Umrah during last ten days of Ramad ...

By N Khan Recent incident in Islamabad during which presumably a mentally unstable armed person with no past record of any violence or criminal act held the capital city hostage for five hours. Event has exposed the inefficacy, mental immobility and indecisiveness of government besides lack of professionalism of LEAs and ineptness as well as immaturity of predominant media.  In this advance age when informa ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Although Indian blame game against Pakistan about violations at the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir has hidden purposes, yet it has been creating anti-Pakistan chauvinism.  Even such a phenomenon was also created by Indian rulers in normal circumstances, when in May 1998; New Delhi detonated five nuclear tests, and compelled Pakistan to follow the suit. However, by acting upon a preplann ...

 Posted By Rida Zaheer Pakistan is passing  under the  turmoil of internal and external terrorism .  We lost thousands of   individuals in fighting militancy. Our soldiers set   excellent examples of valiant actions in elimination of terrorism. In this regard over 3000 soldiers sacrifice their lives. On 14 August, 2013 , Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has called for creating a national ...

            By Ali Sukhanver Whenever we discuss the role of law enforcement agencies, particularly with specific reference to the continuous wave of terrorism in Pakistan, we simply ignore the reality that the role and responsibility of the law enforcement agencies is absolutely different from that of the intelligence agencies. And not only in Pakistan but all over the world, this difference in the working ...