By Sajjad Shaukat As regards terrorism, Machiavelli advises the rulers to have a lion-like image outwardly, and act upon the traits of goat inwardly. He also suggests them foreign adventures and the use of terror to obtain their goals. In his sense, a good ruler should be a good opportunist and hypocrite. While echoing Machiavelli, Morgenthau points out that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities lik ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 11th of February is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Bhat who was hanged by the then Indian regime on February 11, 1984 in Tihar Jail as the reprisal expressed by New Delhi. He was hanged to take the revenge of the killing of an Indian Diplomat by some unknown organization claiming to be Kashmiri. It was an act of shame for a country called India, as even after ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 9th of February 9 is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru whom India secretly hanged and buried inside the Tihar jail complex on February 9, 2013. It triggered protests in Kashmir and widespread condemnations from various political and human rights organisations. Afzal Guru was convicted in 2001 Parliament attack case and awarded death sentence. Afzal ha ...

By Ali Sukhanver Majority is authority; that is why the Indian extremists have always been afraid of Muslim majority everywhere in India particularly in the areas like Indian Occupied Kashmir. They want to turn the Muslim majority into a minority and for this purpose they are doing all their best. Under the ‘kind’ command of Mr. Modi precautionary measures are being taken seriously. Special lands are being ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان اور بھارت کے درمیان اگر کشمیر کا مسئلہ حل ہو جائے تو برصغیر پاک و ہند کے امن کولاحق خطرات تقریباََ ختم ہو جائیں گے اور یہاں کے لوگ سکھ اور چین کا سانس لے سکیں گے۔ مسلمانوں کی انتھک محنت ، قربانیوں اور قائداعظم محمد علی جناح کی شاندار قیادت و سیاست کے نتیجے میں انگریز کو ہندوستان چھوڑ کر جانا پڑا اور برصغیر میں ایک نیا ملک پاکستان معرض وجود میں آگیا اور بھارت کو بھی انگریز سے آزادی مل گئی۔ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Because of its ideal strategic location, and being the lonely nuclear country in the Islamic World, Pakistan has become special target of the US, India and Israel whose secret agencies have been destabilizing it through various kinds of terror attacks. These hostile elements are also using propaganda in maligning Pakistan. For the purpose, they have also hired the services of those Pakista ...

By Asif Haroon Raja 120 seconds pep talk between Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi at Paris on November 30, followed by meeting of National Security Advisers Ajit Doval and Lt Gen Nasser Janjua at Bangkok on December 6 melted the ice and set the ball rolling. Indian external affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Islamabad to attend Heart of Asia conference two days later and her announcement that Indo-Pak ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan suffers from multiple ailments. None care to carry out an appraisal as to what is wrong with Pakistan and why Pakistan is perpetually sick and not getting cured. Over a period of time, we seem to have lost our direction and have gone astray. The society as a whole is sunk in the pool of moral degeneration. High morals, principles, ethics, values, respect, brotherhood, affections ...