[caption id="attachment_2282" align="alignleft" width="403"] Saudi Arabia[/caption]  ناصررضا کاظمی دورِ جدید کی دوبڑی مذہبی اکائیوں ’اہلِ نصارا اور اہلِ اسلام ‘کے مابین باہمی تعاون ‘ اعتماد اور مضبوط ساکھ پر استوار سفارتی پالیسیوں کے بنیادی اُصولوں پر یکتائی اورہم آھنگی کتنی ضروری ہے یہ ہم آھنگی اور یکجہتی پائی جاتی بھی ہے یا نہیں ؟ آئے روز وہ کون عناصر ہیں جو ’’عالم عیسائیت اور عالمِ اسلام‘‘ کو ایک دوسرے ک ...

By Asghar Khan Our thought process – whether creative and progressive or conventional and hidebound – has had its eternal enemies in the form of prejudices, pre-conceived notions, personal likes and dislikes which obstruct it from achieving clarity. This tendency of human mind to commit itself, wittingly or otherwise, to its inherent dispositions not only renders the human thought confused, intimidated and ...

By Ali Sukhanver Staying at luxuriously comfortable five-star hotels, doing a lot of air-traveling to different cities of Iran, visiting the tomb of Firdosi in Neeshapur, the tomb of Imam Khomeini in Tehran, the National Library, the Palaces of Raza Shah Pehalvi near Tajreesh and so many other places of Iran’s national importance; all was dreamingly wonderful and enchantingly attractive. Last month, I had a ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although India has been destabilizing all regional states through its well-planned and deliberate strategy, however, its major focus has always been towards Pakistan and Indian-held Kashmir. In this respect, while speaking to high-profile anchor Barkha Dutt of Indian NDTV news channel, ahead of the launch of his book, “Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years”, former Chief of Indian secret agency RAW, ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb which started on Jun 15, 2014 against the militants in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) is successfully achieving its objectives. On June 10, this year, Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Raheel Sharif, while recounting the successes of security forces in the Zarb-e-Azb said, “Terrorists have been cleared and dislodged from their strongholds in North Wazirista ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Operation Blue Star was an Indian military operation which occurred between 3–8 June 1984, ordered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to control over the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) complex, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs in Amritsar, Punjab, and to arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers from the complex buildings. Bhindranwale had earlier taken residence in Harmandir ...

By Asif Haroon Raja I delivered a talk on China-Pakistan Energy Corridor and its ramifications at Thinkers Forum Pakistan on May 31, 2015, chaired by Air Chief Marshal (retd) Kaleem Saadat and attended by Lt Gen (retd) Lodhi, and members both from civil and military. After the talk, there was long question/answer session followed by summing up by the Chairman. Details of presentation are covered in succeedi ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers is celebrated on May 29 to pay tribute to all those who served in the UN peacekeeping operations and to honor the memory of those who lost their lives in the cause of peace. This very day also reminds Pakistan Armed Forces role in UN peacekeeping measures, during war and peace time. Pakistan Armed Forces are considered the b ...