Inspired political instability in Pakistan

by Asif Haroon Raja On October 11, 1999, a democratically elected government of PML-N was toppled by the military under Gen Pervez Musharraf. Nawaz Sharif (NS) was jailed and awarded life sentence on charges of hijacking and terrorism. Saudi Arabia came to his rescue and he was exiled for ten years. Benazir Bhutto (BB) was already in self-imposed exile. The Supreme Court legitimized military rule and author ...

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Analysis: London Attacks, The Epicenter of Terrorism Detected

By Sajjad Shaukat At least five people were killed and approximately 40 were injured, including policemen in simultaneous terror attacks in London on Wednesday (March 22, 2017). According to the BBC, “The attacker, whose identity police believe they know, stabbed the unarmed officer before being shot dead. After the car crashed into the railings of the Houses of Parliament, a man armed with a knife continue ...

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Reservations over Gen Raheel Sharif’s appointment

By Asif Haroon Raja Displacement of pro-Saudi Mansoor Hadi’s govt in Yemen and capture of the capital city of Sanaa by the Huthis (Zaidi Shias in northern Yemen) and large swathes of territory in southern Yemen alarmed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), since its vulnerable backyard was threatened. It was already feeling uneasy because of Iran’s expanding ideological war with the help of its allies comprisi ...

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Dual Policy towards Al-Qaeda and ISIS is Extremely Counterproductive

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 ...

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Who Planned Barbarism in Paris

By Zaheerul Hassan Over 129 killed and more than 350 wounded as a result of barbaric act of eight terrorists in Paris on, 13th November 2015. The suicide bombers and Gunmen attacked busy restaurants, bars and a concert hall at different locations around Paris. President Francois Hollande was also witnessing the football match when Paris was struck with an unprecedented terrorist attack. France declares ‘we ...

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Deliberately Stoked Chaos in Middle East

By Asif Haroon Raja Few can deny the fact that the US allied with the west create problems for the world such as drug trafficking, human rights violations, defiance of international laws and the UN. It stokes religious extremism, creates monster of terrorism, initiate promote proxy wars and then make hue and cry and exert pressure on the international community to defeat and kill these problems. Afghanistan ...

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India, Destabilizing South Asian Security

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_2670" align="alignright" width="423"] South Asia Conflict Map[/caption] Highlighting inter-related regional problems in his speech at the Central South Asia Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif said on September 29, this year, “Practical steps are required to manage Pak-Afghan borders for gainful conclusion of ...

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Karachi in darkness and soaked in blood

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 ...

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