By Zaheerul Hassan Kakul , Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani reviewed an impressive Passing out parade of 128th PMA Long Course, 25 th Technical Graduate Course , 47 th Integrated Course , 11 Ladies Cadet Course  and 2nd  Mujahid Course at Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, as the chief guest on Saturday. The passing out parade of Pakistan Army’s 128th long course was held at the Milit ...

By Abu Ezaan In Pakistan, often an argument in favour of extended Chinese involvement in Afghanistan is proffered on the pretext that any such development would be in our strategic interests in the region.  Presumably, greater Chinese involvement in Afghanistan is reckoned as a rational to offset negative US presence that consistently advances Indian interests.  Here, it is assumed that Pakistan and China w ...

   By Sajjad Shaukat Some analysts see terror-attacks on various religious communities, sects and ethnic groups in isolation, while these are part of a perennial wave of subversive acts in the country, arranged by the anti-Pakistan foreign countries, and followed by a deliberate propaganda to destabilize and denuclearize it. In this respect, Indian aggressive designs could be judged by its civil and militar ...

By Imran Farooqi  In his book, “Invisible Balance of Power, US vs Islamic Militants: Dangerous Shift in International Relations”, published in 2005, Sajjad Shaukat has taken present ‘different war’ as an interaction of ‘state terrorism’ led by the United States and the ‘group terrorism’ by the Al Qaeda or Islamic militants. It is notable that a number of authors have written books about the 9/11 tragedy, bu ...

 By Professor Ali Sukhanver  Addressing the 68th UN General Assembly, the Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh raised his serious concerns over terrorism coming to India from across the border. He also spoke on Security Council reform and reiterated that diplomacy be given a chance in resolving the crisis in Syria and Iran. He said, “We believe that if there's a strong India, that's good for the world, and ...

 سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی ذرائعِ ابلاغ کی مادر پدر آزادی کے بحث و مبا حث میں’اظہارِ جذبات ‘ کے اِن بنیادی پہلوؤں پر ماہرین‘ سیر حاصل گفتگو کرنے سے اپنا دامن بچانے کی فکر میں نجانے کچھ سے کچھ کہنے تک پر کیوں اتر آتے ہیں یہ ماننے کے لئے تیار نہیں ہوتے کہ میڈیا کی معروف اُصولی آزادی کے عالمی پیمانے پر تسلیم شدہ کچھ قواعد و ضوابط ہوتے ہیں میڈیا کی بے قواعد اور بے اُصولی آزادی کا فی الفور نوٹس اگر نہ لیا جائے اور اِسے ...

  By  Nazia Nazar As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in US on a four-day visit, a Sikh rights group has secured summons against him from a US court in connection with the alleged human rights violations in the counter-insurgency operations in Punjab in the 1990s. The Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), the New York-based rights body, is now planning to file an urgent leave to effect alternative means of service ...

 by Asif Haroon Raja The Army and paramilitary forces are fighting a guerrilla war against home based militants in the northwest since 2002 without a break. The militants are Islamists waging an ideological war to establish Islamic Caliphate. They neither believe in Pakistan’s constitution nor in democracy saying these are of western model and anti-Islamic. They had picked up arms against the state in react ...