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 ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Terrorist carried out bomb blast in the southern city of Kandahar when meeting was going on between senior official and diplomats from UAE. The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Afghanistan wounded along with 39 other people, including the provincial governor. At least seven people killed in this blast. In a statement, the UAE foreign ministry said it was "following the hein ...

By Rida Zaheer Overall of Pakistani Cricket teams' performance remained very worst during its recent foreign tour to New Zealand and Australia . General public is rightly condemning against team since the team lost both the series very badly. Although Azhar performed well but at the same it lacks moral, stamina and field training, therefore. Pakistan Cricket Board has to bring serious changes if the board r ...

نغمہ حبیب ایک طرف دنیا کو ایٹمی ہتھیاروں سے پاک کرنے کی باتیں ہوتی ہیں، معاہدوں پر دستخط ہوتے ہیں ، تحریکیں چلتی ہیں اور دوسری طرف اسی دنیا میں کچھ انسانی دماغ مزید ہتھیار ڈیزائن کر رہے ہوتے ہیں اور بہت سے کارخانے انہیں ڈھال رہے ہوتے ہیں اور یوں انسانی تباہی کے منصوبے تکمیل پاتے رہتے ہیں اگرچہ دعویٰ ہر ایک انسانیت کی فلاح کا کرتا ہے۔ ایسا ہی ایک تجربہ 2016 کے جاتے جاتے ہمارے پڑوسی ملک بھارت نے ایک اور ایٹمی ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.” John F. Kennedy Peace has eluded Kashmir for more than 69 years, every since British sovereignty lapsed on August 15, 1947. The Government of India holds the decisive cards to end Kashmir’s convulsions and carnage on a genocidal scale. No peace formula worth its salt, however, depends on altruism or unselfishness senti ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_14712" align="alignright" width="300"] Indian army's director general of military operations Lt General Ranbir Singh[/caption] It is most regrettable that by ignoring the modern global trends like renunciation of war, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development, India has activated dangerous arms race in South Asia. In this respect, India test-fired its ...

Asif Haroon Raja Till as late as 1990, India remained a close knit strategic partner of former USSR and it kept belittling the US imperialist policies and its provision of military assistance to Pakistan on all international forums. It fully supported the Soviet military intervention and occupation of Afghanistan. Paradoxically, today India is among the most trusted strategic partners of USA and the US toge ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In the 6th century, the entire Arab Peninsula had sunk into the morass of depravation and delinquency. The two super powers of the time, Romans (Byzantine Empire) and Persians (Sassanian Empire) were situated in the west and east of Arabian Peninsula respectively and were antagonists. The 28 year-war (602-630 A.D.) had drained the two empires and decay had begun to set in. It was in thos ...