By Asif Haroon Raja Lysander made an apt comment on the US strategy in Middle East. He stated: “US imperialism has been the principal instigator of sectarianism in the region, from its divide-and-conquer strategy in the war and occupation in Iraq, to the fomenting of sectarian civil war to topple Assad regime in Syria. Its cynical support for Sunni Islamist insurgents in Syria, while backing a Shiite sectar ...

By Ahmed Khan Roger Handberg’s endeavor Seeking New World Vistas: The Militarization of Space (London: Praeger, Publishers, 2000), 286, another effort to explore the military advantages of the outer space. Roger’s research embarks on the historical illustration of beginning of the space age, focus on United States efforts towards the militarization of the outer space. Subsequently, the study eventually high ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Gen Musharraf after coming to power through a military coup on October 12, 1999 decided to boost up and modernize electronic media by allowing foreign ownership in the name of freedom of expression. Private TV channels were given a free hand to broadcast their own programs and news in 2002. Till that time, apart from few private channels, PTV had remained the sole channel. Within few yea ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Indian spin masters in league with other adversaries of Pakistan are deeply involved in bringing a bad name to Pakistan and its premier institutions through a calculated psychological war since 2002. 9/11 had given an opportunity to India to conduct proxy war against Pakistan using Afghan soil. Covert war designed to destabilize Pakistan and force it to accept India as the regional hegem ...

By Zaheerul Hassan  A major breakthrough has been observed when in the last week of May 2014 the Mehsud section of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced its delinking from Mullah Fazlullah, who was elected “Ameer” of TTP. In this connection, new spokesman Azim Tariq claimed that Pakistani Taliban are “misguided” and “agents of foreign secret agencies,” However, Mesudes of Waziristan elected Khalid ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The Indian fundamentalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won a landslide victory in the elections 2014 by defeating the Congress. It is the first time that BJP has won simple majority in the last three decades. Its leader Narendra Modi who himself is follower of the Hindu extremism has become prime minister of India which claims to be a secular country, as stated in the Indian constituti ...

By: Sohail Parwaz A couple of years back some media brains planned to opt for track three, apparently for the most friendly relations between Pakistan and India. The planners never had the diplomatic or political objectives; rather they were aiming on a gigantic business empire. Hence an idea of ‘Aman ki Asha” (Hope for Peace) was conceived. The puppeteers were sitting somewhere else but the puppets in Paki ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat In the aftermath of attack on the senior journalist and anchor of Geo TV channel, Hamid Mir who was severely injured on April 19, this year when unidentified gunmen opened fire at his car in Karachi, leaders of various political and religious parties including all the segments of society have been condemning the  the Geo TV channel which deduced hastily outcome of the assault. Without any ...