By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan-US Relationship Pakistan was the darling of USA in the 1950s and to some extent in early 1960s since it was part of SEATO and CENTO that were poised to contain communism in South Asia and Middle East. After betraying Pakistan in the 1965 and 1971 wars with India by applying military sanctions, the US once again befriended Pakistan in the 1980s to make use of it to defeat Soviet ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Economic prosperity is the paramount for stability of any country. Afghanistan being a land locked country is mostly reliant on Pakistan for transit and bilateral trade. As per recent survey both countries have potential of trade up to $5 billion annually. In earlier quarter of 2018, although, trade with Afghanistan decreased from $3 billion to $500 million; however recent figures and tren ...

[caption id="attachment_17064" align="alignleft" width="396"] Afghan National Army (ANA) officer cadets move to their next training exercise at the ANA Officer Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan.[/caption] نغمہ حبیب افغانستان برادر اسلامی ملک ہے لیکن دشمن کے ریشہ دوانیوں کے باعث اکثر اس کے تعلقات پاکستان سے نا خوشگوار ہو جاتے ہیں۔وہی پاکستان افغان حکمرانوں کے الزامات کی زد میں آجاتا ہے جو ہمیشہ مشکل حالات میں اف ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24. On this day in 1945, the United Nations (UN) came into force when the five permanent members of the Security Council ratified its charter. This followed a declaration by the UN General Assembly in 1947 which designated 24th of October as United Nations Day, by proclaiming that the day would be instrumental in making people aware o ...

By Rida Zaheer Sajjad Shaukat was invited by the literary Eilaf Club as Chief Guest in the function arranged at PC hotel Lahore in connection with his book: “US vs. Islamic Militants: Invisible Balance of Power, Dangerous Shift in International Relations on the occasion of its fourth edition. About the Book-Invisible Balance of Power While mentioning the 9/11 tragedy in the United States, its causes and the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Machiavelli advises the rulers to have a lion-like image outwardly, and act upon the traits of goat inwardly. 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 like deceit, fraud and falsehood to fulfill their selfish aims. In one way or the other, these political philos ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since the US-led NATO forces occupied Afghanistan in 2001, their air strikes on funerals, marriage-ceremonies and mosques, including special military operations killed thousands of civilians in Afghanistan. Therefore, previously, Afghan Government as well as the parliamentarians used to criticize the US-led NATO for the Afghan civilian causalities. But, from 2015, Afghan security forces an ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Recently, the government led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leader of the extremist ruling party-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unleashed wave of oppressive measures against liberals, Dalit activists, journalists and lawyers who were critical of government policies. These measures, including some other ones are part of the pre-election strategy to be held in 2019. In Maharashtra, ...