By Asif Haroon Raja 120 seconds pep talk between Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi at Paris on November 30, followed by meeting of National Security Advisers Ajit Doval and Lt Gen Nasser Janjua at Bangkok on December 6 melted the ice and set the ball rolling. Indian external affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Islamabad to attend Heart of Asia conference two days later and her announcement that Indo-Pak ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان کے پڑوس میں اگر ایک طرف بھارت جیسا دشمن موجود ہے جو ہرزاویے اور ہر موقعے پر اس کے نقصان کے درپے رہتا ہے تو دوسری طرف چین جیسا عظیم دوست بھی ہے جو ہر گرم و سرد میں پاکستان کے ساتھ رہتا ہے ۔پاک چین دوستی وقت کی ہر آزمائش پر پوری اتری ہے ۔ چین نے پاکستان میں کئی تر قیاتی منصوبے مکمل کئے خاص کر بلوچستان میں بہت مشکل حالات میں کام کیا اور ہر حال میں اپنے منصوبے مکمل کرنے کی کوشش کی۔ چین نے دوسر ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan suffers from multiple ailments. None care to carry out an appraisal as to what is wrong with Pakistan and why Pakistan is perpetually sick and not getting cured. Over a period of time, we seem to have lost our direction and have gone astray. The society as a whole is sunk in the pool of moral degeneration. High morals, principles, ethics, values, respect, brotherhood, affections ...

By Sajjad Shaukat With the acceleration of the different war between the sovereign and non-sovereign entities, dangers are looming that by availing the vicious phenomena of global terrorism, any entity can use Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) inside the US and Europe or any western country to obtain its selfish interests. This is the area of very sensitive nature. Therefore, we need caution to reach the c ...

By Ali Sukhanver The asylum application filed by Nawab Akbar Bugti’s grandson Brahamdagh Bugti has been rejected by the Swiss immigration authorities. This rejection was on the basis of Pakistan’s decision of declaring him a terrorist. Pakistan had declared Brahamdagh Bugti-led Baloch Republican Party BRP as a terrorist organization. It is something very positive on the part of the Swiss government that it ...

By Zaheerul Hassan History of strained relationship between two oil producing countries Kingdome of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Iran is too old. The major causes of continuous deteriorating relationship are based on sectarianism, differences in ideology, variation in economic, political, military interests, controlling Gulf and unannounced desires of attaining regional domination. Proxy war between Iran and KSA ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On January, 20, this year, at least 21 persons, including students, a faculty member and security guards were killed at Bacha Khan University in Khyber Pakhtunkha’s Charsadda town, when heavily-armed terrorists of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) entered the university and opened fire on them. It was due to the quick response of Pakistan’s security forces, including Special Serv ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When every year, on January 26, is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day, Kahmiris on both side of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren commemorate it as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir, while, the issue is still alive due to continued struggle of the Kashmiri people. On January 26, 1930, the Indi ...