By Sajjad Shaukat Since the 9/11 tragedy, international community has been taking war against terrorism seriously, while there are also other forms of bloodless wars, being waged in the world and the same are like terrorism. Political experts opine that modern terrorism has many meanings like violent acts, economic terrorism etc., but its main aim is to achieve political, economic and social ends. Judging i ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan has lurched from one crisis to another in its 70 years history. Notwithstanding the deleterious role of our leaders, India has been principally behind Pakistan’s woes. Failing to reconcile with existence of Pakistan, it has been hatching conspiracies and resorting to overt and covert means to undo Pakistan. Currently, Pakistan is going through testing times. The conspirators had ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Russia’s Defense Ministry hosted the fifth Moscow Conference on International Security, held in Moscow on April 27-28, 2016 with the participation of high military officials and experts from around the world to discuss the fight against terrorism and other pressing security challenges. Besides, security problems of Asian-Pacific region, war and peace problems in Europe as well as global se ...

نغمہ حبیب طالبان، القائدہ، آئی ایس آئی ایس نجانے کون کونسے نام ہیں لیکن مقصد صرف ایک ہے فساد پھیلانا اور فساد کے نام پر اسلام کو بدنام کرنا ۔ ورنہ اسلام کیسے اجازت دے سکتا ہے کہ کسی انسان کا خون بہاؤ وہ بھی کسی غریب راہ چلتے مسلمان کو مار کر، کسی خاندان کو اجاڑ کر کسی کو یتیم اور کسی کو بے اولاد کر کے پھر بھی کوئی جنت کی توقع کرے۔ کیا خلافت کا دعویٰ کرنے والوں نے اسلام ،پیغمبرﷺ اور صحابہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat If we take note of the US strategy about Pakistan in the past few years, we observe that American policy goals are quite unclear, as America follows a double game. Sometimes, US top officials admire Pak Army’s action against the Taliban militants including arrests of the top Al Qaeda commanders by Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), sometimes, they revive their blame game, ISI allege ...

By Shah Abdul Halim Sadaqah is only for the poor [fuqaraa] and the needy [masakin] and for those employed to collect the funds [‘amilina ‘alayha] and for bringing the hearts together for Islam [mu ‘allafah qulub] and for freeing captives [fir-riqab] and for those in debt [gharimin] and for the cause of Allah [fi sabilil-lah] and for the wayfarer [ibn as-sabil] - an obligation imposed by Allah [faridatam-min ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Just after the simultaneous terror attacks in Paris which killed more than 130 persons, on November 13, the people of France, the government and the media became one. A wave of anti-Muslim chauvinism could be seen in France in particular and the whole Europe in general. French President Francois Hollande who declared emergency in the country, said, “It is an act of war that was committed b ...

By Asif Haroon Raja By the time PPP regime took over in March 2008 Fazlullah had created a state within state in Swat and adjoining districts. Former President Zardari and PM Gilani were forced to order a big operation in Swat in April 2009 after Fazlullah broke the peace deal signed two months earlier and his militants threatened Islamabad after capturing Dir and Buner. Operation Rah-e-Raast cleared Swat, ...