ہر دم اور ہر خبر سے باخبر میڈیا۔۔۔ایس کے نارائن سے بے خبر نغمہ حبیب افغانستان ان دنوں بھارت کے سِحرمیں گرفتار ہے اور اُس کی حکومت بغیر سوچے سمجھے اس کی ہدایات پر نہ صرف عمل کر رہی ہے بلکہ اس کی غلطیوں کو معاف بھی کر رہی ہے اور چُھپا بھی رہی ہے وہ جانتا ہے لیکن سمجھنے کی کوشش نہیں کرتا کہ بھارت اس کا دوست نہیں بلکہ اس کے راستے پاکستان تک پہنچنے اور اسے نشانہ بنانا اس کا مقصد ہے اور افغانستان میں ترقیاتی کام ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan is caught up in a paradoxical situation. The US as well as the unity government in Kabul have been pressing Pakistan to convince the Afghan Taliban to come to the negotiating table and help in restoring peace in war torn Afghanistan. At the same time they do not want Pakistan to maintain contacts with Taliban and are urging it to fight them. Last year, with great efforts Pakista ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان سالوں سے دہشت گردوں اور دہشت گردی کے خلاف بر سرپیکار ہے۔ اس کے شمال میں واقع افغانستان گزشتہ چالیس سال سے عالمی طاقتوں کا میدان جنگ بنا ہوا ہے یہاں مختلف ممالک اور نسلوں کے لوگ لاکر بسائے گئے اور انہیں اپنے اپنے مفاد کے لیے استعمال کیا گیا۔ افغانستان سے لاکھوں لوگ ہجرت کرکے پاکستان آگئے اور یہی کے ہوکے رہے کم از کم اب تک تو ایسے کوئی آثار نظر نہیں آرہے کہ یہ مہاجر اپنے ملک واپس چلے جائیں ا ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Before the start of the military operation Zarb-e-Azb, terrorists had been, primarily, waged a war against the citizens of Pakistan, their values, beliefs and assets. 200 million people of Pakistan had, bravely, been facing various kinds of terrorist acts for the last 14 years. Currently, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria and other Muslim countries are in shambles due to the terrorism, being condu ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Trust deficit has deepened between Pakistan and the US since May 21, 2016, when the CIA-operated drone strike killed the Chief of the Afghan Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mansour along with his poor taxi-driver Azam in Nushki, Balochistan. On June 10, this year, a high-level delegation of the US, including Gen. John Nicholson, Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, and Ambassador Richa ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Paying full attention to the Syrian crisis, Western media and their viewers have, perhaps, forgotten the South Asia where the conflicting interests of the US-led countries and entities like the secret agencies are deteriorating Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations which are equally essential for the regional and global interests of their countries like Syria. Waging a prolonged war in Afghanista ...

By Sajjad Shaukat With national zeal and fervour in different parts of the country, Youm-e-Takbeer (The day of greatness) is celebrated every year on May 28 as a national day to mark the conduction of nuclear tests when on the very day in 1998; Pakistan became the first Muslim and the 7th nuclear power in the world. While showing aggressive designs, on May 11, 1998, the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Behar ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The US-India-Afghan government (govt) nexus has been the root cause of Afghan instability. While the US initiated war on terror in October 2001 to defeat and eliminate terrorism from the face of the earth, and utterly failed to do so, the trio has also been outwardly pleading for peace since 2011 when force failed to cow down the Taliban. Pakistan has been the biggest victim of instabili ...