BY  Ishaal ZehraIt is said that China makes time an ally. And the recent BRICS summit held at ‎Xiamen, China, upheld the saying. Understandably, some are calling this summit the second coming of BRICS. Not long back, the United States was seen criticizing China of building a ‘great wall of self-isolation’ around herself. Today the Geopolitical environment has changed with such a degree that opposite seem mo ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Both houses of Pakistani Parliaments Senate and National Assembly passed a resolution on 30 August 2017, strongly condemned US President Donald Trump's statement and his allegations that Islamabad is behind prolonged war in Afghanistan, denouncing as "hostile" and "threatening." In response, complete political elite sounded unanimously on the issue and out rightly condemned Trump statemen ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s National Assembly (Lower house of parliament) has unanimously passed a resolution on August 30, this year, calling on the government to consider suspending supply lines to the US-led NATO mission in Afghanistan in response to the recent US accusations that the country is harbouring militant groups. In his speech on August 21, 2017, while announcing the US new strategy in Afghani ...

By Ali Sukhanver Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the mystery-man of India at last got 20 years imprisonment for raping two of his disciples. He is known as the ostentatious leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda religious sect. Before the commencement of the court-proceedings a few days back, the situation in the northern town of Panchkula sparked a lot of unrest leaving at least35 people dead. Thousands of army, police a ...

نغمہ حبیب ٹرمپ اپنے انتخاب کے چھ ماہ بعد بولے اور پاکستان کا ذکرکرنا نہیں بھولے ذکر کیا اور بڑے زور وشور سے کیا لیکن حیرت ہے پاکستان سے پھر بھی فوری جواب نہیں آیا حالا نکہ چین نے پاکستان کا دفاع کرتے ہوئے فوراََ جواب دیا لیکن پاکستان کے جمہوری حکمرانوں کا ڈرا ڈرا سا ، گھسا پٹا، معمول کا جواب چار دن بعد آیا اور یہی رویہ اور بلاوجہ کی خوفزدگی یا خو شامد ہی امریکی حکمرانوں کی شہ کا سبب بنتی ہے بلکہ کسی بھی دشم ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Although the 14th August is celebrated every year as the Independence Day, but, this time, it has come at a time when Pakistan is facing multiple threats of grave nature internally and externally, which are worrying all the citizens. In this regard, on July 28, 2017, five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan announced its verdict in connection with the Panama Papers case an ...

By N.S. Venkataraman In spite of highly provocative statement from China , the government of India has handled the issue with firmness and dignity ,that seem to have further upset China , since India is not responding with the similar war cry. Indian Foreign Minster Ms. Sushma Swaraj has declared in the Indian parliament that war cannot be a solution for any problem and she firmly ruled out war as an option ...

By Sajjad Shaukat When any terror attack occurs in Afghanistan, Afghan government revives old blame game against Pakistan. On May 31, this year, a massive truck bombing of the Afghan capital’s diplomatic section killed more than 150 people and injured hundreds of others, including foreigners. It was the deadliest terror attack in the 16-year-old conflict. Taliban denied responsibility for the terror attack. ...