By Sajjad Shaukat With the support of the US, both India and Israel have been acting upon a secret diplomacy, targeting China and Pakistan. In this context, Israel’s Ambassador to India, Mark Sofer in an interview to the Indian weekly Outlook on February 18, 2008 disclosed about India’s defence arrangements with Tel Aviv, and joint exercises in the Indian Ocean, saying, “We do have a defence relationship w ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Terror-related incidents such as bomb blasts, suicide attacks, abductions, target killings, ethnic and sectarian violence including assaults on security forces and law-enforcing agencies have enveloped Pakistan, especially Karachi, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Regrettably, these security forces and law-enforcing agencies are not only targeted by terrorists, but are also under stric ...

By N Khan Recent incident in Islamabad during which presumably a mentally unstable armed person with no past record of any violence or criminal act held the capital city hostage for five hours. Event has exposed the inefficacy, mental immobility and indecisiveness of government besides lack of professionalism of LEAs and ineptness as well as immaturity of predominant media.  In this advance age when informa ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Although Indian blame game against Pakistan about violations at the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir has hidden purposes, yet it has been creating anti-Pakistan chauvinism.  Even such a phenomenon was also created by Indian rulers in normal circumstances, when in May 1998; New Delhi detonated five nuclear tests, and compelled Pakistan to follow the suit. However, by acting upon a preplann ...

KARACHI, Aug 14 (APP): The day dawned with 21 gun salutes in the metropolis to mark the 67th Independence day of Pakistan on Wednesday.Thanksgiving prayers were also offered after Namaz-e-Fajar in the mosques at all PN units and establishments for solidarity and prosperity of the nation, said a statement. All naval ships and establishments were decorated and illuminated in Navy’s traditional manner.Various ...

 Posted By Rida Zaheer Pakistan is passing  under the  turmoil of internal and external terrorism .  We lost thousands of   individuals in fighting militancy. Our soldiers set   excellent examples of valiant actions in elimination of terrorism. In this regard over 3000 soldiers sacrifice their lives. On 14 August, 2013 , Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has called for creating a national ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Quite contrary to the propaganda of foreign-backed elements that a majority of the Baloch people has been fighting for the secession of the Balochistan province, a number of developments have indicated that the Baloch people are loyal to Pakistan. Their faithfulness to the federation proved quite true when by ignoring boycott-call of  the separatist outfits, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), ...

   By Sajjad Shaukat Besides a perennial wave of subversive activities in Balochistan, 10 Eidul Fitr prayers were killed in Quetta on August 9, this year, when ruthless terrorists targetted a mosque. In one of the most brutal act, on August 8, a suicide blast at the funeral of a slain police officer in Quetta killed more than 35 personal of the police including DIG, SP and DS. In this regard, a spokesman fo ...