Since the US-led global war on terror prolonged, media analysts started attributing it with the defeat of the United States and its allies, while opining about acceleration of terror-attacks in the volatile countries, financial crisis, American heavy cost of war etc. But, no one talks about future assessments of the Pakistani author, Sajjad Shaukat, made in his book, “US vs Islamic, Invisible Balance of Pow ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan is inflicted with large numbers of diseases and some of the reasons for these afflictions are leadership crisis, feudalism, weak governance, financial mismanagement, rampant corruption and crime, weak judicial system, lack of accountability, non-adherence to rule of law, political polarization, tense civil-military relations, provincialism, lack of nationalism and above all Indi ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Despite Indian security forces ruthless campaign against locals Kashmiris youngsters waved Pakistani flag on Eid Day. The young Kashmirs people gathered on roads just after prayers and raised slogan “Geva Pakistan”. At this occasions, thy also raised anti-India slogans. It is not first time that Kashmiris came on the roads with green flags. Now, it have become the routine that Kashmiris w ...

نغمہ حبیب اللہ تعالیٰ نے اپنے دوست ابراہیم ؑ سے بیٹے کی قربانی مانگی باپ نے بیٹے سے اپنے خواب کا ذکر کیا اور سراپا فرماں بردار پسر ا سما عیل ؑ نے باپ کی ہمت بندھائی اور تاریخ انسانی کے اِس عظیم واقعے نے جنم لیا اور رب کریم نے اپنے دوست کی عظیم قربانی کی یاد کو زندہ رکھنے کے لیے اسے اپنے محبوبﷺ کی اُمت پر فرض قرار دیا یعنی دوست کی قربانی کو محبوب پر بھی لاگو کر دیا۔قربانی مسلمانوں پر فرض بھی کر دی اور اسے ان ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Learning no lesson from the past, and depending upon state terrorism, Indian Central Government has finalized the raising of Indian Reserve Police Battalions (IRBPs) in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) and Naxal/Maoist hit states or Left Wing Extremism (LWE) areas, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Out of the total 25 IRBPs proposed, five will be for IOK and 12 for LWE affected states whereas res ...

By Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal The unending crisis The Muslim world is now in the tight grip of an overwhelming crisis. It has engulfed not only the politics, but also the religious beliefs, the ideology, the spirituality, the culture, the education, the defence – in fact, all arenas of Muslims’ life. Day by day, the crisis is deepening and getting a catastrophic dimension. It shows no exit way. Rather it appear ...

By  Ali Sukhanver Terrorism is a menace which could engulf the whole world if not timely taken care of. In other words the war against terrorism is not for the betterment of some individual or for the benefit of some particular group, it is for the safer and brighter future of the whole world. Though this war against terrorism was started by America but at present there is no America anywhere in this war; i ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Military thinkers agree that although the physical force will determine the type and scale of war, yet it is the will to fight or moral force which determines the outcome of war. Clausewitz puts it this way, “One might say that the physical force seems little more than the wooden hilt, while moral factors are the precious metal, the real weapon.” In his book, “Fighting Power: German and U. ...