By Sajjad Shaukat Controversial referendum which was held on September 25, 2017 for an independent Kurdistan, with approximately 93 percent in favour of independence, heightened tensions in Iraq and among its neighbouring countries, including other Islamic countries. In this regard, on June 7, 2017, Kurdish President Masoud Barzani had held a meeting with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the Patriotic ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Era of Gen. Ziaul Haq (July 5, 1977-August 17, 1988) PML-N under Nawaz Sharif (NS) flourished under the patronage of late Gen Ziaul Haq. It took full advantage of Gen. Zia’s animus against the PPP which was then the largest political party and was under the sway of Bhuttoism even after ZA Bhutto was hanged in April 1979 on orders of the then Supreme Court. Gen. Zia in search of a politic ...

BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI The by-elections of NA 120 that Begum Kulsoom Nawaz won by 13k votes against Dr Yasmeen Rashid of PTI: this victory though translated into retaining the seat by PML-N is hollow. In earlier elections the same seat was won by 42000 votes. Political pundits claim the fortress has been breached.  However, there are many elements of the contest that need closer inspection.  First, the margin ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On September 18, 2016, Indian media had said that four “fidayeen,” highly-trained militants who were carrying guns and grenades stormed a base in Uri, close to the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and killed at least 17 soldiers in one of the most deadly attacks on security forces in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) in two decades. The four attackers were killed by the army, as an Indi ...

نغمہ حبیب خود کو دنیا کی سب سے بڑی جمہوریت کہنے والا بھارت پچھلے ستر سال سے اپنے شہریوں کو مطمئن نہیں کر سکا اور وہ ایک یا دوسری وجہ سے خود کو نظر انداز تصور کرتے ہوئے حکومت کے خلاف صف آرا ہیں کہیں وہ حقوق کی جنگ لڑ رہے ہیں اور کہیں آزادی کی اور ایسی 30 سے زیادہ جنگیں مختلف مقامات پر مختلف انداز میں لڑی جا رہی ہیں۔ تحریک جیسی بھی ہو جس بھی انداز کی ہو بھارت کی جمہوریت کا اصلی چہرہ ہر آئینے میں نظر آتا ہے۔ و ...

By Sajjad Shaukat An explosion at Parsons Green underground (Commonly known as the Tube) station in Southwest London injured at least 29 passengers on September 15, this year and thus, led to another major terror attack in the Great Britain. Witnesses described scenes of panic after the blast sent a “fireball” and a “wall of flame”, follow the incident. The Metropolitan Police of the Britain is working with ...

                                                         Integrated Border Management:Scope, Challenges and Framework for Pakistan by Rashid Munir Siddiqui (2017)  Table of Contents Abstract. 3 Introduction: 4 Significance/Scope of Study. 5 Review of Literature: 5 Research Methodology. 7 Organization of the Paper:. 7 Section –I. 7 Concept, Objectives, and Ingredients of Integrated Border Management (IBM). 7 ...

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 ...