By  Asif Haroon Raja Elections have to an extent helped in building the nation, but the process failed to build a political class of elites to lead the nation, integrate it, motivate it, and inculcate patriotism and nationalism. This fault line could be attributed to faulty election laws, making elections the exclusive domain of the feudal lords and the elites, Baradari and hereditary system, elected leader ...

By Sajjad Shaukat General elections in the Bangladesh (BD) are scheduled to be held on a date between October 31, 2018 and January 28, 2019. Pro-Indian Bangladeshi Government of the ruling party Awami League (AL) led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid is already showing despotic approach by quelling the political opponents and opposition parties through various suppressive tactics before the elections. D ...

by Asif Haroon Raja 17 years have gone by but so far there are little prospects for the longest war in Afghanistan to come to an end. Lilliputians have paralyzed the Gulliver and brought a standoff in the war. Neither side is in a position to defeat the other. Since time is on the side of the Taliban, a change is discernible in the jingoistic mindset of the US administration under Donald Trump over the last ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In its report, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) disclosed on 18, this year that an estimated 110-130 Indian nuclear bombs are stored in six or so government–run sites across India. Within the next five years to one decade, as many as 60 reactors will also be functional in India with the active cooperation of the US led western and far eastern allies. In the past ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Water dispute between Indian and Pakistan cannot be seed in isolation, as it is part of India hawkish diplomacy, hegemonic and radical mindset, undermining Pakistan’s earnest efforts to normalize relations with New Delhi. India’s relations with its neighbors have always remained marred due to her arrogance and portraying herself as a big power. There is no neighbor around India, which does ...

Asif Haroon Raja An appraisal Imran Khan (IK) has leadership qualities, has charisma, is populous, has no corruption scandal or foreign assets, he is adept in fund raising and in making thrilling speeches, is a go-getter, but has no experience of governance and is therefore prone to making mistakes. His critics equate him to Peter Pan, inclined to imprudence and impatience. There have been several slipups i ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Afghanistan has witnessed scenes of civil war era on September 9, 2018 when hundreds of armed men drove in a convoy of dozens of vehicles fired thousand of bullets throughout Kabul, the capital of the country. The day was connected to 17 death anniversary of the former war lord Ahmed Shah Massoud-the anti-Soviet and anti-Taliban commander. In Kabul, hundreds of gunmen took to the streets, ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s extremist party-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had got a land sliding triumph in the Indian elections 2014 on the basis of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan slogans. Therefore, since the Prime Minister Modi came to power, he has been implementing anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan agenda with the support of fanatic coalition outfits. Now, double game has become t ...