By Asif Haroon Raja Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani who had been made VCOAS in October 2007, took over the baton of the Army from Gen Pervez Musharraf on November 29, 2007 in difficult times when Army’s image had been sufficiently tarnished by the Indo-US-Western-own propaganda campaign, the challenges of war on terror and unpopularity of Gen Musharraf because of his scuffle with chief justice and imposition of em ...

By Ali Sukhanver The day is not very far away when you would not find any thing ‘Made in Japan’ in the Bangladeshi market. Sheikh Hasina's government, under pressure from India has crafted a tax policy that increased the tax and surcharges levied against Japanese products particularly the Japanese cars while decreasing the tax for substandard Indian cars. As a result of this tax-policy, Japanese car compani ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The 6th of September holds a significant place in the history of our nation, when Pakistan’s courageous armed forces and the entire nation stood united in 1965 for the defense of the homeland in thwarting the nefarious designs of the enemy which had threatened the territorial integrity of our beloved country through an all-out war. Pakistan Army not only forced Indian troops to retreat fro ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Prevailing political stalemate in the country with agitators of both Pakistan Tehrik-e- Insaaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) observing sit-in at capital city of Islamabad, blocking sensitive Red Zone and threatening vital Govt buildings, have negatively impacted the entire nation causing fretful anxiety for all segments of society. In fact, politicians have failed to resolve ongoi ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Tension on international border remained high due to unprovoked Indian firing on r the civilian and deployed Pakistani troops.  On 22 and 23 August 2014 two Pakistani citizens were killed and three injured when Indian troops opened fire and Artillery shelling on the villages along working boundary near Sialkot.  According to the officials, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) firing was unp ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat When the ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb started against the militants in North Waziristan Agency (NWA), Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took the nation into confidence through parliament, emphasizing that Pakistan would not be allowed to become safe havens of terrorists. He further stated that military operation would continue till achievement of ultimate objectives. Earlier, DG, ISPR ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat The civilized Western World has always shown double standard of human rights in the modern era of open diplomacy, economic development and maintenance of fundamental rights of various peoples. But, it is regrettable that major powers like the US and some European countries have continuously been acting upon duplicity regarding human rights violations. In this regard, their silence over th ...

By Asif Haroon Raja  The British Empire during its prime days held sway over almost a quarter of the world. Large numbers of countries in Africa, Asia and Pacific were colonized. The largest empire in the history retained control over its colonies through its cunning policy of divide and rule. It played a key role in dismembering Ottoman Empire and ending system of Caliphate. Once the British Empire decline ...