By Sajjad Shaukat More than 100 missile strikes have been launched against Syria by the US, UK and France on Saturday (April 14, 2018) in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack which killed at least 50 people in Syria’s rebel-held town of Eastern Douma on April 7, this year. According to the allies, “The strikes destroyed important infrastructure at three sites connected to the Syrian regime’s chem ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Renowned thinkers, Hobbes, Machiavelli and Morgenthau opine that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities like deceit, fraud, falsehood and even murder to fulfill their countries’ selfish aims. But such a sinister politics was replaced by new trends such as fair-dealings, reconciliation and economic development. Regrettably, India is still following the discarded theories of past poli ...

نغمہ حبیب سوات پاکستان کے ان خوبصورت علاقوں میں سے ہے جس کا حسن دنیا کے کسی حصے کے انسان کی آنکھیں خیرہ کر دیتا ہے یہ پُر امن شہر ہمیشہ سے قدرتی حسن کے دلدادہ سیاحوں کے لیے باعث کشش رہا ہے وہ یہاں بڑے شوق سے آتے تھے ، فطرت سے محبت کی پیاس بجھاتے تھے اور سوات کے مہمان نواز لوگوں کی مہمان نوازی کا خوب فائدہ اٹھاتے تھے اور خوشگوار تعلقات کی یادیں ساتھ لے کر واپس بحفاظت اپنے ملکوں کو پلٹ جاتے تھے۔ پھر معلوم نہی ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the recent past, trust deficit deepened between Pakistan and the United States when using tough words against her ally, American President Donald Trump revived the old blame game of his predecessors Bush and Obama regarding the cross-border terrorism in Afghanistan. President Trump allegedly said that Washington could “no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organ ...

نغمہ حبیب نقیب اللہ محسود کراچی کا ایک پٹھان دکاندار تھا، کراچی میں کروڑوں پختون بستے ہیں اور نقیب اللہ محسود بھی انہی میں سے ایک تھا میڈیا پر اُس کی رنگارنگ تصویریں دیکھ کر اس سٹائلش نوجوان کی موت کا افسوس سب کو ہی ہوا۔ ایس ایس پی ملیر راؤ انوار کا کردار بھی زیر بحث آیا اور شدید ترین عوامی تنقید کا نشانہ بنے اُن کو پکڑنے کے لیے اعلیٰ سطح پر کوششیں کی گئیں آخر کار یہ گرفتاری عمل میں آبھی گئی ۔راؤ انوار کی ش ...

By Sajjad Shaukat New Cold War accelerated between Russia and the US-led West on March 26, this year, when showing solidarity with the UK in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury, southern England, more than 20, non-EU and EU member states, including Germany, France and the US expelled more than 100 Russian diplomats with the allegation of spy ...

By Sajjad Shaukat BJP-led extremist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 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. Modi has also intensified war-hysteria against Pakistan and instructed Indian forces to continue shellin ...

By Sajjad Shaukat By manipulating the double game of the US, India is acting upon secret diplomacy in the region. In the pretext of presumed threat of China, New Delhi has also been trying to establish her hegemony in South Asia. In fact, fast growing economic power of China coupled with her rising strategic relationship with the Third World has irked the eyes of Americans, Israelis, some Western countries ...