By Asif Haroon Raja Terrorism was pushed into Pakistan from Afghanistan by the ones who had engineered 9/11 and initiated war on terror in October 7, 2001. Pakistan was made an ally to capture Afghanistan but was then forced to fight against its own people on its soil. Terrorist groups in FATA and Baluchistan and a political party in Karachi were fully supported by foreign powers to destabilize Pakistan and ...

By Asif Haroon Raja 11.5 million files leaked by a whistle blower from an offshore company in Panama and published by a German newspaper has created ripples in the world. These are just the first batch released and many more are likely to be made public. Leaks are not a new phenomenon when seen in context with WikiLeaks and Snowden’s revelations. Nothing came out of the two earthshaking exposures and those ...

By Sajjad Shaukat An article, under the title, “Pakistan—A key GCC ally”‏, published in the “Arab News” on January 15, 2016, written by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed needs appropriate attention. Abdulrahman mentioned that three million Pakistanis who work in the Gulf countries, and the $4 billion in annual transactions they make, the region considers relations with Pakistan strategic. He elaborates, “The country is ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Irresponsible behavior of our political leaders is causing irreparable damage to the nation. Their myopia has caused deep anguish to the people. Their selfishness broke the country into two. When Mujibur Rahman and 22 co-accused were arrested on charges of treason and secession in 1968, the politicians bailed them out. When Ayub Khan who had uplifted the fortunes of Pakistan sky high, ag ...

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 ...

کیا آپ جانتے ہیں ! پاکستان دنیا کا واحد ملک ہےجسکی سب سے بڑی ایکٹیو جنگی سرحد ہے جو کہ 3600 کلو میٹر ہے اور بدقسمتی سے پاکستان ہی دنیا کا واحد ملک ہے جو بیک وقت تین خوفناک جنگی ڈاکٹرائینز کی زد میں ہے جس کے بارے میں بہت تھوڑے لوگ جانتے ہیں آئیے آج ذرا اسکے بارے میں آپکو بتاتے ہیں ۔۔۔۔۔۔!!  پہلے نمبر پر کولڈ سٹارٹ ڈاکٹرائین (Cold Start doctrine) ہے جو انڈین جنگی حکمت عملی ہے جسکے لیے انڈیا کی کل فوج کی 7 کما ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Waging a prolonged war in Afghanistan, the US and other NATO countries have realized that after the withdrawal of foreign troops, Afghanistan would be thrown in an era of uncertainly and civil war. They recognize the fact and terrorism or stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan is interrelated. Therefore, US-led developed nations which also spent billions of dollars for the development of Af ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja Altaf Hussain founded All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organisation (APSMO) in June 1978. This platform raised slogans of Muhajirs socio-politico-economic grievances and their persecution by other ethnic communities. After the birth of MQM in March 1984, the party made strenuous efforts to control Karachi through acts of violence. For this purpose, it divided the city into sectors and nomin ...