By  Asif Haroon Raja The Army, paramilitary forces and the police are fighting the US dictated war on terror since 2003 but have yet not been able to completely root out terrorism. I will be frank in stating that the Army was not mentally prepared, trained, equipped, acclimatized and motivated when it was suddenly launched to conduct irregular warfare in South Waziristan (SW). As a result, its performance f ...

By Zaheerul Hassan 17 Indian soldiers killed and any injured when freedom fighters stormed the administrator camp of 10 Gorkha Punja Regiment of 12 Brigade Headquarters located in North Kashmir's Uri town , 102 kms from Srinagar, around 4 am on 18 September 2016. According to the observers four freedom fighters has also probably used explosive during their attack. The brigade Headquarters and Dogra regiment ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since the fundamentalist government of the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, various extremist policies have continued unabated by the Indian rulers. In this respect, rising number of crime against women, especially rapes are attributable to religious fanaticism and lack of law enforcement. In its report, published on August 30, this year, Indian’s National Crime Recor ...

By Sajjad Shaukat As the holy festival of Eid-ul-Azha is approaching, general public must ensure that their aims and charity do not aid those people who are involved in murderous rampage in the country. Those mosques, Madaris (religious seminaries) and charity organizations should not be given hides and skins of sacrificial animals which have any association with the militant groups like Al-Qaeda, DAISH and ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year September 6 is celebrated as the defense day to pay tribute to the Pakistani soldiers who defeated India in the 1965 war. Military thinkers agree that although the physical force will determine the type and scale of war, yet it is the will to fight or moral force which determines the outcome of war. Clausewitz puts it this way, “One might say that the physical force seems little ...

by Asif Haroon Raja Dynamics of World Global Politics [caption id="attachment_13958" align="alignright" width="300"] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visits the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Nawaz Sharif's home in Raiwind, where his grand-daughter's wedding is being held, at Lahore, Pakistan on December 25, 2015.[/caption] After the 2nd World War, USA and Soviet Union emerged as two super powers and ...

نغمہ حبیب حضرت ابراہیم علیہ سلام نے اپنے رب کے حکم پر اپنے پیارے بیٹے حضرت اسماعیل علیہ سلام کی قربانی اس کے حضور پیش کی تو اللہ تعالیٰ کو اپنے دوست کی یہ ادا ایسی پسند آئی کہ اپنے محبوب ﷺ کی اُمت پراس کو فرض قرار دیا یعنی اپنے دوست کی سُنت اپنے محبوبﷺ کو تحفتاََ دے دی ۔مسلمان اس سُنت ابراہیمی کو بڑے خضوع و خشوع سے ادا کرتے ہیں چاہے انہیں پورا سال بچت کرنا پڑے تو بھی وہ کرتے ہیں لیکن قربانی ادا کرنے سے پیچھ ...

By Sajjad Shaukat After an aggressive anti-Pakistan speech of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on August 22, this year, party workers attacked several media houses in Karachi. Addressing his workers on Phone from London, who were on hunger strike, Altaf Hussain went to called for the break-up of Pakistan. He ordered attacks on the offices of Karachi-based media houses of Geo Television ...