By Sajjad Shaukat Since May 28, 1998 when Pakistan became nuclear power, defence analysts had been opining that if a war erupted between India and Pakistan, the latter will be the first to use atomic weapons, as comparatively, it lacks conventional arms including their quality in modern terms. But, now, defence production capability of Pakistan has overcome this problem. Besides production, superiority of P ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Renowned historians agree that besides other causes, major cause of the French Revolution of 1789 was the class distinction between the privileged and the unprivileged, which rapidly increased under the reign of King Louis XVI who had continued the policy of taking out international loans, and the debt drove the country to near bankruptcy, leading to the Revolution. They opine, “The French ...

By Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal The ideological cousins & Israel’s immunity The world looks dangerously unsafe for the defenceless Muslims. The Muslims of Palestine, Kashmir, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen, Xinjiang and many other parts of the world indeed suffer very badly. The millions of victims of the state-run atrocities can’t see any light of hope even at the distant end of the dark tunnel. How the world can att ...

By Shahabuddin The Syrian Civil War is arguably the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War, with over a half million killed, wounded or missing, and half of Syria’s 22 million population displaced from their homes. Syria’s largest uprising has devolved into a regionalized civil war that has ravaged the country. President Bashar ul Assad actions would have remained obscured from the world have ...

By Sajjad Shaukat With the support of some state actors and after its defeat by the Russian-led coalition of Iran, Iraq and Lebanon-based Hezbollah in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group (Also known as Daesh, ISIS and ISIL) is rapidly spreading its tentacles in South Asia. It is also due to the dual policy of the US-led some Western powers, Israel and India that ISIS which is most dangerous terrorist gr ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The role of Pakistan Army in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has again come to limelight, as Pakistan decided to send more troops in that country. Many Indian newspapers and media anchors started spreading disinformation that Pakistan Army would be used by Riyadh in case of war against Yemen and Iran. In one way or the other, even some politicians and media analysts of Pakistan also misperceiv ...

Ishaal Zehra The US war in Afghanistan has entered into its 17th consecutive year of dismay. It is learnt that this winter, Afghan security forces have intensified their operations against the rogue elements despite heavy snow and bitter cold instead of a usual slowdown in fighting during Afghanistan's harsh winter tide. Would it prove effective or not will be reckoned with time however the cause of fretful ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Modern history of terrorism shows that it has gone through distinct phases, with shifting missions, messages, and means of mobilizing. But, owing to the US President Donald Trump’s Israeli connections, terrorism has entered the dangerous phase. Everyone knows that Al-Qaeda and Afghan Taliban were created by the American CIA to fight against the former Soviet Union in Afghanistan. In this r ...