By Sajjad Shaukat Coped with multiple internal and external issues and problems, the US has weak position for to the New Cold War which has begun. Although United States is the homeland of hundreds of leading think-tanks and strategic institutes, yet due to his faulty strategy, its President Barack Obama failed in waging the war of nerves, which also includes the elements of ‘hot war’ at present. In this re ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Global war on terror was launched by the US under George Bush and its western allies to make the world peaceful but made a mess of everything. Today the world has become a dangerous place to live since no corner of the world is safe from terrorism. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Middle East (ME) as a whole and parts of North Africa have suffered the most and are still in the vortex of chaos. Ira ...

نغمہ حبیب اچھے ہمسایے خدا کی رحمت ہوتے ہیں اگر یہ محاورہ عام زندگی میں لاگو ہوتا ہے تو یہی اصول بین الاقوامی ہمسائیگی اور تعلقات کے لیے بھی ہے کہ اگر ہمسایہ ممالک کے تعلقات اچھے ہوں تو سکون رہتا ہے لیکن اگر سرحد پر بھارت جیسا پڑوسی ہو جو روایتی طور پر عیار،مکاراور سازشی ہو تو خطے میں امن مشکل نہیں ناممکن ہو جاتا ہے۔ پاکستان کو بنے ہوئے اڑسٹھ سال ہو چکے اور بھارت کی آزادی کو بھی اتنا ہی عرصہ گزر گیا لیکن بدق ...

By Rida Zaheer  Unfortunately, most of the animals’ families are speedily vanishing from the world due to ruthless brutal shooting of so called human beings. Days are not for away when most of species will not be available to see even in the zoo. Thus there is a dire need to raise a voice against killing of animles just for enjoyment  and UN should launch   a complain to save all species. Recently an Americ ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja The US led Western world has all along preferred autocratic and authoritarian Muslim rulers in Middle East who not only serve their interests but also keep their people under a tight leash. Arab rulers hungering for power and wealth have remained wholly dependent upon the US patronage and have merrily danced to the tunes of their patrons. So much so that rather than confronting Israel, ...

By Asif Haroon Raja BJP swept the elections on the slogans of enforcing Hindutva in India and adopting a hard line approach towards Pakistan. RSS man Narendra Modi has behaved exactly as had been predicted by many. He and other BJP leaders assailed Congress government’s policy of appeasement of minorities. He is continuing to use communal and caste card and has remained firmly committed to the philosophy of ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Operation Blue Star was an Indian military operation which occurred between 3–8 June 1984, ordered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to control over the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) complex, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs in Amritsar, Punjab, and to arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers from the complex buildings. Bhindranwale had earlier taken residence in Harmandir ...

By Asif Haroon Raja I delivered a talk on China-Pakistan Energy Corridor and its ramifications at Thinkers Forum Pakistan on May 31, 2015, chaired by Air Chief Marshal (retd) Kaleem Saadat and attended by Lt Gen (retd) Lodhi, and members both from civil and military. After the talk, there was long question/answer session followed by summing up by the Chairman. Details of presentation are covered in succeedi ...