(Presentation given by Brig retired Asif Haroon Raja at Thinkers Forum Pakistan on November 29, 2014, chaired by Air Chief Marshal retired Kaleem Sadat, Gen retired Mirza Aslam Beg as chief guest and Lt Gen Abu Saeeduz Zafar in attendance). I shall be dwelling upon the newly emerged threat of Da’esh, which is also known as Islamic State of Iraq & Sham (ISIS), which later morphed into Islamic State (IS), ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Promoting Hindu chauvinism on the basis of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan slogans, Prime Minister of India and leader of the fundamentalist party BJP, Narendra Modi had won a landslide victory in the elections 2014. Since BJP came to power, Prime Minister Modi has been implementing its party’s agenda by accelerating false propaganda against Pakistan, its Armed Forces and especially against ...

By Ali Sukhanver In a move intended to mend shattering and tattering ties with the Unites States, the newly-elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and US Ambassador James Cunningham, signed the Bilateral Security Agreement known as ‘BSA’ this year on 30th September at the presidential palace in Kabul. The deal allows the US to leave a small contingent of troops in the country beyond this year, when a NATO-le ...

                                        By Sajjad Shaukat On November 23, this year, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin told the Indian media that Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will have a meeting on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, being held in Kathmandu on November 26-27. He elab ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat       During his recent visit to Pakistan, the newly-elected President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani said that his government and the people of Afghanistan desire to further strengthen bilateral relations with Pakistan in all areas of mutual interest. He elaborated, “We must overcome the past…we will not permit the past to destroy the future.” The Afghan president who was accompanied by Af ...

  سیّد ناصررضا کاظمی دنیا بھر میں ہمہ وقت بھارتی خفیہ ایجنسی’را‘جارحانہ موڈ طاری کیئے اپنے پڑوسی جنوبی ایشیا ئی خود مختار ممالک کے داخلی معاملات میں در اندازی کے غیر اخلاقی و غیر قانونی سازشی ہتھکنڈے آزمانے میں خود کو مسلسل مصروف رکھنے کا اپنا ایک بڑا بہیمانہ ریکارڈ رکھتی ہے جبکہ خصوصی طور پر اْس کی نظریں پاکستان کو ٹارگٹ بنانے اور اُسے نیچا دکھانے کا کوئی موقع ضائع نہیں کرتی یوں تو کسی بھی ملک وقوم کے خلاف ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat    During his first visit to the United States, Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff, Gen. Raheel Sharif held talks with the top US generals and officials. Gen. Raheel Sharif who was warmly welcomed in the US was also conferred with the US Legion of Merit Medal in recognition of his brave leadership and efforts to ensure peace in the region. Analysts are taking the successful trip of Gen. ...

By Asif Haroon Raja [caption id="attachment_2670" align="alignright" width="300"] South Asia Conflict Map[/caption] Although Pakistan became the most allied ally of the US in 1950s but this apparently deep-seated alliance was on papers only. Practically, the US always remained inclined towards India even when it was a camp follower of former USSR. The US left Pakistan high dry in the 1965 and 1971 wars with ...