By Sajjad Shaukat There are no permanent friends and enemies in international politics, because friendship and enmity change in accordance with the states’ interests which are of primary importance. After having strong relationship with the United States for more than 60 years, a shift has occurred in Pak-US ties because of a number of reasons, and Pakistan has inclined towards the Russian Federation which ...

The 18th Amendment to the Constitution entrusted curriculum and syllabi, and preparation and publication of textbooks entirely to the Textbook Boards of the provinces. Shall we suffer the same consequences in our provinces as occurred in East Pakistan in 1960s? Qudratulla Shahab, Secretary to President Ayub Khan and later Education Secretary, describes in his Shahab-nama (pages 895-897) how Indians succeede ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Preparations have started by Kashmiris living either side of the Line of Control (LoC) and rest of the world to observe Indian Independence Day as the Black Day. Every year when India celebrates Independence Day on August 15, Kashmiris on both sides of the LoC and the world over observe it as the Black Day to convey the message to the international community that India continues to usurp t ...

Trump is Creating and Leading the ‘Christian Taliban’ By Sajjad Shaukat Although American President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama played their roles in encouraging ‘Christian Taliban’ in the aftermath of the orchestrated drama of the September 11 tragedy, yet the US fanatic President Donald Trump has broken their records by creating and leading the ‘Christian Taliban’. Like the Christianity, Isl ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Indian media reported on July 5, this year that the Kolkata police have arrested five men with 1 kg of uranium valued at around Rs. 3 crores ($440,000). The Times of India elaborated that the men had come to Kolkata in the state of West Bengal to try to sell the substance. Police were quoted as saying that two packets of a “yellow-coloured substance” were seized. However, it is not the new ...

By Sajjad Shaukat for Veterans Today Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by former cricket star got victory in Pakistan’s general elections, held on July 25, 2018. It was due to the personals of the Pakistan Army who were deputed inside and outside the polling booths that free and fair elections became possible in a peaceful atmosphere. In this regard, addressing a press conference on July 27, this year, Chi ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The voters went to the allocated polling stations early in the morning of July 25 to take part in the 13th general elections. The voting started at 8 a.m. amidst sea of doubts, skepticism, hopes and high emotions. 85000 polling stations had been established all over the country and elaborate arrangements were made by the caretakers to ensure free and fair elections. For the first time, t ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Education and research play a key role in the development of a country in various fields. History gives ample evidence that that rise of the Greek Empire, the Roman Empire and the Turkish Empire was the result of research and education. It is because of educational and research institutions that the most developed countries of the West have made progress almost in every field. In fact, lea ...