By Sajjad Shaukat Renowned thinkers, Hobbes, Machiavelli and Morgenthau opine that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities like deceit, fraud, falsehood and even murder to fulfill their countries’ selfish aims. But such a sinister politics was replaced by new trends such as fair-dealings, reconciliation and economic development. Regrettably, India is still following the discarded theories of past poli ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the recent past, trust deficit deepened between Pakistan and the United States when using tough words against her ally, American President Donald Trump revived the old blame game of his predecessors Bush and Obama regarding the cross-border terrorism in Afghanistan. President Trump allegedly said that Washington could “no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organ ...

نغمہ حبیب نقیب اللہ محسود کراچی کا ایک پٹھان دکاندار تھا، کراچی میں کروڑوں پختون بستے ہیں اور نقیب اللہ محسود بھی انہی میں سے ایک تھا میڈیا پر اُس کی رنگارنگ تصویریں دیکھ کر اس سٹائلش نوجوان کی موت کا افسوس سب کو ہی ہوا۔ ایس ایس پی ملیر راؤ انوار کا کردار بھی زیر بحث آیا اور شدید ترین عوامی تنقید کا نشانہ بنے اُن کو پکڑنے کے لیے اعلیٰ سطح پر کوششیں کی گئیں آخر کار یہ گرفتاری عمل میں آبھی گئی ۔راؤ انوار کی ش ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the beginning of March, this year, a Hindu woman from a lower caste-Dalit has been elected to the Senate for the first time in Pakistan. A woman Krishna Kumari a human rights activist and member of the Pakistan Peoples Party was elected as a senator on March 3, 2018 and a Taliban-linked cleric was defeated. Krishna Kumari told The Associated Press: “I feel delighted; this was unthinkabl ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the Cyber-age, the social media has changed the world into a global village which people had dreamed in the past. Modern international trends like renunciation of war, disarmament, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development have become focus of attention in the world. But, it is most regrettable that by ignoring these trends, India’s endless nuclear programme continues una ...

By Sajjad Shaukat BJP-led extremist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had got a land sliding triumph in the Indian elections 2014 on the basis of anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan slogans. Therefore, since the Prime Minister Modi came to power, he has been implementing anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan agenda. Modi has also intensified war-hysteria against Pakistan and instructed Indian forces to continue shellin ...

By Sajjad Shaukat By manipulating the double game of the US, India is acting upon secret diplomacy in the region. In the pretext of presumed threat of China, New Delhi has also been trying to establish her hegemony in South Asia. In fact, fast growing economic power of China coupled with her rising strategic relationship with the Third World has irked the eyes of Americans, Israelis, some Western countries ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai As the time-honored adage advises, to every complex problem there is a simple solution, but it is wrong. I do not bear simple panaceas or simpleminded slogans. What I do hope to offer is an unstarry - eyed view of the fate of self-determination in Kashmir; and, the indispensability of convincing India that its national and economic security would be strengthened, not weakened, by endi ...