By Sajjad Shaukat Located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, Balochistan’s Gwadar seaport is close to the Strait of Hormuz from where more than 17 million barrels of oil passes every day. Its ideal location among South Asia, the oil-rich Middle East, and oil and gas-resourced Central Asia has further increased its strategic significance. Besides, Balochistan’s abundant mineral resources irritate the eye ...

نغمہ حبیب موسموں کے غیر معمولی تغیر و تبدل نے دنیا کے طبعی حالات پر ہمیشہ اپنے اثرات چھوڑے ہیں اور پھر ان طبعی حالات نے انسانی زندگی پر بھی انمٹ نقوش چھوڑے ہیں اُس نے اسی پانی کے کنارے فصلیں اگائیں ، آباد یاں بسائیں، تہذیبوں نے اسی کے کنارے اپنے خدوخال وضع کیے، ایسا ازل سے ہور ہا ہے اور نہ صرف آج تک جاری ہے بلکہ مستقبل میں تو اسی پانی کے حصول کے لیے جنگوں کی پیشن گوئیاں کی جا رہی ہیں اور حالات و واقعات بتات ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان سالوں سے دہشت گردوں اور دہشت گردی کے خلاف بر سرپیکار ہے۔ اس کے شمال میں واقع افغانستان گزشتہ چالیس سال سے عالمی طاقتوں کا میدان جنگ بنا ہوا ہے یہاں مختلف ممالک اور نسلوں کے لوگ لاکر بسائے گئے اور انہیں اپنے اپنے مفاد کے لیے استعمال کیا گیا۔ افغانستان سے لاکھوں لوگ ہجرت کرکے پاکستان آگئے اور یہی کے ہوکے رہے کم از کم اب تک تو ایسے کوئی آثار نظر نہیں آرہے کہ یہ مہاجر اپنے ملک واپس چلے جائیں ا ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Trust deficit has deepened between Pakistan and the US since May 21, 2016, when the CIA-operated drone strike killed the Chief of the Afghan Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mansour along with his poor taxi-driver Azam in Nushki, Balochistan. On June 10, this year, a high-level delegation of the US, including Gen. John Nicholson, Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, and Ambassador Richa ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Paying full attention to the Syrian crisis, Western media and their viewers have, perhaps, forgotten the South Asia where the conflicting interests of the US-led countries and entities like the secret agencies are deteriorating Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations which are equally essential for the regional and global interests of their countries like Syria. Waging a prolonged war in Afghanista ...

by Brig® Mehboob Qadir Mothers Day came quietly this year among a series of commemorative days which followed each other in succession quick enough to leave hardly any footprint in their wake .Then there is that ever present maddening turmoil around us which degrades and badly dilutes one’s power of reflective thinking. It is a terrible tragedy of our times that even our considered thoughts have also become ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since the 9/11 tragedy, international community has been taking war against terrorism seriously, while there are also other forms of bloodless wars, being waged in the world and the same are like terrorism. Political experts opine that modern terrorism has many meanings like violent acts, economic terrorism etc., but its main aim is to achieve political, economic and social ends. Judging i ...

By Sajjad Shaukat India which has invested billions of dollars in Afghanistan, signed a wide-ranging strategic agreement with that country on October 5, 2011 also includes to help train Afghan security forces, while assisting Kabul in diversified projects has been playing double game with the war-torn country. Overtly, New Delhi has been claiming friendship with Afghanistan, covertly, it is strengthening In ...