By Sajjad Shaukat When first time the US decided talks with the Afghan Taliban in 2012, the same were conditional, as America had demanded that before any deal, violence against Afghan people must stop and the Taliban must cut ties to Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. She seek to distinguish between Al-Qaeda-related fighters and Afghan insurgents—good and bad Taliban. Afterwards, with the backing of the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Machiavelli advises the rulers to have a lion-like image outwardly, and act upon the traits of goat inwardly. In his sense, a good ruler should be a good opportunist and hypocrite. While echoing Machiavelli, Morgenthau points out that sometimes, rulers act upon immoral activities like deceit, fraud and falsehood to fulfill their selfish aims. In one way or the other, these political philos ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Till recent, the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project was seen as a pipe dream, but it has suddenly turned into a reality and apparently its completion is not too far. Lobbyists of the mega project are painting a rosy picture. They see in it a huge potential, and term it as a vehicle for connectivity and peace, offering sustainable source of energy. It is a ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan On October 2019, American first lady Melania Trump arrived in Ghana on the first leg of her maiden, solo tour of Africa. Hope she will be able to lessen the distance between US and Africans on number of issues like uprooting former President Eidee Amin since number of times Uganda demanded that America should seek apology on this issue . Anyhow, she has been billed as a chance to c ...

by Zaheerul Hassan Natural disasters do not see that who and what else is coming in its way. Hurricane Florence hit Carolina coast and damaged buildings and also snatched roof from the heads of local recently. During that crucial time every american stood up shoulder to shoulder to raise the funds for effectees since they knew that funds Help Global United Nations—Affiliated Humanitarian Non-Profit Serve Th ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Recently, the government led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leader of the extremist ruling party-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unleashed wave of oppressive measures against liberals, Dalit activists, journalists and lawyers who were critical of government policies. These measures, including some other ones are part of the pre-election strategy to be held in 2019. In Maharashtra, ...

نغمہ حبیب پاکستان میں دہشتگردی نے عالمی طاقتوں کی باہمی چپقلشوں اور سرد جنگ کے نتیجے میں جٹر پکڑی اور پھر یہ طاقتیں تو سکون اور امن سے اپنے اپنے ملک میں بیٹھ گئی لیکن پاکستان طویل عرصے تک اس شدید ترین مسئلے سے بری طرح متاثر رہا بلکہ اب بھی ہے اگرچہ اب اللہ تعالیٰ کے فضل اور پاک فوج کی کامیاب حکمتِ عملی،قربانیوں اور کاروائیوں کے نتیجے میں اس عفریت پر کافی حد تک قا بو پایا جا چکا ہے اور الحمدللہ عوام اب معمول ...

By Sajjad Shaukat General elections in the Bangladesh (BD) are scheduled to be held on a date between October 31, 2018 and January 28, 2019. Pro-Indian Bangladeshi Government of the ruling party Awami League (AL) led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid is already showing despotic approach by quelling the political opponents and opposition parties through various suppressive tactics before the elections. D ...