By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai India is celebrating its 77th Republic Day to honor a constitution that came into force on January 26, 1950. Yet for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, this celebration has little meaning. The world’s largest self-proclaimed democracy has never extended the same democratic rights to Kashmir that it celebrates elsewhere. Just two years before India adopted its Constitution, the United Na ...

By Asif Haroon Raja An Indian intelligence operative, Ajay Kumar, operated under the assumed identity of Dr. Ajay Dutta while posing as a representative of a humanitarian NGO named Silk Horizon. Publicly, the organization claimed involvement in clean-water projects for underdeveloped communities. Silk Horizon’s declared mission was to dig clean-water wells in underdeveloped villages, but behind the scenes i ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman World Forum for Peace & Just The principle that an occupying power does not become the sovereign owner of the territory it controls is well-established in international law. An occupier’s role is temporary administration, not ownership, domination, or the rewriting of the political identity of a people. Yet in Kashmir today, we witness a troubling departure from this fou ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan’s Heavy Price in the War on Terror During the 20-year war on terror, Pakistan stood as a frontline ally of the US-led Western coalition. Yet, it bore the brunt of devastation — losing over 80,000 lives and suffering an economic loss exceeding $150 billion. The war was externally manipulated; Afghanistan became the launching pad for massive covert operations led by India’s RAW an ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Legislative Response to Rising Terrorism On 13 August, the National Assembly passed a bill, moved by Parliamentary Committee head Naveed Qamar, authorising the government and law enforcement agencies — including the Army and Civil Armed Forces — to order preventive detention of suspects linked to terrorism, target killings, kidnappings, extortion, or threats to national security for up t ...

By Asif Haroon RajaAmerica – The Guardian of IsraelThe Middle East (ME) has remained engulfed in conflict since the Six-Day War of 1967. Any hope for peace in this volatile region remains elusive, largely due to the hegemonic ambitions of the United States and Israel. Far from being advocates of peace, both have acted as imperialist and war-mongering powers. The foreign policy of the United States, particul ...

by Rida Zaheer World professional PAF won two highest internal awards in airshow held at UK. The show from July 18 to 20, is one of the world’s largest military airshows, running for over 50 years and powers the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust. According to ISPR PAF won awards in 2006, 2016 and 2018 too, The contingent com comprising “state-of-the-art JF-17 Thunder Block-III fighter aircraft and the C-130 ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Iran’s Nuclear Program and Israeli Hostility Since 2011, Israel has raised alarms over Iran’s nuclear program, pressuring the U.S. to dismantle it. Under intense Israeli lobbying, President Barack Obama persuaded Tehran to sign the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in July 2014. Iran agreed to scale back uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of sanctions and unfreezing ...