By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “The UN wasn’t created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell. ‘ Dag Hammarskjöld, 2nd Secretary General of the U.N. May I take this opportunity to offer you, Mr. Antonio Guterres, on behalf of the ‘World Kashmir Awareness’ and its members sincere congratulations on your election as the ninth Secretary General of the United Nations. The unanimity of the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Recently, Indian Supreme Court has taken notice on the writ petition, filed by Prof. Bhim Singh, senior Advocate against the illegal, improper and unconstitutional detention of nearly 254 Pakistani prisoners and those of Azad Jammu and Kashmir languishing in Indian jails for over a decade. Despite the anti-Pakistan pressure of the extremist outfit BJP and other Hindu fundamentalist groups ...

نغمہ حبیب ایک طرف دنیا کو ایٹمی ہتھیاروں سے پاک کرنے کی باتیں ہوتی ہیں، معاہدوں پر دستخط ہوتے ہیں ، تحریکیں چلتی ہیں اور دوسری طرف اسی دنیا میں کچھ انسانی دماغ مزید ہتھیار ڈیزائن کر رہے ہوتے ہیں اور بہت سے کارخانے انہیں ڈھال رہے ہوتے ہیں اور یوں انسانی تباہی کے منصوبے تکمیل پاتے رہتے ہیں اگرچہ دعویٰ ہر ایک انسانیت کی فلاح کا کرتا ہے۔ ایسا ہی ایک تجربہ 2016 کے جاتے جاتے ہمارے پڑوسی ملک بھارت نے ایک اور ایٹمی ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The armed forces of Pakistan have broken the backbone of the Taliban and other militant outfits by the successful military operation Zarb-e-Azb, which has also been extended to other parts of the country, including Balochistan. And Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI has broken the network of these terrorist groups by capturing several militants, while thwarting a number of terror attempts ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.” John F. Kennedy Peace has eluded Kashmir for more than 69 years, every since British sovereignty lapsed on August 15, 1947. The Government of India holds the decisive cards to end Kashmir’s convulsions and carnage on a genocidal scale. No peace formula worth its salt, however, depends on altruism or unselfishness senti ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_14712" align="alignright" width="300"] Indian army's director general of military operations Lt General Ranbir Singh[/caption] It is most regrettable that by ignoring the modern global trends like renunciation of war, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development, India has activated dangerous arms race in South Asia. In this respect, India test-fired its ...

Asif Haroon Raja Till as late as 1990, India remained a close knit strategic partner of former USSR and it kept belittling the US imperialist policies and its provision of military assistance to Pakistan on all international forums. It fully supported the Soviet military intervention and occupation of Afghanistan. Paradoxically, today India is among the most trusted strategic partners of USA and the US toge ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In the 6th century, the entire Arab Peninsula had sunk into the morass of depravation and delinquency. The two super powers of the time, Romans (Byzantine Empire) and Persians (Sassanian Empire) were situated in the west and east of Arabian Peninsula respectively and were antagonists. The 28 year-war (602-630 A.D.) had drained the two empires and decay had begun to set in. It was in thos ...