By Sajjad Shaukat On November 26, 2008, several persons were killed in the simultaneous terror attacks in Mumbai. Without any investigation, Indian high officials and media had started blaming Pakistan. Under the cover of the Mumbai catastrophe, India began a deliberate propaganda campaign against Pakistan and tried to isolate the latter in the comity of nations by showing that Islamabad was sponsoring terr ...

By Rida Zaheer  Chief of Pakistan Army Staff General Raheel  Sharif paid a visit to CIA Headquarter and discussed security challenges with  Director CIA John Rennan. He emphasized need of   permanent stability and requirement of conducive environment in region for re-initiating Afghan leadership reconciliation process. The CIA Director lauded the accomplishments of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, saying it will have ...

By Yasmeen Ali Reproducing news snippets from different newspapers and TV channel websites reference Moon Garden building: “The builder, Abdul Razzak Khamosh, owned a 363-yard plot in Gulshan-e-Maymar, which he replaced with a 4,000-square-yard plot at the current location, in connivance with the KMC and revenue board officials. Subsequently, the Moon Garden project was issued survey number 309 by the KMC. ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Just after the simultaneous terror attacks in Paris which killed more than 130 persons, on November 13, the people of France, the government and the media became one. A wave of anti-Muslim chauvinism could be seen in France in particular and the whole Europe in general. French President Francois Hollande who declared emergency in the country, said, “It is an act of war that was committed b ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja The serenity of Paris was jolted on the night of November 13, 2015 by the noise of blazing guns and din of explosions. The rattle-tattle of the guns, explosions and sounds of police sirens/ambulances and shrieks of trapped people subdued the music beats in the theatre, shouts of the jeering lovers of soccer match and chatter in the restaurants. Fear and panic gripped the people. Eight g ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Over 129 killed and more than 350 wounded as a result of barbaric act of eight terrorists in Paris on, 13th November 2015. The suicide bombers and Gunmen attacked busy restaurants, bars and a concert hall at different locations around Paris. President Francois Hollande was also witnessing the football match when Paris was struck with an unprecedented terrorist attack. France declares ‘we ...

نغمہ حبیب بھارتی وزیراعظم نریندرا مودی پندرہ اور سولہ نومبر کو ترکی میں جی ٹو او کے اجلاس میں شرکت کے لیے جائیں گے لیکن اس سے پہلے بارہ سے چودہ نومبر تک برطانیہ کا دورہ کریں گے۔ پچھلی ایک دہائی میں یہ کسی بھارتی وزیراعظم کا پہلا دورۂ برطانیہ ہے۔ اس دورے کی دعوت برطانوی وزیراعظم ڈیوڈ کیمرون نے مودی کے انتخاب کے بعد جلد ہی دی تھی جسے برطانیہ میں بزنس ڈیل قرار دیا گیا اور اسے خاصا ناپسند کیا گیا اور شاید یہی و ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Renowned scholars of international relations, Lord Castlereagh, Quincy Wright, Hans J. Morgenthau and Kenneth Waltz agree by remarking, “Checking the unusual dominance and hegemony of the world by a single power is very essential for the survival of other states which live in anarchic situation where there is no international agency to impose international law and to provide security…the c ...