By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, 26the of January is being celebrated by India as the Republic Day. But, the day is being observed by the Kahmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and all over the world, including their Pakistani brethren as the Black Day in protest against Indian illegal occupation of Kashmir. This time, the very day has come at time when the people of Kashmir have accelerated their ...

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali We must, for the time being, stay out of any initiative What is important for Pakistan to understand is that her policy towards Afghanistan must not be based on pressures or directions from any quarter. Let’s see some excerpts of various newspapers published recently: “Returning from a UN Security Council visit to Afghanistan, US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Wednesday stressed the Kabul go ...

Ishaal Zehra The US war in Afghanistan has entered into its 17th consecutive year of dismay. It is learnt that this winter, Afghan security forces have intensified their operations against the rogue elements despite heavy snow and bitter cold instead of a usual slowdown in fighting during Afghanistan's harsh winter tide. Would it prove effective or not will be reckoned with time however the cause of fretful ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The pro-Israeli US President Donald Trump whose extremist policies have accelerated the domestic extremism in the US, will take the country to the “state of nature” when there was a “war of all against all”. Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) which monitors hate group and other extremists throughout the United States and exposed their activities to law enforcement agencies, media and the p ...

نغمہ حبیب امریکہ افغانست ان میں مسلسل ناکامی سے دوچار ہے۔ دنیا کی سب سے بڑی خفیہ ایجنسی اور سب سے بڑی جنگی طاقت اور سب سے طاقتور معیشت امریکہ سترہ سال سے یہاں برسر پیکار ہے، اُس کے ساتھ اس جنگ میں بھارت اور اس کی ایجنسی ’’را‘‘ بھی مسلسل اس کی مدد کر رہی ہے اور ضرورت کے وقت موساد بھی بلکہ ہر وقت ہی حاضر رہتی ہے، اس کی اپنی بنائی ہوئی این ڈی ایس بھی اس کی مدد میں لگی ہوئی ہے لیکن تا حال کامیابی کے کوئی آثار ن ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since Donald Trump became the President of the United States, it was expected that he will act with responsibility, showing pragmatism. But, President Trump has continued anti-Islam, anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan strategy without bothering for its dangers for America, the Islamic countries and the entire world. In this regard, President Donald Trump stated in his tweet on January 1, this y ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Despite best efforts of Imran Khan (IK) led PTI and PAT under Tahirul Qadri (TuQ) since June 2014, the duo has neither been able to eject the PML-N government, nor could it crack the fort of the ruling party. PML-Q led by Choudhry Brothers has been lending support to PTI and PAT all along, while the PPP remained detached from the six months long sit-in at Islamabad in 2014 but now is on ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The US ignores its own human rights violations and also looks the other way to massive human rights abuses committed by Israel, India, Egypt and other dictatorial regimes towing its agenda. Washington, however, has no tolerance for democratic regimes that refuse to make their countries compliant States and opt to pursue independent foreign policy best suited for their national interests. ...