By Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan has been a victim of wars, conflicts, diplomatic/political/economic coercion, subversion, sabotage, and false flag operations at the hands of India which to this day has not reconciled to its existence. India initiated injurious steps right from Pakistan’s inception to keep it politically destabilized and economically weak and dependent. To unroll Two-Nation theory, her first ta ...

[caption id="attachment_17064" align="alignleft" width="396"] Afghan National Army (ANA) officer cadets move to their next training exercise at the ANA Officer Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan.[/caption] نغمہ حبیب افغانستان برادر اسلامی ملک ہے لیکن دشمن کے ریشہ دوانیوں کے باعث اکثر اس کے تعلقات پاکستان سے نا خوشگوار ہو جاتے ہیں۔وہی پاکستان افغان حکمرانوں کے الزامات کی زد میں آجاتا ہے جو ہمیشہ مشکل حالات میں اف ...

Written By Jamshed & Jamshed [caption id="attachment_17059" align="alignright" width="379"] Gen. Raziq’s brother appointed as new police chief[/caption] On October 18th, Kandahar’s Governor, Afghanistan’s powerful Police Chief Abdul Raziq and NDS Provincial Chief Abdul Mohmin along with two others died in an insider attack. This attack left the power vacuum in the Southern Province of Afghanistan. Accor ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24. On this day in 1945, the United Nations (UN) came into force when the five permanent members of the Security Council ratified its charter. This followed a declaration by the UN General Assembly in 1947 which designated 24th of October as United Nations Day, by proclaiming that the day would be instrumental in making people aware o ...

By Rida Zaheer Sajjad Shaukat was invited by the literary Eilaf Club as Chief Guest in the function arranged at PC hotel Lahore in connection with his book: “US vs. Islamic Militants: Invisible Balance of Power, Dangerous Shift in International Relations on the occasion of its fourth edition. About the Book-Invisible Balance of Power While mentioning the 9/11 tragedy in the United States, its causes and the ...

By Sajjad Shaukat On the one hand, India has accelerated ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC), but, on the other hand, it is accusing Pakistan for the same by following the threatening diplomacy. In this regard, Indian media, including “The Times of India” allegedly reported on October 1, this year: “In what will be read as a signal to the new government of Imran Khan, Prime Minister Narendr ...

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 ...