It is a matter of great concerns for Pakistan that the United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the two high-intensity bomb blast, first took place in Jaffer Express, at Sibi railway station on April 8, 2014 in which at least 17…
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The Kashmir Dispute: Key to South Asian Peace
Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema
Cheema discusses India’s evasive diplomacy on Kashmir and analyses the failure of both military and non-military means in solving this oldest issue on UN agenda. Alongside the on-again off-again composite dialogue…
بھارتی لوک سبھا کے انتخابات کے لئے ووٹنگ کا عمل جاری ہے ۔اسی دوران 7 اپریل کو بی جے پی نے اپنا انتخابی منشور جاری کیا۔منشورکمیٹی کے سربراہ ڈاکٹر مرلی منوہر جوشی تھے،اس منشور میں دیگر باتوں کے علاوہ یہ بھی کہا…
Last week saw some interesting developments: acts of high profile militancy and terrorism were disowned and condemned by the TTP in very strong words indicating a change of mindset; fierce infighting within the TTP cadres indicated its eroding integrity as a single…
It is becoming a norm in the South Asian political culture to blame regional states for achieving political goals at home or, perhaps, it is easier to blame others to divert attention from pressing domestic issues that subsequently arise due to mismanagement…
قیامِ پاکستان کے بعد پاکستان کی خارجہ پالیسی کے بنیادی مقاصد یہ رہے ہیں کہ اپنے ہمسایہ ملکوں سمیت عالمی برادری کے سبھی ارکان کے ساتھ برابری اور عدم مداخلت کے اصولوں کی بنیاد پر خوشگوار تعلقات قائم رکھے جائیں۔اپنے اس مقصد…
Millions of Afghans defied Taliban threats and rain, thus underscoring their enormous hope from the elections. As NATO/ISAF continue to draw-down, country's new leader will find an altered landscape as the country's wobbly security forces struggle to face down a ferocious insurgency…
It is refreshing that the recent lunatic orders, which apparently came from the Bangladesh Cricket Board but had the blessing of the highest political office of the country, have been revoked. Edict was aimed at banning the domestic fans from carrying the…
It was in 2001 that the United States (US) used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) commonly known as drones for the first time in Afghanistan and has been continuously employing them since then. The drones have been the US effective weapon of choice…
اقوامِ عالم کے باہمی تعلقات کی جدید تاریخ میں پاک چین دوستی ایک ضرب المثل کی شکل اختیار کر چکی ہے مختلف تہذیبوں ،مذاہب اور نظامِ حکومت کے تضادات کے باوجود دو ملکوں میں دوستی کی ایسی مثال شاید ڈھونڈنے سے بھی…