It is refreshing that Afghanistan has put behind its electoral crisis and come up with an improvised government structure for its stalled political transition. Presence of President Mamnoon Hussain during President Ashraf Ghani’s inaugural ceremony was reflective of Pakistan’s endorsement of this…
The Afghan Independent Election Commission on Sunday declared Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as the country's new president. The announcement came hours after Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a power-sharing agreement in ending the election deadlock. Abdullah was widely believed to be…
Imran-Qadri circus kept Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif away from an important international event— Nato summit in Wales. This was the last summit before Nato ends its combat operations in Afghanistan. Event was originally conceived to define Nato’s post-Afghanistan mission and role. However,…
Howard Zinn once remarked, “There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.” So, did the meetings of the United States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry with Egyptian and Arab League leaders bring anything tangible? If…
Historically Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with Afghanistan despite of the fact that for over past three decades, Afghanistan has been marred with internal and external conflicts and Pakistan got affected somehow or the other. At present, there are number…
On June 15, authorities in Pakistan launched a full-fledged military operation, named "Zarb-e-Azb," against foreign and local terrorists in the country. So far, more than 400 militants have been killed and 17 army personnel martyred. Several terrorist hideouts, bomb-making factories, training camps…
It is refreshing that Pakistan and Afghanistan have decided to develop a ‘robust and effective’ bilateral border-coordination mechanism as part of efforts to deal with cross-border attacks, as well as to arrest the movement of terrorists. Last month the two sides had…
امریکہ کے تحقیقی ادارے "پی ای ڈبلیو " ریسرچ سنٹر نے انکشاف کیا ہے کہ ۶۶ فیصد پاکستانی طالبان کی دہشت گردی کی کاروائیوں کے سخت مخالف ہیں جب کہ صرف ۸ فیصد اس شدت پسند تنظیم کی بابت نرم گوشہ رکھتے…
زیر اعظم نواز شریف نے یقین ظاہر کیا ہے کہ پوری پاکستانی قوم شمالی وزیرستان سے بے گھر ہونے والے اپنے بھائیوں کی بھر پور خدمت اور حمایت کرے گی اور ایسا کرتے ہوئے وہ کسی پر احسان نہیں کرے گی بلکہ…
قوموں کی زندگی میں بعض ایسے لمحات ضرور آتے ہیں جنہیں زندگی بھر کی جمع پونجی قرار دیا جا سکتا ہے ۔پاکستانی قوم پر بھی کئی ایسے ہی ادوار گزرے ہیں ۔انہی میں سے ایک ۶ستمبر ۱۹۶۵ سے ۲۳ ستمبر ۱۹۶۵کے ایسے…