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…
In the back drop of resonation about usage of Indian origin arms and ammunition by the attackers of Karachi airport and recovery of huge cache of such weapons and munitions, Indian Prime Minister has condemned the recent terrorist attack on Karachi Airport.…
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Mr Abdul Basit was summoned to Islamabad to evaluate the impact of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s recent visit to India. Mr Basit had spent a lot of effort in preparing a favourable environment for the summit. However,…
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…