It has been seventeen years since India and Pakistan carried out their nuclear explosions, surprised the world and shattered the innocence and romanticism of South Asia forever. India’s explosions were more status driven, while Pakistan’s explosions were security driven. The Indians also wanted to call the Pakistani bluff. Since then, in all these years, the…
Introduction This is the second lecture delivered by Dr. Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), the great philosopher, poet, politician, academic, barrister, scholar and intellectual who was well versed with Western philosophy as well as Islamic theology. He critically analyzed the causes of decline of Muslim Ummah and indicated possible ways of renaissance of Muslims. This scholarly aspect…
Pakistan is undertaking a difficult mission to diffuse tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has a natural inkling for this sort of enterprise— indeed a romance. Theoretically it seem all too simple, however, practically it touches the boundary of Mission Impossible. Saudi arrogance and Iranian shrewdness both are equally unsurmountable and…
The Arabian Sea Arabian Sea is today one of the most important region in terms of the International trade routes that pass through it. At the same time it is volatile in terms of maritime activities. Its area is approximately 1,491, 0000 Sq. Miles, width being 1500 Miles with maximum depth of 4650 meters. It…
Assisted by members of the Sindh Police, and firing into the air at the gate of the mills, armed men took over the Seri Sugar Mills (Hyderabad district) and the Tando Mohammad Khan Sugar Mills, removing the management appointed by the owners, former Sindh Governor Ashraf W. Tabani’s family. Armoured personnel carriers (a coincidence if…
Dear Readers, Barring a handful of the early years, for most of the six decades plus of our existence we had the misfortune of being governed by those who failed to vigorously tackle many threats and challenges or resolve problems. Swamped with problems, we are in a mess today with terrorism, extremism, poverty, corruption, endemic…
