The recent visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to the United States has added a new chapter in the history of Pak-US relations. This first three-day visit of the newly elected Prime Minster of Pakistan was aimed at improving bilateral connection with Washington. Prime Minister Khan was determined to cover various aspects of regional and…
The CPEC project once again came in lime light during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to United States. It was evident that there was some confusion and perhaps rivalry and all sort of other reasons why Pakistan was not able to cash out its important geographical location. Anyhow, amazingly president Trump was convinced regarding the…
Pakistan is once again courting an unpredictable ally. Pakistan-US relationship is historic, enduring and wide-ranging yet it has always had an underlying roller coaster signature tune that has an inbuilt undercutting as well as self-healing mechanism. Prime Minister Imran Khan visited United States from 21st to 23rd of July. He held talks with US President…
Abstract On May 29, 2019 Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley Jr., who is the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) claimed that “Russia has likely been secretly carrying out very low-yield nuclear tests to upgrade its nuclear arsenal”. This opens a new pandora box for global security and potentially destabilize strategic stability with direct impact…
Introduction This is the third article in the series of “Understanding Islam” through the book “Ta’rif-e-Aam bi-Din il-Islam”, [General introduction to Islam] written by renowned Syrian scholar Shaikh Ali Tantawi. He was among the few scholars who were educated in both secular and religious education. This is a simple book for everyone, Muslim or no-Muslims, written…
Immediately after the Pulwama suicide attack on 14 February 2019, in which a young Kashmiri lad blew himself up killing 40 Indian para-military troops, a cacophony of accusations were hurled against Pakistan. In a purported phone call, the caller claiming to be a representative of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) an internationally proscribed terrorist organisation was said…
The US-Iran diplomatic estrangement cannot be divorced from their hostile history which is full of various antagonistic standings and inflexible behaviour. The leaders of both countries remained reluctant in bringing flexibility in their diplomatic stubbornness. In the absence of diplomatically cooperative and politically friendly ties, officials of both states showed determination to support the hostile…
Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution states that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient”. Informally, this has been the going practice off and on for a variety…
The mantra of anyone who claims for him/ herself the role of leader, ought to be “I have a dream”. The followers have to be assured that there is sun behind the clouds and that each cloud has a silver lining. No, wonder that Martin Luther King Jr had masses rallying around him, when he…
The Importance of FM Javad Zarif’s Visit to Pakistan There is no gainsaying to the fact that the geostrategic, geopolitical and geo-economic factors have, indubitably, always played a pivotal role in bringing states together so as to maximise their socioeconomic and security interests. On the same line, both Pakistan and Iran, due to their geographical…
