Opinion

The national interest of a country often plays the underlying role in determining its relations with other states. Similarly, due to convergent and shared economic and security objectives, both Pakistan and Russia are slowly but steadily coming closer to each other on economic and security fronts. After Pakistan’s inclusion into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)…

This year also Kashmiris observed India’s Republic Day as a “Black Day”. Official celebrations on January 26 were boycotted by Kashmiris living in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK); they do it every year. On this day, Pakistani flags are raised at every building to demonstrate collective rejection of the illegitimate Indian occupation. The Kashmir conflict is…

Introduction The Operation Zarb-e-Azab has been able to weaken the terrorists but lack of political will has provided an opportunity to the terrorists to raise their head. Recent wave of terror including a suicide attack on police officers near Punjab Assembly on 13 February 2017 has shocked the nation but it was not unexpected. Punjab…

Introduction 1. For many years after independence in 1947, the street slogan in India was that Hindus and Chinese are brothers1. Later, there was the 5-point agenda, the Panj Sheel, forwarded by the Indian leadership regarding peaceful coexistence and maintenance of cordial relations with China2. However, in the winter of 1962, following strained diplomatic and military…

Introduction Traditionally the defence forces are organized, equipped and trained to deal with the threat from the enemy which is normally visible in the form of a hostile state, called ‘Fox Land’ in the military training exercises and war games, while ‘Blue Land’ is the name given to own self. In the prevalent geo political…

The Judicial Commission comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa that investigated the August 8 deadly terrorist attack in Quetta has reported ‘monumental failure’ of the Interior Ministry and Balochistan government towards combating terrorism. Even though there have been visible successes in the counter terrorism effort with regard to decrease in frequency of such attacks, terrorist outfits…

Introduction In November 2016 during the 8th Review Conference of Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) the USA totally rejected all proposals regarding inspections of American bio laboratories and underlined its unacceptance of creating this kind of verification mechanism in BWC. Experts in the international expert community pay attention to the rising American bioscience activities abroad. It…

China’s massive investment of more than $46 billion in CPEC is breathing new life into the ancient Silk Routes that connected the east and west centuries ago. The investment will bring huge long-term benefits to Pakistan and China as well as other countries in the region. For the once sleepy remote fishing village of Gwadar,…