For much of South Asia and the region surrounding the Indian Ocean, the New Year began on an inauspicious note. The respite following the sudden sojourn of the Indian PM to Pakistan last December and brief engagement with his counterpart in Islamabad was short lived. The terror attack on the Indian airbase at Pathankot in…
The terrible suicidal attack at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park in Lahore was an inhuman act which was condemned by all in and around the world. According to government figures more than 80 innocent people were killed and 350 seriously were injured, majority of them being children and women. The green (grass) turned red (blood) on this day…
On 27 March 2016, Pakistan was again ruthlessly attacked by terrorists at Gulshan Park, Lahore, to the horror of the Pakistani Nation. More than 72 men, women and children were killed and almost 300 injured in the bloody attack. A nation that has been on a constant hit list for several years by terrorists again…
A paradigm shift in the foreign policy of Pakistan is gaining momentum by each passing day. Now Pakistan has realized the strategic importance of Central Asia Region (CAR) for the easy and smooth supplies of energies and greater socio-economic connectivity. Even the stakes of security and fight against terrorism are very high. Keeping in view…
“With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents”. General Omar Bradley Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), commonly known as drone is the most open secret of modern warfare. UAV is primarily an intelligence platform but use of armed drones for target killing generates heated…
India and Pakistan must learn that Pathankot and Peshawar were mindless acts of terror, to prevent whose recurrence, there is the need to enhance cooperation, not diminish it. Pakistan must continue to take the preventive measures in real earnest and India must try and rein in the detractors. The stakes are staggeringly high for both….
During the recently concluded sixth ministerial-level Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue, Pakistan’s nuclear programme and economy attracted the maximum attention of delegates. The US tried to arm twist Pakistan to reduce its nuclear arsenal. However, Pakistan firmly expressed the resolve by not accepting any curbs on it, saying America must show “greater understanding” of its security concerns…
IntroductionDr. Muhammad Iqbal, the great poet, philosopher and thinker has proposed an innovative solution to the challenges faced by the Muslims of present era through sophisticated philosophical medium using his prose writing, ‘The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam’ that is representative of his basic philosophic insights. The book is a compilation of lectures delivered…
Dear Readers, Today our lives seem incomplete without mass media. The media (and journalists) can revel in freedoms that seemed almost improbable a decade and a bit ago; the print sector continues to expand bolstered by digital technologies and new media platforms. The electronic media has advanced by leaps and bounds and enjoys unprecedented freedom…
The Republic of Uzbekistan is on its way to greater socio-economic prosperity through its National Job Creation and Employment Program. This has not been achieved in a single day but is a gigantic effort on the part of decision makers, especially its visionary leader/president H.E. Islam Karimov who allocated and channelized all resources to attain…
