So tell the tale — perhaps they will reflect. [Koran 7:176]The Koran and The Messenger Introduction The book, “The Vision of Islam” by American Professor couple Dr. Sachiko Murata and Dr. Professor William C. Chittick [Shamas-ud-din Chittick] covers the four dimensions of Islam as outlined in the Hadith of Gabriel, practice, faith, Ihsan/ spirituality, and…
Rarely a recent conflict has been more replete with lessons for the policy making elite than the Ukraine-Russia war. This marks the end of the optimistic bonhomie of the 90s and definitively starts another era of a new Cold War between the US and its allies on one side and Russia and China aligned nations…
Pakistan is now over 75 years old and in all these decades Pakistan has seen multitudes of ups and downs. Many enormous milestones have been achieved. Pakistan and its people have played a critical role not only in the region but in the international community as well. The evolution of Pakistan has been marked by…
The seminar was held on 15th October 2022 on ” France Pakistan Relations” under the auspices of the Quaid-e-Azam House Museum, Institute of Nation Building (INB) with His Excellency Mr. Nicolas GALEY, French Ambassador to Pakistan. The event was moderated by Cdr (R) Sadeed A Malik, Secretary General/ CEO Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR)….
Pakistan and Tajikistan have always enjoyed the benefits of their cooperative ties in multiple domains, and the governments of both states have developed various formats of collaboration in social, economic, and political dimensions. The geographical proximity between Pakistan and Tajikistan generally has let the two leaders consider each other as close neighbors. A short strip…
Our forefathers who worked relentlessly to carve out an independent state for the Muslims of the Subcontinent had a vision and they literally believed in a secular edifice, irrespective of the fact that they were zealous Islamic ideologues. They were quite conscious of segregation that the Muslims were facing, at the hands of their brute…
Pakistan is located in the area where major geo strategic transformation is taking place rapidly due to many factors involving NATO and its future plans, the QUAD India partnership in Indian Ocean Region (IOR), new emerging SCO bloc, Chinese led OBOR in which CPEC is the critical part and the rapidly magnifying independence movements in…
Since establishing diplomatic ties in 1951 China and Pakistan have enjoyed close and mutually beneficial relationship, this bond has strengthened with the passage of time. One of the first countries to recognize the Peoples Republic of China in 1950, Pakistan has remained a steadfast ally even during Beijing’s period of international isolation in 1960s and…
One year after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, relations between China and Afghanistan have not progressed significantly. The reason being is that the main obstacles to a non-threatening Afghanistan—China’s principal objective—that existed in 2021 are still present today. China is particularly concerned about the presence of three non-state actors in…
One of the most acclaimed poets of Urdu, Mirza Assadullah Ghalib was apt when he said: CHIPAK RAHA HEI BADAN PAR LAHOO SE PAIRAHAN; AB HAMARI JAIB KO HAJAT-E-RAFOO KYA HAI (the flap of my pocket is torn and sticking to the bloody body; thus what is the need for recrafting it…). Though the legend…
