“Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves (Quran: 13:11) Introduction Even after 75 years of independence, the objectives of hard-earned freedom through great sacrifices and enormous loss of human lives and material through democratic political struggle remains a far-fetched dream. There are many reasons but the top…
Throughout Pakistan’s history, regardless of political chaos, wars with India, USSR and terrorism, there was an unshaken bond between the people of Pakistan and our armed forces. Due to this strong bond Pakistan came out of many severe challenges successfully. The challenge of 5th generation hybrid warfare with guerrilla tactics, using Afghan soil against Pakistan,…
As Saudi authorities gunned down more than 400 Iranian pilgrims during the occasion of Hajj in 1987, it was one of the worst scenarios to set in their bilateral relations. It was a torpedoed mosaic of bad blood interaction since then-on for years, but with only the exception that they did not go to war….
Context Since the complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in August 2021, it was assumed that Pakistan’s war against extremism had come to an end. There was a perception that the installation of Afghan Taliban in Kabul would make Pakistan’s regional influence grow. Besides, the nation was blamed for supporting the Taliban and providing…
The Prophet’s Heir is the biography of an exalted companion of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), his cousin, friend, confidant and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib. Hassan Abbas has written an excellent biography of Ali in the English language that covers all aspects of Ali’s life; this was published by Yale University Press. This work brings to…
Ever increasing terrorism activities, check. A hapless security apparatus, check. Economic meltdown, check. Luckless population at the mercy of wolves, check. Major stakeholders blaming each other, check. Into the abyss, check! “Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you”. Nietzsche’s quote…
A number of authors from across the globe have examined the history of the post-partition subcontinent because the British colonial retreat from the subcontinent laid the foundations of the enduring India-Pakistan rivalry and added another chapter in the history of the subcontinent. The partition ended the colonial era and initiated a multilevel hostility between two…
The popular view of the global audience about the Ukraine War is faulty at best. This war is being pinned on Putin as a source of all evil and the Western media is hyping the narrative against Russia, posing it as an expansionist, imperialist, and oppressive force that is killing innocent Ukrainians, but the truth…
On 30 January 2023, at least 93 people, including 27 policemen, were killed and 221 others were injured in a suicide blast inside a mosque in the Police Lines area of Peshawar, reports Geo News. The suicide attacker was present in the front row during the Zuhr prayer (the second prayer offered at twelve noon)…
So tell the tale — perhaps they will reflect. [Koran 7:176] Islam and ImanIn the hadith of Gabriel, the Prophet said that faith was “that you have faith in God, His angels, His books, His prophets, and the Last Day, and that you have faith in the measuring out, both its good and its evil.”…
