International agreements play an instrumental role in resolving the decades-long inimical issues amongst the states which otherwise would have never been resolved besides bloating the bad blood between them. These accords, either bilateral or multilateral, have drastically scaled down the prospects of World War III involving major powers. The US being the sole super power,…
Abstract In June 2018 Pakistan as well as India will participate for the first time in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in China to be held at Qingdao city on June 9-10 as a full scale member of this powerful organization. Obviously this provides a brilliant opportunity to show willingness and readiness to contribute…
Prime Minister Khaqan Abbasi’s ‘private’ visit to the United States and “official visit” to Afghanistan have, apparently, resulted in some forward movement towards achieving peace in Afghanistan. Pakistan and the US have agreed to increase contacts for the resolution of all issues especially Afghanistan. Reportedly, the US authorities have assured Pakistan that the Trump administration…
Dear Readers, The advent of summer heralds the arrival of two phenomena heat wave and load shedding, a combination of the two can be deadly. At the end of March, the weather turned exceedingly hot and humid, on cue Karachi started experiencing prolonged and recurring power outages. As demand for power spiked, a sudden ‘dispute’…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide Bombings/attacksAt least five Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were injured on April 9 when a suicide bomber blew himself up near their vehicle in Belili area of Quetta, reports Dawn. Aslam Tareen, the Director of Civil Defence, confirmed that it was a suicide blast and 8-10 kilogrammes of explosives was used…
Introduction Over 1.6 billion Muslims, rich in history, culture and resources are in a state of decline over the last few centuries. One of the factors is the disunity among the Muslims due to sectarian differences, tackling of this menace requires extraordinary efforts. Sectarianism is a form of bigotry, discrimination, or hatred arising from attaching…
The rise of Bajwa’s doctrine has become a hot topic in national, regional as well as international media. Regional security experts and international power brokers are interested to know the salient features of Bajwa’s doctrine. Most of them are seriously considered it as one of the key factors of achieving the desired goals of peace…
With US President Trump scrapping the Iran nuclear deal and re-imposing sanctions, the possibility of conflict in the region has increased dramatically. From being the US “policeman” in the Gulf, Iran has become the acknowledged target of the US and Israel, egged on by the so-called “Sunni Coalition”. Iran’s ally Hezbollah having won the elections…
Our Republic Day being an appropriate occasion to reflect on the meaning of the day, most thought-provoking comments were made by the Chief Justice (CJ) of Pakistan’s Supreme Court (SC) in Lahore on March 23. Referring to remarks made by the Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rasheed urging a 90-day ‘judicial martial law’ in the…
Rameez Raja recently made some suggestions how to attract good quality players for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and to resolve the problem of low spectator turnout in the UAE cricket stadiums. His contention is that in PSL “each team has to stay under a predetermined salary cap set and cannot go over the budget…
