Russia and Pakistan are once again being engaged through series of meaningful dialogues from defence cooperation to gas supply and from investment conference to business forum – bilateral relations between Russia and Pakistan have got momentum. Serious efforts are being carried out for further strengthening of bilateral relations through rigorous commercial diplomacy and energy cooperation….
United Arab Emirates (UAE) stands for all the possible things, goals, standards, and targets to be achieved in the days to come. It is the land of opportunity for expatriates and an icon of happiness and qualitative life to the Arab youth. It is also a land of peace, harmony and tolerance. For the UAE…
China has offered to host a meeting between the Afghan government and Taliban but has declined to mediate. China’s special envoy for Afghanistan Deng Xijun called the Taliban “one of the main forces in Afghanistan’s political arena.” Earlier this year, China had facilitated a meeting between Afghan High Peace Council and Taliban in Urumqi. Deng…
IntroductionThe root of affirmation of ‘Islamic Faith’ is based on the conviction upon unity of God (Allah) (Tawheed). The following six ‘Articles of Faith’ are orally confessed by the Muslims (believers), which should also be deep rooted in the heart: 1) To affirm his/her belief in Allah (Single God).2) To believe in His messengers (from…
Well it was fifty years ago, when we first metNot knowing the association in nurturing, we will never forgetCold dark nights and young stout teenStand in the line to face the meanInnocent, shrewd, prudent and wiseStand together to enjoy the diceIn the dip, around the treeunder the chair and there we fleeFlee from the wrath…
On 13 March this year the UN Commission on the Limits of Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) accepted recommendations for extension of the outer limits of continental shelf on Pakistan’s case. Resultantly, historic event in the country’s history was engraved and we proudly witnessed manifestation of over one and a half decade long tireless efforts when Pakistan…
Piracy at sea with all its lore and literature is not new and is believed to have existed in turbulent periods as early as 14th century BC when the Sea People, as they were then called, threatened Aegean and Mediterranean voyages. It is said that the great Roman emperor Julius Caesar was also captured by…
Since 1971, in Pakistan, every year in the month of December, there is a lot of ‘breast–beating’ for the loss of East Pakistan. An equally vociferous demand for an apology comes from Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan. A Bengali demand for legitimate political, economic and social justice resulted in a political movement that degenerated into a…
“He (alone) knows that which is beyond the reach of a created being’s perception, and to none does He disclose aught of the mysteries of His Own unfathomable knowledge, unless it be to an apostle whom He has been pleased to elect” (Qur’an;72:26-27) IntroductionThe concept of spirit and life hereafter exists in the revealed and…
Syed Qamar-Ur-Zaman Bukhari died on October 13, 2015. To Allah Almighty he belongs and indeed to him he shall return. I have no words to express my feelings, I am shocked, speechless and scared. He was more than a brother and a true companion to me, always stood by to guide and support me in…
