IntroductionThe global threat to world security in the first half of the 20th century emanated principally from the European powers and Japan as they fought for control of resources by protecting/expanding the lands they had colonized in Asia and Africa. Two great wars were fought during the period where power projection was the casus belli…
The quality of the lives of the “great silent majority” has deteriorated substantially even as a privileged few have become rich beyond compare. The disparity between the haves and have-nots has widened substantially, with the percentage of the nation’s poor rising from 23% to 40% the middle class has virtually been wiped out. Seething public…
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…
