Balochistan would remain the soft belly of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for a decade or two. And in this context, the current security sate in Balochistan is likely to stay by and large the same. Internal disturbance and foreign interference are likely to continue. Direct and indirect foreign interference is likely to remain a…
Washington’s management of its wobbly and contested Middle East policy has just become whole lot more difficult and complicated with the worsening of tensions between Riyadh and Tehran following the recent Saudi execution of an elderly Shiite cleric on dubious terrorism charges. On the one hand, there’s Saudi Arabia, the uncontested leader of the Arab…
IntroductionDr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal is the best articulated Muslim response to Modernity that the Islamic world has produced in the 20th century. His response for a creative engagement with the conceptual paradigm of modernism at a sophisticated philosophical level through his prose writings, mainly his The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam which presents his…
Amr bin Al-Aas (rta) was born in a very rich high-class family of Makkah. His father, As bin Wa’al, owned a business of perfume trading, by joining which Amr (rta) had the opportunity to travel to neighboring countries and gain great experience of dealing with different people. Already in his young age, Amr (rta) established…
The Republic of Uzbekistan is full of wonders, it has been a hub of tourism, natural beauty and cross culture and it has now become a rich country for tourists. It has unique location at the crossroads of the Silk Road which has always connected people, minds, projects and civilizations. Tourism: A Global Force Tourism…
Born in a noble family of the Quraish, Khalid bin Waleed (rta) proved himself as a lively, courageous and bright child. As the son of the Banu Makhzoom chief Waleed bin Mughaira, Khalid (rta) was brought up to be a warrior, always ready to defend his people. In his youth, Khalid (rta) stood out from…
Dear Reader, The basic prerequisite for social harmony, political stability, economic prosperity, etc. in a State, good governance ensures that progress and development is delivered evenhandedly. Governance is the pivotal tool for effective delivery of peace, harmony and welfare to the public at large. In Pakistan however, the situation is not very promising – the…
The US based influential Foreign Policy magazine recently reported that India is building a top secret nuclear facility in its Southern state of Karnataka (formerly Mysore) to produce thermonuclear weapons. Located in the city of Challakere, about 260 km from Mysore on India’s western coast, the facility is expected to be completed by 2017. It will upgrade India’ nuclear…
The idea of recognizing a nation State’s special rights over sea space outside territorial limits and calling it Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a relatively new one. In earlier times, a country’s sovereign territorial waters extended up to the distance where cannon shots landed in the water from the coast and was generally taken as…
Pathankot was a cold-blooded effort by vested and motivated interest to derail the start of the comprehensive “dialogue” between India and Pakistan, and in that they have succeeded, at least temporarily. The moot point is, was it contrived by “State” actors and/or “non-State “actors, or a mix and match from either side? Receiving “actionable intelligence”…
