Thursday, January 23, 2025

Finally a Counterterrorism Plan

The Federal Interior Minister's excellent initiative for reinvigorating the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA) effective is most welcome, so is the concept of a National...

Imperfect Democracy

Holding Parliamentary elections in about 60 days from a standing start, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) says that "Local Bodies" polls cannot be...

The Making of the President 2013

Mamnoon Hussain stands elected as the 12th President of Pakistan but not before quite unnecessary controversy generated by the Supreme Court (SC). The PML...

The US-Taliban at Doha and Negotiations

The negotiation phenomenon has officially started and temporarily barred between the US and the Afghan Taliban at Doha. The Karzai administration is also on...

Kerry Comes, Kerry Goes: Issues Stay On!

Gap between Pakistan's state policy and public aspirations in the context of Pak-US relations is quite wide. Moreover, public sentiment is hostile about the...

Misconception of Limited War

War is a constant feature of human history and often peace is described as intervening period between successive wars. Although all wars are destructive...

Colonel Aga Javed Iqbal

Colonel Aga Javed Iqbal passed away in Dubai on July 16, 2013. He was from the first generation of post-independence officer corps that joined...

Barakah- Ummah Ayman

BackgroundNo precise information is available as to how this young Abyssinian girl ended up for sale in Mecca. Neither do we have any substantial...

The Children of Abraham-1

"Abraham was neither a "Jew" nor a "Christian", but was one who turned away from all that is false, having surrendered himself unto God;...

Pakistan-Azerbaijan Bilateral Relations: A Way Forward

Pakistan and Azerbaijan are two brotherly Muslim countries with unique commonalities of historical, religious and political nature and after the establishment of the formal...