January 2012

There are the challenges of the deeper structural and environmental type that both India and Pakistan face, but which can only be dealt effectively if they work together. The ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah finally reached to the conclusion that Muslims cannot prosper in United India so he got a separate homeland (Pakistan) for Muslims. India’s behaviour, …

The task of foreign policy making is complicated and is best executed when professional diplomats are recruited and then assigned to design long-term foreign policy strategies and goals. In a pioneering study of the foreign policy making process, Graham T. Ellison in 1970 laid claim to two models. Lambasting the Rational Actor Model (RAM) and with it the realist school …

Pakistan’s loss of over thirty five thousand people in the war on terrorism for the security of international peace has little impact on the NATO. The economic and financial losses made by Pakistan in the war against terrorism have been rendered useless by such moves. The NATO helicopters and jets attacked Pakistani check post located inside Pakistan on the Pak-Afghan …

you have no evidence at all that this man [Jinnah’s assailant] is a member of that movement [Khaksar Tehrik]’ you have no evidence that he [the culprit] is a member of the movement, still less that he holds any particular position in it.’ Justice Blagden Bombay High Court, 1943 On July 26, 1943, at approximately 1:30 pm, Rafiq Sabir Mazangavi …

Despite some major dissimilarity, for instance ideological and cultural, there were a few realities such as absence of territorial or political conflict, no clash of interests and no competition which helped both to establish a strong bond. The foremost concern for establishing diplomatic ties was to seek strategic support. Having established their diplomatic relations in 1951, Pakistan and China have …

When nations are on the verge of extinction, among the many things they are deprived of, is the capability of honestly assessing the real causes of their decline and deterioration. Considering themselves to be perfect and flawless, blind to their own faults and weaknesses, they are always found blaming others. It has become a common practice throughout the Muslim world …

Much has been written on the issue of Kashmir and unless this issue is resolved, as per the wishes of the people of Kashmir, peace, stability and security in the region will remain illusionary. These resolutions are as valid now as they ever were for the reason being that the right of self-determination is and never was, subject to a …

Americans gathered the courage to indulge in such an activity due to the timidity shown by our Government over and over again. Has the evil been nipped in the bud when first such incident occurred, there would not have been any repetitions. Was it a coincidence or was it intentional to attack the Pakistan Army post at Slalah on 26/11? …

Peace Loving Country Determined to Live at Peace with Itself and with the Rest of the World Shamshad Ahmad, Pakistan’s former foreign secretary and veteran diplomat, is now a leading political analyst, who through his writings and lectures frequently expresses his views about the problems and challenges facing our country. In a recent interview with the Jahangirs World Times he …