Pak Affairs

The echo of Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar’s visit to India and her talks with the Indian counterpart Mr S. M. Krishna on July 27 was quite audible in the month of August. The month of August saw a hectic diplomatic activity in Islamabad as Pakistan was seen fully engaged in its diplomatic pursuits on all fronts. The engagements with …

Both the countries continue to suffer from mutual mistrust and their bilateral disputes remain unresolved and their cooperation circumscribed by severe restrictions and limitations. Since independence, Pakistan-India relations have been the victim of oscillations between short-lived periods of euphoria and raised expectations followed by long intervals marked by disappointment, strains, tensions and even armed conflicts. Consequently, both the countries continue …

Who are the supporters of the terrorist groups operating in Pakistan? Dr Steve R. Pieczenik says, ‘Osama was dead in 2001.’ He says 9/11 was a farce. Yes, it is true. A person with the inside knowledge of the American intelligence system cannot be wrong. Mr Pieczenik ‘cannot be dismissed as a conspiracy theorist. ‘The gentleman has served on important …

Pakistan and China ties are between two nations and not confined to the government only. These relations have gone beyond bilateral Pakistan and China decided jointly to celebrate 2011 as Year of Friendship on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic rela­tionship between them. China and Pakistan are holding a series of activities in the politi­cal, …

Governance describes “the process of decision-making and the way by which decisions are implemented What is good governance? Good governance is an indeterminate term used in development literature to describe how public institutions conduct affairs and manage public resources in order to guarantee the realisation of human rights. Governance describes “the process of decision-making and the way by which decisions …

After prolonging the military conflict at huge cost in lives and dollars, Obama now admits ‘peace cannot come to a land that has known so much war without a political settlement.’ President Obama, it seems, is beginning to earn his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. His June 22 speech on the US troops’ drawdown was the anticlimax of the one he …

The peace process between Pakistan and India should not be held hostage to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, rather back and front channels diplomacy should be launched to find out a peaceful solution to all the outstanding issues, including the dragging Kashmir issue. The Indo-Pak talks on all outstanding issues are always very sensitive. Indian stand on talks with Pakistan …

It is obligatory upon Muslims to have belief in all the prophets who were sent by Almighty God. Prophethood means the transmission or reaching of Allah’s message to the human beings through prophets which may be in the verbal form i.e. sayings of the prophets or in practical form i.e. the actions of the prophets or their tacit approval or …

Western thinkers often describe man as a social animal, rational animal or talking animal, Marxists emphasize that man is an economic animal. Despite the innumerable technological advancements and intellectual achievements of modern man, his life is smothered with countless dilemmas of gigantic magnitude. Economic disparities, political upheavals, vicious cycle of violence, social tensions, psychological traumas and other such appalling crises …

Pakistan is in a state of war for the last many years and it has suffered a lot in the US war against terrorism than any other country. It is not the right of any other country to take decision and impose it on us. At last after resisting the US pressure to launch military operation in North Waziri-stan, the …