Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu on Tuesday noted that Pakistan had emerged as a regional stabiliser after the May conflict with India. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) chief made the remarks during the passing out parade at PAF Academy Asghar Khan in Risalpur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district. “In the wake of […]
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Terrorists attacking Pakistan are our enemies: US
Declaring terrorists attacking Pakistan as its enemies, the United States on Tuesday said it does not have the ‘evidence’ suggesting that India is using the Afghan soil to perpetrate terrorism in Pakistan, and that it had no information regarding the Pakistan Army’s latest allegations that Afghan and Indian secret agencies were funding the Pashtun Tahafuz […]
Polio and fake news
Pakistan has fought the battle against polio for decades. Along the way, it has made significant progress, but the state has still repeatedly failed to stamp out the disease once and for all. Today, Pakistan is one of the only three remaining countries where the disease continues to be a problem. A number of explanations […]
Real politics is thinking in terms of achievements, not in terms of enemies
In January 1948 India referred the Kashmir dispute to the United Nations (Rahman 1996: 15-19). Prime Minister Nehru took the dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir beyond local and national boundaries by bringing it before the UN Security Council, and seeking a ratification of India’s “legal” claims over Kashmir. The UN reinforced Nehru’s pledge of holding […]
Iran leader calls for boosting of naval forces as deterrent against enemies
TEHRAN: Iran´s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Wednesday for the country to boost its naval forces as a deterrent against its enemies and hailed the deployment of new ships. “Increase your capabilities and readiness as much as you can so that the enemies of Iran will not dare threaten this great nation,” Khamenei said […]