Mohammad Jamil

There are many reasons for PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari to be upset. There is an imbibed paranoia that the corrupt are likely to face the music. He is putting on a brave face for his remarks about the military, which he must be secretly ruing as even the PML-N, a signatory to the Charter […]

Hamid Karzai, who still holds court and considerable sway in Kabul, has recently warned against Afghanistan succumbing to pressure from Pakistan and deplored the ‘unacceptable’ concessions by his successor President Ashraf Ghani. Of course, certain elements across the border are opposed to an improved relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan, especially former president Hamid Karzai and his […]

Addressing a delegation of students from south Punjab at the Parliament House, Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani said that Pakistan could not afford any more experiments. Rather there was a need to ensure continuity of the democratic system. In the PPP he is one of the few politicians who have an unblemished record. Unanimous approval […]

Since Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has been at the helm, the situation at the Line of Control (LoC) and working boundary has deteriorated, and the Indian establishment appears to have started a psy-war. On Saturday, Pakistan expressed serious concern over Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s remarks that “terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists”. […]

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced former president Mohamed Morsi and 106 others to death for a mass jail break in 2011. However, the verdict will be referred to the grand mufti, the highest religious authority in Egypt, for confirmation and the court will pronounce its final verdict on June 2, 2015. The verdict has drawn […]

The Muslim world today faces crises unparalleled in history since the advent of Islam. In view of the current world’s political scenario emanating from 9/11, Muslim countries are looked upon as places that engender terrorism. It is therefore imperative for the leaderships of Muslim countries to use their collective wisdom to improve their image and also […]

Addressing the Asian-African Summit, 2015 in Jakarta, Advisor to the Prime Minister (PM) Sartaj Aziz said that it was tragic and unacceptable that the people of Palestine and Kashmir were still awaiting for the fulfillment of their inalienable right to self-determination. The adviser recalled that a major focus of the 1955 Bandung Conference was respect […]

The BBC, quoting the official Saudi press agency, has stated that Pakistan, along with Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Sudan, have all expressed a desire to participate in the operation against rebels in Yemen. However, Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson had a different opinion. In a weekly press briefing, she stated, “I can confirm we have […]

The people of Pakistan and Afghanistan are bound together by faith, common heritage and the shared values of love and peace. There have been misunderstandings in the past between the two because of their being in opposing camps during the Cold War era but continuous contact and dialogue between Pakistan and Afghanistan has removed many […]

In the first week of November 2014, MQM chief Altaf Hussain in an address referred to wall chalkings and the hoisting of a few flags in southern Punjab. He also expressed serious concerns over the growing threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Pakistan. Some analysts also view ISIS’s presence as […]