Mohammad Jamil

The debate has been raging in the media before the retirement of General Raheel Sharif and appointment of new army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, whether the policy of military would change with the change of guard and relations between the military and the government would improve. In his address to soldiers, General Qamar Bajwa […]

Speaking in the National Assembly during a debate on the LoC situation, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, said, “Pakistan is ready for a dialogue with India on the condition that Kashmir dispute is part of it…Pakistan is fully capable of defending its borders and will not accept any Indian influence […]

Before presidential elections, most pollsters had forecasted that Hillary Clinton would succeed but Donald Trump defied all these predictions and won more electoral votes than the number required to be in the White House. While Trump’s camp does not need to find out how he won, Hillary’s camp has been examining the causes of her […]

India’s ambitious bid to become the member of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) failed on 11th November, as not only China but at least seven other countries also blocked consensus at the elite group, which controls transfer of nuclear technology in the world. Indian media considered it a major setback to India, though in […]

On 1st August 2016, international media had reported Pope Francis’ talk to media; what he said could be considered a step towards interfaith harmony. However, his statement was neither highlighted in the local media nor was it given the attention it deserved. Pope Francis said: “It is not right to identify Islam with violence. It’s […]

There are 189 members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but it is run by seven of them — the US, the UK, Japan, Germany, France, Canada and Italy. The group sustains its control by insisting that each dollar buys a vote. The bigger a country’s financial quota, the more say it has in the […]

The US and Afghanistan continue to blame Pakistan for providing safe havens to the Afghan Taliban, especially the Haqqani group, sometimes directly and at others using vicious insinuations. They say the Taliban fighters armed and funded by Pakistan operate from Pakistani soil. It is a continuation of the policy of the former president, Hamid Karzai, […]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday clarified a news item that appeared in some sections of media regarding remarks attributed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali during the hearing of the Orange Line Train Project. A press release issued by the Supreme Court on Friday said that the news […]

The joint session of both houses of parliament concluded on Friday with adoption of a unanimous resolution condemning the use of force by Indian security forces, inviting attention of the world community to take notice of the plight of innocent Kashmiris, and calling for resolution of the Kashmir issue according to the United Nations resolutions. […]

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan-dominated Karachi Metropolitan Corporation council unanimously passed a resolution against Altaf Hussain on the 27th of September for having delivered an incendiary speech on the 22nd of August 2016. This shows that Altaf Hussain is losing ground even at the grassroots level. Last Wednesday, MQM Pakistan leader Syed Sardar had presented […]