Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

An unjustly targeted killing of the Iranian Major General Qassem Suleimani by the US drone attack inside Iraq has triggered a dramatic escalation in the confrontation between the U.S. and Iran. As for Iran, theU.S. killing of QassemSoleimani, Iran’s most powerful figure after its supreme leader, is rightly seen as an act of war crimethat […]

AJK President Sardar Masood Khan said that the Indians have installed lethal weapons at the Line of Control, which is clearly reflective of the Modi government’s aggressive designs against Pakistan. The current government in India has demonstrated its willingness to take considerable risks, including in the February 2019 crisis. Moreover, New Delhi’s August 2019 decision […]

The international anti-money laundering watchdog-FATF is committed to deter the flow of black money in the international market and to curb the cult of terrorism– caused by financial assistance both regionally and globally. Since its genesis in 1989, the FATF body is busy in exploiting the task of marinating transparent norms, stipulations and by-laws that […]

Intermittently, there remains a heated debate in Pakistan — arguing who is crafting Pakistan’s foreign policy?Understandably, both in form and substance, a foreign policy of a nation is the total representation of its internal strength organically exploited towards the conduct of its external relations.And yet not surprisingly, as security- cum-democratic state, Pakistan’s foreign policy seeks […]

Five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council were expected to meet last week on China’s request to discuss the situation in the disputed region, but the meeting had to be postponed after France opposed the move. Given the UNSC diplomatic history and legacy over the Kashmir and the Palestinian issues, it remains an […]

After all. Indian President Ram Nath Kovind gave his formal assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019—thereby making it as an Act –allowing Indian citizenship to six non-Muslim minority migrants hailing from in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. For the Indian opposition parties, the bill is unconstitutional as it grants citizenship on a person’s religion and […]

King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during his current visit to India said that his country had been observing the situation in Jammu & Kashmir for years, and indicated that the mandate– of the United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) –was too constrained for Stockholm to take a closer look at the […]

The debate for the UNSC expansion is underway. Pakistan has justifiably opposed India’s candidacy to the UN Security Council’s permanent and non-permanent membership, arguing the Kashmir issue. Addressing the world bodyon last Tuesday, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN MunirAkram said, “at least one of the G4 does not in our view qualify for membership […]

Like Modi’s India, boththe US and Israel have adopted a policy to achieve their ulterior ends via political instrumentalisation of international law. Washington has announced to legally accept the illegal Israeli settlements on the Palestinian Occupied Territory. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last Monday announced a major reversal of the US’ longstanding policy on […]