Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

Human history is replete with manifold examples of great heroes who have had re-chartered the course of history while building the architecture of their nations, yet rarely, there emerges a phenomenon personality as that of Quaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah’s personality is multi-faceted: he is a statesman, a constitutionalist, a democrat, […]

Currently, Pakistan has asked the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to revitalise its nuclear power programme as the country is heading towards the goal of significantly scaling up nuclear power to meet the rising energy demand. It is not a piece of fake news that the UN nuclear watchdog, The International Atomic […]

On last Monday( March 02), UN Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) Michelle Bachelet informed India that her Geneva office has filed an intervention application in respect to the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) soliciting the Indian Supreme Court to make the UN body a third party in the petition filed by a former civil servant […]

The historic and epochal peace accord –signed in Doha between the US administration and the Taliban representatives on Feb-29 is a new peace boulevard- a diplomatic triumph-which became only possible via Pakistan’s all-round efforts. This peace accord endorses the role of the Pakistani Government both regionally and globally. The Feb 29th agreement, signed in Doha […]

Yet admittedly, there could still be miscalculations, of course, but both sides have demonstrated awareness of the risks posed by escalation and have taken painful compromises to avoid such risks. But here, it is pertinent to discuss the role of balance of power vis-à-vis strategic stability in South Asia. In international relations, it is the […]

Recently a seasoned Pakistani strategist Lieutenant General (retd) Khalid Kidwai, Advisor, National Command Authority( NCA); and former Director-General, Strategic Plans Division, Pakistan, gave the Keynote Address at the Workshop on ‘South Asian Strategic Stability: Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control’, hosted by the London- based International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS). Lt General Khalid Kidwai […]

Addressing a joint news conference during his current visit to Pakistan, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged for full respect to human and fundamental rights in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) and implementation of the relevant UN resolutions on the issue. As for the BJP or the Modi’s regime, it could have made an adventure […]

Officially, the UK remains separated from the EU on January 31, albeit a complete withdrawal process will take further negotiations for a few more months. Though the bonds of 47 years of relationship between the EU and the UK have after all lost their historical moorings, yet for both sides, the choice to part with […]

US President Donald Trump’s wishful plan or the so-called deal of the century– to settle the long-simmering Israeli-Palestinian conflict — has almost no chance of working. That’s simply because the Palestinians have nothing to gain from it. None of the pressing issues including the return of towns and villages occupied by Israel, the right of […]

On January 29, the European Parliament is scheduled to debate and vote on a scathing resolution against the Modi government in India. The resolution– which has been drafted and supported by lawmakers from six major European political groups of the 27-member body–has called on the European Union and its member states to denounce India’s ultra […]