Strengthening Pak-Russia ties on May 6, 2021During the heightened days of the Cold War, despite Pakistan’s membership of the US sponsored military alliances SEATO and CENTO, including Pak-US bilateral military agreement, America did not come to help Pakistan against India which separated the East Pakistan in 1971. After the end of the Cold War, America left both Pakistan and Afghanistan to […]
Caste system targeting Dalits in India on April 15, 2021India’s constitution abolished the practice of untouchability by the Anti-Untouchability Act, of 1955. In 1976, the 1955 Act was reviewed in order to make it more effective, and the “Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955″ (PCR Act). In 1989, the government enacted another Act-to prevent atrocities against members of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes. But, […]
Disintegration of India under Modi on March 11, 2021Strategic thinkers agree that there is a co-relationship of a country’s internal and external policies. The former Soviet Union which had subjugated the minorities and ethnic groups in various provinces and regions through its military, disintegrated in 1991. Even its nuclear weapons could not save its collapse. One of the important causes of the disintegration […]
Modi and case of nuclear war in South Asia on February 3, 2021nuclearwarPolitical strategists agree that deterrence is a psychological concept which aims to affect an opponent’s perceptions. In nuclear deterrence, weapons are less usable, as their threat is enough in deterring an enemy who intends to use its armed might. In this context, a renowned scholar, Hotzendorf remarks that nuclear force best serves the interests of […]
India behind sectarian violence in Pakistan on January 15, 2021Nationwide demonstrations and sit-in protests by the members of Hazara Shias community, including other Shias, enveloped various cities and towns of Pakistan for three consecutive days in reaction to the recent massacre of at least 11 coalminers in the Mach area of Balochistan. Police authorities and an official of the Levies Force Moazzam Ali Jatoi […]
Internationalisation of Indian farmers’ protests on December 29, 2020In the recent past, farmers’ unions in India launched a nationwide shutdown and strike amid large-scale protests and clashes over new agricultural laws passed by the Indian rulers. Since last months, over 12 million farmers from the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, and neighbouring New Delhi have been at the forefront of the protests […]
The International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2020Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. In this regard, in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which set out a broad range of fundamental rights and freedoms to which all of us are entitled. It guarantees the rights of every […]
Need for ‘National Anti-Corruption Movement’ on December 9, 2020The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption on October 31, 2003. UNGA also designated December 9, as International Anti-Corruption Day. The objective of this day is to raise consciousness among the international society against the corruption and corrupt practices at international level. It also aims to highlight the role […]
Allama Iqbal remembered on November 9, 2020Today, the 9th November is birthday of Allama Iqbal – a poet, philosopher and a great visionary. He had dreamt of a separate homeland for the Muslims of the sub-continent, and his dream was converted into reality by Quaid-i-Azam who had spearheaded the Pakistan movement. Overtime, Pakistan had made immense strides in industrialization of Pakistan […]
Files of operation Blue Star be made public on June 4, 2020Operation Blue Star was an Indian military operation which took place between 1 June and 8 June 1984, ordered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to remove Sikh religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his associate from the Golden Temple complex. It all started with the rise of the Khalistan movement in India. The movement is […]