May 2017
Trump money grab disguised as alliance with Saudis
By Oostur Raza: All US presidents including Trump like to tell Muslim nations that Terrorism must be eliminated by them. The narrative that “All Muslims are terrorists or all terrorist groups are Muslims” has been carefully cultivated and promoted by Israel. The USA and West has bought in to the Israeli narrative. A compounding issue is the notion that all freedom fighters are terrorists. That also serves Israeli occupation well. The other convenient tendency is to label anybody on opposite site from us as a terrorist. Frankly, using those criteria USA can be labeled as terrorist. Read More
ICJ rejects urgent verdict on India's appeal to stay execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday (May 15) reserved its judgment on India’s appeal for a provisional stay on the execution of its citizens, Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, who was convicted of espionage and sentenced to death last month by Pakistan. India asked the ICJ judges on Monday to order Islamabad to stay the execution of Jadhav, a case that has escalated tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. Read More
Sensible, Feasible and Practical proposal of President Erdogan on Kashmir
World Kashmir Awareness Forum: “The people of Kashmir were heartened by reports that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would try to persuade both India and Pakistan to engage in a multilateral dialogue for a just and durable settlement of the Kashmir conflict. This is the most sensible, feasible and practical proposal put forth by the President of Turkey,” said Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, ‘World Kashmir Awareness Forum.’ Earlier President Erdogan during an interview with WION television channel has said “We should not allow more casualties to occur, and by strengthening multilateral dialogue, we can be involved, and through multilateral dialogue, I think we have to seek out ways to settle this question once and for all.” Read More
'Butcher of Kabul' returns to Kabul in an Afghan peace deal
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Lord Palmerston, the 19th century British Prime Minister, has famously said: “The Great Britain has no friends, no enemies, but only interests.” It was rephrased by Henry Kissinger as “America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.” This applies to current Afghan politics where Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former anti-Soviet "mujahideen" commander, arrived in the capital on Thursday (May 4) under a peace deal with the US/EU-client Afghan government. According to Anadolu News Agency of Turkey, Hekmatyar, who heads the Hezb-e-Islami party, drove all the way from eastern Nangarhar province and entered the city in a heavily-armed convoy of armored vehicles and pick-up trucks packed with his top commanders and fighters. Read More
Trump’s 100th day in office
By Habib Siddiqui: Last weekend, April 29, was Donald Trump’s 100th day in office as the POTUS. Protest rallies were heldin many parts of the USA. Tens of thousands of demonstrators also assembled in the U.S. capital for the latest installment of the regular protests that punctuate the Trump era. Alarmed by what they saw as a perilous attack on the environment by the Trump administration, multiple rollbacks of environmental protections and Obama climate policies, they poured into the capital city to sound warnings about the earth’s warming climate. Read More
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