Riaz khokar

by Riaz Khokhar.... For most of its history after independence, India has been seen as a liberal, tolerant and peaceful state for people of all religions and ethnicities. Indian civilisation is famous for assimilating various cultures and remaining peacefully coexistent. However, the Hindu nationalist political force, BJP, and its ideological wing, RSS, have adopted such

by Riaz Khokhar.... Pakistan has been trying to counter the extremist narrative and foster progressive mindset through NAP, and other non-kinetic means. John Bolton assumed office as a new National Security Adviser of the Trump administration on April 9, 2018. Since his name resurfaced after fifteen years, a number of articles has been written that

by Riaz Khokhar.... Husain Haqqani has again criticized what he called Pakistan’s “falsified narrative” of its foreign policy in an article published in The Print, an online Indian news agency, on 13 February 2018.His remarks were ostensibly in response to Hina Rabbani Khar’s interview with CNN Correspondent Christiane Amanpourin January 2018. He criticized Ms Khar’s

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Lok Sabha speech on Tuesday 6th February 2018, said, “If Sardar Vallabbhai Patel would have been the first PM of the country, all of Kashmir would have been ours”—as quoted by the Indian Express. However, Modi was severely criticized by Indian academicians as well as senior politicians over