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Articles for author: Muhammad Salman Abbasi

May 19, 2025

Muhammad Salman Abbasi

Forging new Alliances, Learnings from the Conflict

Sun Tzu in his famous book, The Art of War, stated, “War is the greatest affair of state, the basis of life and death, the way to survival or extinction. It must be thoroughly pondered and analyzed.” And Pakistan did exactly same for its survival against the ruthless and foolish aims of India. Accusing Pakistan in its sadistic approach, India launched a military venture against Pakistan, which was largely disrupted by the vigilant and brave Armed Forces of Pakistan. A country with such a strong military could be so irresponsible, yet this was never assessed by the world. On the

August 18, 2023

Muhammad Salman Abbasi

Extremism and Incident of Jaranwala (Opinion)

In a country where there is a Muslim majority, how can Islam be endangered? This question requires complete attention and a comprehensive answer. On the last Tuesday, in Jaranwala, a tehsil of Faisalabad, a mob of people set many churches and houses of Christians on fire. This act came to be exercised after a Christian committed the blasphemous act of burning the Holy Quran. According to local reports, on hearing news of blasphemy, people gathered near the house of the person who committed the blasphemous act. Not finding him there, the mob attacked many local churches, set them on fire,

June 22, 2023

Muhammad Salman Abbasi

Glorious Oil Deal of Pakistan and Russia (Opinion)

During the famous visit of former Prime Minister Imran Khan to Russia, it was discussed that Pakistan and Russia are willing to make an oil deal, but later on, a sword was hanging on this deal that international sanctions will be imposed on Russia after the Russia-Ukraine conflict. And Pakistan will not be able to buy oil from Russia. However, the Pakistan Democratic Movement also expressed its determination that if this is possible, cheap oil will be bought from Russia. On Monday, a ship loaded with Russian oil has reached the port of Karachi. Oil supply between Pakistan and Russia

March 19, 2023

Muhammad Salman Abbasi

Two giants at a table (Opinion)

Recently, China has played an effective role at the international level by using its diplomatic channels to eliminate the animosity of the two oil-rich Islamic countries. Recently, China has used its backdoor diplomacy to bring Saudi Arabia and Iran to the table, stressing the need to rein the growing rivalry between the two countries and avoid any future war. Negotiation is very important to avoid the situation. And the surprising thing is that it has actually been seen that Saudi Arabia and Iran will restore their diplomatic relations in the next two months and this has been announced at the

February 12, 2023

Muhammad Salman Abbasi

Dark Ghost of Pakistan’s Economy (Opinion)

The game has entered the closed lane and it’s reduced from months and weeks to days and hours. Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have dwindled to less than three billion dollars and economic bankruptcy is getting closer and closer. The same idea is widely expressed that if the IMF refuses to lend to Pakistan, then Pakistan will default. Political pundits seem to be taking political advantage of this crisis and each political party is blaming its rival political party for this dire situation. There is no doubt that when Imran Khan left office of the Prime Minister, Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves

December 28, 2022

Muhammad Salman Abbasi

Recent Wave of Terrorism (Opinion)

Recently, another severe wave of terrorism has been witnessed in different parts of Pakistan. In particular, the Balochistan area is seen as a target of terrorists, where in the last one or two days, terrorists have carried out several brutal attacks on security forces personnel and civilians. Many youths, including a captain officer, have been martyred and many have been injured. Even common people are not safe from terrorist attacks. In the past few days, terrorists seized the police station of the Counter-Terrorism Department in Bannu Cantonment and pressured the government to meet their unjust demands by holding the police

November 14, 2022

Muhammad Salman Abbasi

Political Turmoil of Pakistan (Opinion)

When your identity configuration changes, of course, problems arise. Every nation, race and country has multiple identities. Their arrangement determines the social character of the country and thus the behaviour of the people. If we apply all this theory to Pakistani society, the first identity in this hierarchy is Pakistan and we are Pakistanis. But unfortunately, we have adopted such an identity system, which is poisonous, and contrary to the ideals of this country. We did not learn from our past experiences and continued to harm ourselves. The bitter experience of 1971 is a reflection of this bad social order.

September 28, 2022

Muhammad Salman Abbasi

Don’t Choose Extinction (Opinion)

People are facing severe flood situations in the dimensions of Pakistan. About 33 million of the total population have been affected by floods. After the arrival of the flood, there are two types of water in abundance in the flood-affected areas, one is the water of the flood and the other is the water that tears from the eyes of the helpless and oppressed victims. What should we cry about? After all, millions of acres of agricultural land in this country are not cultivable due to lack of water. Or water is available but there is no land to cultivate

September 13, 2022

Muhammad Salman Abbasi

Political Instability & Pakistan’s Economy

Whether a country’s economy flourishes or stagnates, it depends directly on its politics. If we assume for a moment that a country’s economy can be balanced by separating its finance department from politics, the consequences for a country with frequent changes of government will be very limited. However, in Pakistan, the finance department is directly related to the political environment. In the ever-changing political situation, now it seems that Pakistanis can only be proud of the fact that one of our neighbours is the second largest economy in the world, while the other neighbour has become the fifth largest economy

September 4, 2022

Muhammad Salman Abbasi

Leaders & Politicians (Opinion)

Is every politician a leader? Is every leader a politician? Astute listeners and readers have always asked this question. If you want to know the answer to this question, then the next four to five minutes are going to be very useful. By the way, politics is a sacred duty and being a leader is probably even a higher task. But in today’s era, politicians seem to be leaders only to the extent of words. I am by no means daring to say that these politicians have not read the leaders of the past, rather I would like to point

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