(Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide Bombings13 persons, including a Policeman, were killed and more that 20 others were injured in an incident of suicide attack in Swabi town on March 30, reports Daily Times. According to security sources, the suicide bomber, riding a motorbike, blew himself up near…
Absurdity is used in existentialist and related philosophy according to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia to describe absurdly pointless efforts to try and find such meaning or purpose in an objective and uncaring world. In common usage absurdity is synonymous with ridiculousness. Thomas Hobbes discussed the two concepts as different, absurdity having to do with invalid reasoning…
A delegation of Army officers from the prestigious Command & Staff College, Quetta visiting the Supreme Court (SC) were told by their host, Honourable Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, that repeated military intervention had weakened state institutions, that the military had no business in the business of governance of the country. He emphatically reminded the assembled…
The greatest most expensive manhunt in history, employing man and material resources far beyond anything else in recorded times, culminated at about 3 am on Sunday May 1, 2011. With a shot to the head over the left eye, and maybe another one in the chest, Osama Bin Laden’s decade-long successful evasion of those seeking…
Bin Laden’s hideout in a mainly garrison town seriously compromised the credibility of our intelligence agencies and our Armed Forces (read “the Pakistan Army”). That he was not in some cave was no surprise, the embarrassing security lapse in failing to locate him within days and weeks, let alone nearly six years, was shocking. The…
by Maj Gen Syed Wajahat Husain I Ferozsons (Pvt) Limited, Lahore, 2010 Maj Gen Wajahat Husain’s narrative of events that occurred before, during and after the 1947 Partition to which he was witness, is extremely readable. The lucidity and clarity of the commentary is especially pleasing. The Partition of 1947 set in motion an orgy…
New Socio-Economic, Geo-Political and Geo-Strategic Dimensions Pak-China friendship higher than mountains, deeper than oceans (President Asif All Zardari) The recent visit of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has given a new strategic direction to Pak-China alliance. During his three day official visit from December 17-19 both the countries signed 17 agreements, four MoUs and…
With just four low level radars available in the northern air defence sector, there was no possibility of providing uninterrupted coverage along the border, including the battle areas. The large gaps could be easily exploited by tree-top hugging intruders for knocking out PAF bases and radar stations, before turning their attention to the battlefield. It…
Chillianwallah, Chillianwallah!Thou wilt be a doleful chord,And a mystic note of mourningThat will need no chiming word;And that heart will leap with anguishWho may understand thee best;But the hopes of all will languishTill thy memory is at rest. Battle of Chillianwala was fought on January 13, 1849 between Sikhs and English East India Company forces….
Question # 23 Islam must always be defended. Comments:Defence is the right of every community against any type of aggression. Qur’an ask the believers to be prepared to defend themselves, the common saying ‘weakness invite aggression’ “Indeed, [even aforetime] did We send forth Our apostles with all evidence of [this] truth; and through them We…
