A decade or so ago a joint venture foreign (JV) security company was using non-armoured vehicles (known as “soft” vehicles) to transport cash alongwith their armoured vans. Cash cannot be transported in quantity except in armoured vehicles, it is against the law but it costs 4-5 times more to operate an armoured vehicle over a…
Macro-security being the business of the state, micro-security is the domain of individuals or organisations. With a citizen requiring the safety and security of his life and that of his family, property and business, and the state increasingly engaged in macro-security because of terrorism, private security business has become an industry in its own right….
One of the great tragedies to befall this country was the assassination of Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer by Mumtaz Qadri in Islamabad on Jan 4, 2011, bringing into sharp focus one of the important aspects of security that does not get the attention it should: fidelity. A policeman in the security detail provided to Taseer…
Pakistan and Japan are celebrating 60th years of diplomatic ties during 2012. The governments and leaderships of both the countries are strongly stressing the need to have closer cooperation in the different fields of trade and commerce, education, investments, joint ventures and the last but not the least culture for the further strengthening of bilateral…
Now is the time for a paradigm shift in international approach towards resolving the Afghanistan issue. This is the moment for a healing touch; it’s time for the occupation forces to disengage and leave Afghanistan at its own. Left to itself, Afghanistan would normalize after some constructive aftershocks. International community has wandered in the wilderness…
Faced with unexpectedly stiff resistance from Pakistan Army, the Indian offensive launched on 6th September 1965 in the Lahore-Kasur sector had floundered badly. Having failed to capture the vital bridges on BRBi Canal, XI Corps formations were unfavourably poised for further offensive operations towards Lahore. On a similar note, though Pakistan Army’s counter-offensive spearheaded by…
Carey Schofield’s book on Pakistan army is another addition to the work done on Pakistan army. Carey was given unprecedented access by then Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and President General Pervez Mussharraf. She made several trips to Pakistan over five years time period and was given access to several senior generals and visited many…
IntroductionDuring my service I had occasion to experience some invisible and mysterious power that some have dismissed with incredulous looks and smiles. For the interest of our learned readers I am appending below some events and leave judgment to them. Whose blood was that?During 1979 I was granted commission and posted to the battalion of…
After the March 05 meeting with President Barrack Obama, Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu feels free to attack and bomb Iran’s nuclear installations. US Officials believe that President Obama’s official and private acknowledgement of the Jewish states sovereign right to defend itself (against Irans threats) was a crucial gain for Israel to deter Tehran. Benjamin…
Balochistan is under tremendous squeeze. Internal weaknesses have encouraged the external actors to play their provocative and disruptive role. From a behind the scene role covered under the smoke screen of denials, these actors have now picked up the courage to come to fore openly. Pakistan’s reaction has been quite appropriate. Two demarches’ to the…
