It is most unfortunate that our ministers make statements without first verifying the facts. The other day, Kh Asif, our defence minister made an allegation that NAs and Kashmir was liberated by the tribals and that the Pakistan Army had refused to go and fight in the liberation of Kashmir. Being a Kashmiri himself, he…
Recently the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces conducted the largest military exercises in the Kingdom’s history, codenamed “Sword of Abdullah”. It was staged in a complete war theater of diversified but interrelated operations to strengthen the “combat capability of the Saudi armed forces’ in both offensive and defensive roles. Electronic Warfare (EW) units were also used…
With the US/ISAF- Afghanistan retrograde on track there are some apparently intractable issues that remain when looking at the military-political strategy for Afghanistan and its surrounding areas. A new American intelligence assessment on the Afghan war predicts that the gains the United States and its allies have made during the past three years are likely…
The April 5 elections were not the first elections in Afghanistan, but they may turn out to be the most important political event in contemporary Afghan history. With the contours of Afghanistan’s political transition becoming clearer, activity has picked-up momentum for post elections’ political settlement. Technically, the Afghanistan presidential vote is destined for a run-off….
Brigadier (Retd) Usman Khalid passed away on Monday, 31st March 2014 surrounded by his loving family after a long illness In Thames Hospice in Windsor. London. He died peacefully in his sleep; he was 79. He leaves behind his daughters, Asma, Iffat, Omera, Umbreen and his son Abid and grandchildren Zara, Jasim, Ammar, Waleed, Ibrahim,…
Dear Readers, There are many, way too many things that are going wrong in Pakistan; it faces numerous problems many of which sadly are of its own making. This is in no way unique to Pakistan, all countries without exception face difficult situations, some are self-mode but with time and good governance, these are overcome….
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide BombingsAt least 11 people, including Additional District and Sessions Judge Rafaqat Awan, a woman lawyer, and a Policeman, were killed and 25 others were injured when militants attacked the courthouse complex in Islamabad on March 3, reports Daily Times. According to details, the militants sprayed bullets at everyone, hurled hand…
The TTP has been insisting till very recently that they represented all the groups committing terror in Pakistan. Only when the terrorist acts continued unabated after the negotiations started that the TTP (and their vocal sympathizers) changed tack and started distancing themselves from the sporadic violence. Even then only proforma regret was expressed. It took…
What good is a Constitution that does not prevent the unscrupulous from looting the till? For a man whose children remain hungry, sick and uneducated, it is a meaningless piece of paper. The moral obligation to the downtrodden makes it incumbent for those in power to have the courage to use the authority vested in…
According to a handout accompanying an excellent stamp taken out by the Pakistan Post Office (PPO) commemorating the re-naming of PAF Base Mianwali, MM Alam was “Top Gun of his own class, war hero, a committed professional, scholar par excellence, a patriotic Pakistani, an icon and a role model not only for the PAF airmen…
