Brig Jafar Khan

The words of one of late Brig Jafar Khan’s closest friends Brig (Retd) Asmat Beg Humayun best describes one of Pakistan Army’s outstanding soldiers. “I first met Jafar Khan, a Gheba Malik from Surag a village near Pindi Gheb, District of Attock when I joined Prep School Lawrence College Ghora Gali (GG) in class in…

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Energy Charter Forum 2017

Most recently, the Energy Charter Forum titled “Towards a Multilateral Framework Agreement on Transit of Energy Resources” was jointly organized by the International Energy Charter and the Government of Turkmenistan on April 30-31 2017. During the energy charter forum the development of the Framework Agreement on the Transit of Energy Resources was thoroughly discussed under the chairmanship…

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Qatar’s Dilemma

“Everyone is critical of the flaws of others, but blind to their own.” Arab Proverb On June 05, 2017, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates (UAE) severed diplomatic relations with Qatar and also placed land and air embargo. This move came as a surprise to many as this immediately followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s…

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A Tiger of 6th RFFR

Within two years of being formed, the fledgling Pakistan Army was stunned by the loss of two brilliant officers who were flying together to Karachi. Major General Iftikhar Khan (ex 3rd Cavalry), was en route to London to attend the course at the Royal College of Defence Studies and Brigadier Sher Khan (ex 6/13th FFR),…

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Pakistan’s Naval Power

Historical Overview The traditional military set ups and doctrines in the Middle east, Central Asia and the Subcontinent were laid out on land based forces and war operations were carried out mainly considering this unilateral land based approach. Many historic warriors like Gangis khan, Taimurlen, the subcontinent Mughals were adopting and depending mainly on land…

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Indo-Israeli bonhomie

Since the international system is largely anarchic, it is not astonishing to watch two oppressive and ultra-right wing governments overtly embracing each other despite their gross human rights violations in Kashmir and Palestine. Indian supremacist Prime Minster Narendra Modi has become the first premier of his country to pay a three-day visit to Israel, an…

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