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),…
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…
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…
As usual, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has blamed Pakistan for a series of bombing attacks in Kabul during recent days. Instead of focusing on capacity building of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), the dysfunctional Afghan government feels it convenient to vent anti-Pakistan venom and go into another slumber till the next attack. An emerging strategy…
A mercenary contracted to American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Raymond Davis recently published his book ‘The Contractor: How I Landed in a Pakistani Prison and Ignited a Diplomatic Crisis’. The book succeeded in igniting a furore in Pakistan against the Army and the ISI, it was meant to malign our credible institutions. However once the…
Formation of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) by the SC in the PanamaGate case became cause for PML (N) party stalwarts to celebrate “victory” and start distributing sweets, indicative of a mindset totally devoid of reality. While one appreciates the Sharif family members for appearing before the JIT and not plead some medical excuse or…
The magnitude of burn injury is based upon two principal factors, extent of injury and depth of burn. The extent of burn is usually expressed as the percentage of the total body surface area (BSA). Burns are classified as first, second, or third degree, depending on how deep and severe they penetrate the skin’s surface….
On June 25, a day before Eid, an oil tanker carrying 40000 liters of fuel from Karachi to Lahore overturned when a tyre punctured attempting a sharp turn near Bahawalpur. Oblivious of the danger, hundreds of people from surrounding localities, carrying pails, bottles and jerry cans rushed to the scene to collect the leaking petrol….
Accountability must target (but mostly doesn’t) politicians, public officials and govt departments, the lower judiciary, etc., in Pakistan. The PM appearing before the JIT because of PanamaGate is symbolic of the Supreme Court’s (SC)’s determination to bring the rule of law into governance. Criminal misgovernance has been highlighted by the JIT complaints to the SC…
Precariously making the cut for the eighth and final spot on the ICC ODI rankings, Pakistan came into the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy tournament as rank underdogs. Routed by India in their very first match by a whopping 124 runs, almost everyone gave up on Pakistan. One of the truly great comebacks in history than…
