Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah during a visit to Kabul on June 09. They discussed the ongoing peace process. The Army Chief conveyed Pakistan’s unwavering support for a sustainable peace in Afghanistan. Bajwa’s visit…
Courtiers are murmuring and the rest are shouting yet Emperor Modi refuses to see that he is without clothes. What must the rank and file of the Indian army, whose 22 comrades at arms laid down their lives trying to evict the Chinese from Ladakh, be thinking of Modi? Opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi…
Despite the ongoing pandemic hitting India more than China, India has been engaging in blunders like anti Muslim policies and the Kashmir settlement laws in the disputed area of Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) in utter disregard to UN Resolutions and international laws and norms. Force multiplying their problems Modi and his BJP Govt is now…
History teaches us that the falling apart of empires not only creates many successor states but the relation between those states and their neighbours are often marred by conflicts, conflicts that include quarrels about who is the rightful successor of the previous empire and multiple border conflicts. Furthermore, the successor states have to find for…
With apologies to Ian Fleming for paraphrasing the title, terrorism is back again in Karachi. The attack by the banned BLA at the PSX by four heavily armed terrorists has cost the lives of four people: one police officer and three guards have been martyred. Due to the decisive response of the police and the…
When an image from a fashion brand touting a model wearing a matching mask with the outfit made the media rounds, it started a huge debate. Why not? Asked many online. It was a part of our new normal now (and perhaps, a necessary part of the wardrobe to remain for a while). A greater…
Who has not been forwarded a conspiracy theory on their chats or even or via a social media forum? We’ve all had those trickling down into our lives and some of them have ranged from the seemingly plausible to the ridiculous. Mostly, the latter. A popular and most annoying on the list that has been…
A small remark here, a slip of the tongue there, a seemingly innocent sentence, and suddenly, you’re in the middle of a very toxic net of verbal and emotional abuse on cyberspace. An opinion shared and the “cancel culture” is certainly upon us all and it is not a good thing. There you are, stuck…
A well respected Israeli military historian Abraham Rabinovich’s book is a fascinating account of a little known chapter of naval history. Israeli air force and armored corps were ruling the roost as these two services played key role in June 1967 stunning victory against three Arab armies. Israeli navy was relegated to the back seat as no…
Q) Sir, Initially when you got this idea of taking over as Chairman, Utility Stores Corporation, what were the challenges faced? A) Actually before I became Chairman I had some idea about the Utility Stores because I have my own business in Pakistan whose biggest clients are Retailers, such as Imtiaz, etc as such we…
