Combined Effort of Pathfinder Group Task Force Suicide BombingsA suicide attack outside the judicial complex housing the Islamabad district and sessions courts on Tuesday, November 11 killed 12 people and injured at least 36, including four women and four policemen. It was the first such attack in the capital in nearly three years. The blast…
Comprehensive Historical and Strategic Analysis Neelum Nigar (Edited.) (Islamabad: Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, 2025),ISBN: 978-969-8772-23-9 (Pages: XV-321) The present phase of Pakistan-Russia relations has attracted the attention of international intellectual communities towards the South Asian political landscape, where Moscow has rationalised its intent to cultivate multidirectional cooperative bilateralism with Islamabad. State authorities of the…
ContextAfter several rounds of intensive negotiations mediated by Qatar and Türkiye, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to extend their ceasefire despite failing to achieve a major breakthrough. The decision followed a series of fierce cross-border clashes that caused heavy casualties on both sides. According to Türkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both countries also consented to establish…
In 1960, General Muhammad Musa visited India on the invitation of the Indian army chief General K. S. ‘Timmy’ Thimayya. This group photograph was taken when former comrades of 6th Royal Battalion of 13th Frontier Force Rifles (6/13 FFR) got together in Delhi. The battalion had many titles over time. After the British conquest of…
In the increasingly multipolar world, a “New World Order” with China and the U.S. competing for power is already underway. The US-China rivalry is described as a ‘new bipolarity,’ where the two countries are intensely competing across military, economic, ideological, and technological spheres. The world is witnessing a fundamental shift away from the bipolar US…
Joint Foreign Policy Challenges The unique location of Central Asian countries and the vast land mass, commonly referred to Turan, ideally dictate it to be a single geographical and Geo-political Union or economic bloc to play a vital role in the regional and global geopolitical environment. This bloc has the power and capability to counter…
Naval diplomacy is one of the important tasks that navies perform as it substantiates overall diplomatic efforts of the country. It is conducted via various actions, the purpose of which is to achieve cordiality and congeniality between the two countries. Visits of high-level delegations, port calls by ships, joint exercises, joint training, etc. are all…
A Conceptual error The literal meaning of the word “Jihad” is “Strenuous effort” or “struggle”. War for the independence of one’s homeland or for any other purpose is called Harb (war), but commonly it is also called Jihad, which depends on circumstances and is debatable. While a detailed article was published in DJ (Jihad: Myth…
Henry Kissinger, George Marshall, Lee Kuan Yew, George Schultz – two things unites them all. One, they were all masters of foreign policy. Two, they would find themselves at a loss to see how flattery has replaced foreign policy in the Trump White House! Foreign policy has always required a delicate balancing act – security…
A Shared Commitment to Expanding access to Education Established with the mission to promote literacy, bridge educational divides and support under-resourced schools across Pakistan, Providentia Books Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has access to books, learning materials and enriching educational experiences. The Foundation works through community mobilization, donation drives,…
