Operational Insights from the Largest Air Battle of 21st Century The skies over South Asia in May 2025 glowed like a live wire; buzzing with radar beams, contrails, and the silent hum of targeting computers locked in deadly games. Above the jagged silhouette of the Himalayas, where thin air turns sound brittle, two of Asia’s…
We are living in the age of infodemic, where information mixed with disinformation and misinformation spreads like a pandemic. A plethora of literature has been produced on the largest Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air battle between the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) in early May 2025. Every author has attempted…
Exercised Options in the 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict Historical Echoes: When Doctrine Forged Machines Military doctrine is derived from three sources: Theory, Technology and History. These enablers play an interactive definitive role in developing ‘what we believe about best way to do things’ as per ‘Military Doctrine’ from Dennis Drew & Don Snow. Technology is a…
Pathfinder Group’s School of Excellence, Centre for Innovation, Technological Advancement, Digital Entrepreneurs & Leadership (CITADEL), successfully hosted the Davos Startup Challenge Final Round on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at AMAANIBAGH, Angoori, Islamabad. The event brought together some of Pakistan’s most promising startups, industry leaders, and diplomats for a day of innovation, inspiration, and entrepreneurial excellence….
Pakistan stands at a pivotal moment where innovation and a vibrant tech culture are not just desirable but essential for sustainable development. Technological Advancement, Digital Entrepreneurs & Leadership (CITADEL), Pathfinder Group’s School of Excellence the Center for Innovation emerges as a timely catalyst to bridge the gap between latent talent and high-impact ventures, harnessing AI, fintech,…
(Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Suicide Bombings At least 10 people, including three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, were killed while 32 others sustained injuries on September 30 when a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) ripped through a street near Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Model Town area of Quetta, reports Dawn. Balochistan Health Minister…
(Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), ISBN: 978-3-031-91519-2 (Pages: XXI-285). Murad Ali’s scholarly contribution in the ongoing academic debate concerning the evolving Sino-Pakistan cooperative bilateral ties is an attempt to provide a different picture of the signed corridor project between the two countries. It is a timely study that places the corridor project (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor- CPEC)…
Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy by Christophe Jaffrelot presents a coherently robust claim about the transformational nature of the political project of Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party to change the nature of Indian politics by re-interpreting decades of Hindutva sentiment into a political programme. According to the author,…
Indian and Pakistani armies share a common history but the memory of that shared bond has faded away. Soldiers of British Indian army belonged to different religions and ethnicities, but all were proud to serve the profession of arms. They fought side by side as comrades all over the world and never imagined future hostilities…
By Sachiko Murata and William C. Chittick “The Vision of Islam” authored by Dr. Sachiko Murata and Dr. William C. Chittack delves into the multifaceted aspects of Islam, including practice, faith, spirituality (Ishan), and the Islamic perspective on history, drawing from the teachings of the “Hadith of Gabriel”, which is based on summarized contents from…
