This article is being prepared at a time when terror proxies like Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are trying to intensify their insurgency in Balochistgan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The recent TTP attacks in Bannu and the Jaffar Express passenger train hijacking incidents are core examples of such intensity. The Jaffar Express,…
The national interest definition has been evolving since centuries and was self-derived by societies, rulers, empires, and alliances to serve their best interests. The concept of national interest is very important in terms of international relations because it provides the data and material upon which foreign policy of a nation is defined and evolved. The…
The world political stage has been dramatically changed at a very fast pace from 2020 to 2025. The pandemic affected the global economy, rules of engagement in all spheres of life changed and the political stage shifted from Europe to China and Russia followed by a chaotic withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan and the…
A country without an effective governance mechanism cannot progress, compete and grow in the comity of nations. Pakistan, unfortunately is the victim of bad governance since its creation. In the context of Governance and Pakistan’s national interests, three points are being elaborated below to demonstrate the criticality and relation between governance and the national interest…
Pakistan is going through a wave of terrorism waged by militant groups such as the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) cross border terrorism, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) as well as sectarian clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These attacks have intensified and it appears that enemy proxies are utilizing maximum resources to achieve their aims….
In Jan 2005, almost 20 years ago, my first book “Pakistan’s Defence and Nuclear Doctrine” was published, launched by Mohammad Ijaz ul Haq (then Federal Minister for Religious Affairs) and Major General (Retd) Rahat Latif. The compilation during that period was the need of the times in order to boost our morale since the US…
The ongoing developments in the global and regional arena require careful attention from our policy makers on how to position Pakistan’s foreign policy and military strategy from a strategic positioning standpoint. These developments include the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict in the Middle East, the recent Putin-Xi summit, the standoff with Afghanistan Taliban regime, upcoming SCO summit…
The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is sensitive in nature for a variety of reasons and for different sects of people across the border. Looking deeper, when late and recent ancient history is reviewed, we find different power poles crossing the Hindukush mountains and invading the subcontinent and this continued throughout the course of regional…
Recent developments in Pakistan are worrisome for fellow citizens due to a multi-dimensional nexus that points towards Indian financial support to the Afghan Taliban regime in Afghanistan and the violent attitude of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) that is also backed by the Afghan Taliban regime. It is now absolutely clear that the Afghan Taliban…
Historical Perspective Turan is referred to as a specific region in Central Asia and the term Turan is perceived as denoting lands inhabited by Turkic-speaking tribes. Turan appears next to Iran on numerous maps of the 19th century to designate a region encompassing modern Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and northern parts of Pakistan and…
