Part 3 (This article was written on 17th March 2026, and should be read in conjunction with Global Order 1&2) ‘ Its not hard to go back to Goebbels or the 1930s. You understand the tactic is to tell the big lie as often as possible’, Roger Waters The conflict began with three core demands…
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”- Thomas Jefferson As I endeavour to delve into the many problems that Pakistan is politically plagued by or attempt to…
‘Whoever controls the flow of Persian Gulf oil has a stranglehold not only on our economy but also on the other countries of the world as well’- Dick Cheney This article was written on the 12 of March 2026 and should be read in continuation of the earlier analysis written on 21 February 2026 –…
Pakistan’s Relevance? It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal ~Henry Kissinger The Premise The World is changing and new power paradigms are in play. The conventional order and rule-based certainties are now being challenged while the United Nations is gradually reduced to becoming a benign spectator –…
A Handbook on Counter-Terror Operations (Dedicated to one of the finest Armies, in general, that anyone can be rightly proud to have been associated with and to all young officers in particular, that make this Army, what it is)(No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism).Barack Obama. PremisePakistan has suffered…
“One thing that I noticed is, having met some former Taliban that they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in violence. They grew up in war. They were taught to hate. They grew up in very ignorant cultures where they did not learn about the outside world.”anon The Pak-Afghan peace talks in…
Pakistan’s proactive strategy and taking the battle to the militants has apparently payed off in the KP Regions. Well done Army, Air force and the Intelligence. I being the biggest critic of the intelligence will not hold back where praise deserves to be extended and here is a case where a commendable operation has been…
Times are such and narratives so many, that everyone has a point of view and an opinion on anything under the sun. Today, the most pressing issue seems to be the Durand Line, (as the Afghans like to call it), or the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, (as Pakistan likes to address it). I…
‘If there were an Oscar for best theatrical performance by a country, Israel would win every year. It’sa country based on theatre. It’s a lunatic State’ – completely insane. Norman Finkelstien Israel came into being in 1948 through a dubious United Nations Resolution, 181, that called for the partition of Palestine into two States –…
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark: the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light’’ Plato Dr Ruskin described ‘economy’ as the bastard science of darkness1 . He developed the idea of the Economic Man2 . A material thought that now governs how the world…
