Pathankot was a cold-blooded effort by vested and motivated interest to derail the start of the comprehensive “dialogue” between India and Pakistan, and in that they have succeeded, at least temporarily. The moot point is, was it contrived by “State” actors and/or “non-State “actors, or a mix and match from either side? Receiving “actionable intelligence”…
Suffering from radicalization and terrorism in varying degrees, internally as well as externally, the last thing the Muslim world needs is for two of the Muslim world’s most influential and important countries to be embroiled in an asinine quarrel. Among other things this detracts from what should be our primary purpose, fighting terrorism. In mid…
A motivated terrorist attack with a far more deadly purpose than just killing people, Pathankot was a cold-blooded effort to derail the impending comprehensive “dialogue” between India and Pakistan starting Jan 15, 2016. While seven soldiers were killed and many more injured, Indian aircraft and related equipment on the airbase did not suffer any material…
Going into battle without adequate training or being properly equipped is bad enough, not having sufficient force, without proper motivation and/or not having battle-tested senior commanders and down the line, is asking for trouble. Not surprising that an unmitigated disaster militarily, the 2004 operations in FATA and the subsequent 2007 one in Swat were badly…
Assisted by members of the Sindh Police, and firing into the air at the gate of the mills, armed men took over the Seri Sugar Mills (Hyderabad district) and the Tando Mohammad Khan Sugar Mills, removing the management appointed by the owners, former Sindh Governor Ashraf W. Tabani’s family. Armoured personnel carriers (a coincidence if…
Dear Readers, Barring a handful of the early years, for most of the six decades plus of our existence we had the misfortune of being governed by those who failed to vigorously tackle many threats and challenges or resolve problems. Swamped with problems, we are in a mess today with terrorism, extremism, poverty, corruption, endemic…
Cornered in some pockets in difficult mountainous terrain by operation Zarb-e-Azb and without the space and freedom to move around, the militants are now incapable of launching any major attacks against the forces of law and order bringing peace to the area. Afghanistan Govt must take adequate measures to deny the militants opportunity of attacks…
Even as Afghanistan struggles to cope with the trauma of civil strife and a chaotic socio- politico and economic situation, its problems are becoming more complicated with every passing day. It is bleeding internally because of a number of grave factors including the political scenario which is marred with maneuvers and intrigues between power hungry…
The Fifth “Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process” Summit jointly inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Dec 9 in Islamabad counts as a major foreign policy success. Given the present situation in the Middle East and the connected problems in adjoining regions, this timely initiative to bring focus firmly on Afghanistan…
Anywhere in the world both tactical and strategic nuclear forces need to have a central command channel to ensure that nuclear forces that necessarily remain on a knife edge do not inadvertently cause a catastrophe triggered by an accident. In order to have absolute control over our nuclear deterrent, an “Air Force Strategic Command” was…
