Although not explicitly raised for counterinsurgency operations, Pakistan Air Force since its very inception has been called upon to undertake such missions. While at the beginning of the insurgency, the threat may have been mere pinpricks, since the beginning of the current century it has assumed alarmingly dangerous proportions, challenging the very writ of the…
A deliberate and carefully balanced Foreign, is necessary to keep the united Arab Emirates (UAE) Safe and ensure H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister Foreign policy stands for national stance towards sovereignty, national pride and socio-economy. It is a strategic asset which operates in the complex orbit of power politics. It gives…
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) Was The Propaganda Minister Of Hitler. His Motto Was Telling Lies With Confidence And Repeating The Same Continuously So That It Seemed True. Unfortunately We Are In That Situation Where Both The Government And The Opposition Have Lost Their Credibility. It Was A Most Horrible Attack On An Innocent Young Girl. But…
Attempt On Malala’s Life, Dumping Of Defaced Dead Bodies In Balochistan And Surfacing Of Body Bags In Karachi Are Some Of The Facets Of Terrorism Running High In Pakistan; Intricately Linked Together By A Common Financier, Trainer And Arms Provider. Logistics Trail Leads To One Source, Though Operatives Have Diversified Origins And Purposes. All These…
IntroductionThree decades after introduction of the religious militancy by USA to defeat USSR in Afghanistan and later US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11 many armed groups have resurfaced in Afghanistan to resist US-led NATO occupation. As a fallout some groups have rebelled against the state of Pakistan on the pretext of establishing Shari’ah…
IntroductionThe battle of the Trenches or AHZAB was a decisive battle of Islamic history. It was fought during the month of ZAKAT 5 HIJRA (February 623) between a formidable force of idolaters (10000 well armed) and an ill armed Muslim force of about 3000. The idolaters of MECCA with underhand intrigues had also established contact…
IntroductionExperience has no substitute. My active service experience is replete with many memorable events. History of 70 years (I am 90 years old) remains vivid in my thoughts, as fresh as a daisy, and some I can narrate some events as if the whole episode is happening before my eyes now. I am mentioning below…
Authors are students of M.Phil (Research) in Institute of Communication Studies at University of Punjab, Lahore. They highlight the importance of culture in human resource management discipline and practice Abstract Culture and human beings are interconnected and interdependent actors in the amphitheater of globalization. Both have become strategic assets in the hands of international human…
Ostensibly there seems nothing wrong with the six points raised by Sardar Akhtar Mengal, that are: 1. an immediate end to all military operations; 2. missing persons to be presented before the court; 3. abolition of agency death squads; 4. free rein to Baloch political parties to function; 5. punishment to those found guilty for…
Reaction to ‘postponement’ of President Putin’s visit to Pakistan is quite interesting. Conspiracy theorist blame American and Indian pressure, some also talk about American pressure via Saudi Arabia. Over the last two years or so, there has been a quantum jump in high level Pakistan-Russia interactions. Hence, expectations have been snowballing in the context of…
