The couple of attacks recently in Baluchistan left the Pakistani nation in pain and extreme anger due to the targeted killing of Hazara community members along with the Ormara massacre that resulted in 14 people dead on the coastal highway. An alliance of three banned militant groups the so-called Balochistan Liberation Front, Balochistan Republican Army…
Abstract The 2019 Trump’s Missile Defence Review is a controversial and dangerous document for strategic stability. In this review India is mentioned as key element of US strategy in Asia pacific region and claims that some commitment between the two countries regarding ABM already exist. Through its defence review, the US is trying to reorganize…
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Iran was overdue; this was his first visit since assuming office in August 2018. The core purpose of the visit was to fortify Pak-Iran relations. Talks helped ease tensions as the two countries agreed on a raft of measures to deal the problem of terrorism that has affected both…
Explaining Islam in Brief Once Shaikh Ali Tantawi asked his students the following question: “If a non-Muslim asks you to explain all about Islam in an hour, what you would do?” This is how they responded: “That: would be impossible! He would have to study the principle of the Oneness of God, commentaries on the…
Introduction The currently implemented education system of Pakistan has reached to its final limits and it is now bound to be changed. One of the biggest practical issue in this system is that, the system is producing 16 years old fully grown-up boy/ girl who does not know how to survive in this world even…
Azerbaijan has been striving hard to get back its illegally occupied areas from Armenia. Nagorno-Karabakh has been swinging between circles of hope and despair for many visible reasons and invisible compulsions. 27 years have passed but still chances of its resolution appear remote. Although it has been decades since the massacre took place, those responsible…
In the wake of hostilities in Rann of Kutch, the PAF Air Headquarters decided to review its war plans as the threat of a wider conflagration loomed. Though the PAF and the IAFC-in-Cs had tacitly agreed not to use their air forces in Kutch which was a bizarre arrangement worked out over a phone call…
The 8th edition of the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF) was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah that took place at the Expo Centre Sharjah on March 20-21, 2019. Sharjah Forum 2019 The Sharjah forum asserted that the responsibility of…
For countries such as Pakistan that are at the forefront of the war on terror, insurgency and terrorism are hotly debated concepts. Although there are varying approximations of the number of lives lost during this period, a conservative estimate suggests that over 60,000 Pakistani souls have perished. That is a heavy and unfortunate price to…
Over the past few months, more parties with interest in defense/security concerns have become acquainted with the terminology and context of the emergence of hybrid warfare, which has now gained much traction as the key buzzword explaining Pakistan’s security challenges, particularly with regards to the Indian situation. Literature, discussions and conferences on the subject focus…
