As I am writing these lines an extra ordinary session of OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) is in progress on 22nd of March. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is attending this important session in Istanbul. Turkey, being the OIC Summit Chair, has called upon holding an emergency meeting to discuss the increasing violence based…
Let me clarify at the very outset, I am not privy to the exact strike package the PAF had launched and the tactics employed. These are classified information. My painting of the aerial combat is from open sources and is based on my perception. These do not reflect the official version of the PAF. Prelude…
India’s intrusion into Pakistan’s Balakot enclave and China’s Doklam bulge will go down the annals of history as fiascos that cumulatively brought down the stature of India from a near global power to a sub-state pygmy. India’s foreign policy and electoral campaigning is pegged around arousing and cashing anti-Pakistan and anti-China sentiments. It is a…
The recent visit of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to Pakistan with a big economic package worth $20 bn is considered as a game changer in regional politics. This was the second beigest gesture after Chinese President Xi’s visit in 2015 and announcing of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The Saudi-Pakistan relationship, which has been traditionally…
Introduction On February 17, 2019 Prince MBS visited Pakistan on a two-day trip and signed seven” Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs)” on areas of mutual interest. His visit was seen to be in political, economic, security, ideological and diplomatic frames brought about a new discourse in bilateralism between the two Islamic brothers. This was even reiterated…
Aman 2019 was the 6th exercise of a multinational naval initiative hosted biennially by Pakistan Navy since 2007. Twenty-eight countries had participated in the first Aman exercise in 2007; the number rose to 46 in Aman-2019 which radiated a strong message to Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, who has been dreaming of isolating Pakistan internationally…
I am the Ambassador of Pakistan in Saudi Arabia H.E. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have entered into a new phase of mutual trust and respect in terms of better political understanding, socio-economic integration, energy cooperation and strategic requirements. The recent visit of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman…
Introduction The book “Ta’rif-e-Aam bi-Din il-Islam” was written in Arabic by the renowned Syrian Scholar Shaikh Ali Al-Tantawi, first published in the sixties, since then it has been translated into many languages and reprinted several times, the world over. Shaikh Ali Al-Tantawi grew up in Syria at the beginning of this century. He always expresses…
The concept of hybrid warfare presents itself to Defence policy analysts as a new lens through which to understand or anticipate trends in this area of concern. It will be necessary to gradually introduce this concept into mainstream vocabulary and journalistic endeavour. There has been a trend of “conspiracy-alarmism” with regards to current affairs and…
China Pakistan Economic Corridor began as a landmark project for Pakistan. In the earlier stages, there was much skepticism regarding the practicality and feasibility of an economic enterprise worth 46 Billion US Dollars. As the world took a snail pace in realizing the potential of Gwadar and CPEC, the investment quantum was raised to 62…
