Opinion

Introduction The Operation Zarb-e-Azab has been able to weaken the terrorists but lack of political will has provided an opportunity to the terrorists to raise their head. Recent wave of terror including a suicide attack on police officers near Punjab Assembly on 13 February 2017 has shocked the nation but it was not unexpected. Punjab…

Introduction 1. For many years after independence in 1947, the street slogan in India was that Hindus and Chinese are brothers1. Later, there was the 5-point agenda, the Panj Sheel, forwarded by the Indian leadership regarding peaceful coexistence and maintenance of cordial relations with China2. However, in the winter of 1962, following strained diplomatic and military…

Introduction Traditionally the defence forces are organized, equipped and trained to deal with the threat from the enemy which is normally visible in the form of a hostile state, called ‘Fox Land’ in the military training exercises and war games, while ‘Blue Land’ is the name given to own self. In the prevalent geo political…

The Judicial Commission comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa that investigated the August 8 deadly terrorist attack in Quetta has reported ‘monumental failure’ of the Interior Ministry and Balochistan government towards combating terrorism. Even though there have been visible successes in the counter terrorism effort with regard to decrease in frequency of such attacks, terrorist outfits…

Introduction In November 2016 during the 8th Review Conference of Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) the USA totally rejected all proposals regarding inspections of American bio laboratories and underlined its unacceptance of creating this kind of verification mechanism in BWC. Experts in the international expert community pay attention to the rising American bioscience activities abroad. It…

China’s massive investment of more than $46 billion in CPEC is breathing new life into the ancient Silk Routes that connected the east and west centuries ago. The investment will bring huge long-term benefits to Pakistan and China as well as other countries in the region. For the once sleepy remote fishing village of Gwadar,…

Earlier in year 2015 the security of Gwadar port was entrusted to the Pakistan Navy. The task has since been conscientiously executed via an agile and efficient Marine battalion of the Navy. Sited roughly 635 km from Karachi and 120 km from the Iranian border by road, Pakistan’s strategic port of Gwadar constitutes what may…

Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Ulugbek Rozilkulov visited Pakistan in Dec last year and held various meetings with high officials, including Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain. During the meetings both sides stressed the need to make efforts to enhance cooperation in the economic and commercial fields and exploit the huge potential…

Introduction Had resource-rich Balochistan not been plagued by massive corruption and cronyism, the province would have been the most developed federating unit in the country. After NAB’s recent plea bargain with the former finance secretary, it seems that the entrenched corruption, nepotism and bad governance will continue to aggravate the economic depravity, political instability and…