On the invitation of Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan, President Mamnoon Hussain visited Azerbaijan in March this year. In order to further deepen bilateral relations through economic integration a delegation of businessmen representing leading companies of Pakistan in the field of energy, textile, pharmaceuticals, sports, infrastructure, construction material surgical instruments, food products, etc, etc also…
IntroductionWhile turmoil and anarchy in the Middle East can be attributed to the disunity among Arabs, the possibility of execution of well known Zionist plans to divide the Middle East in fragmented states cannot be ruled out. The “Bernard Lewis Plan” named after its architect Bernard Lewis, a specialist in ‘oriental studies’, the ‘history of…
IntroductionSeventy years ago I had joined 7/2 Punjab Regt (now part of the Indian Army) in Arakan (Burma). This was a newly raised battalion consisting of mostly young soldiers who had carried out only basic training. Even most of the senior NCSs had not participated in any battle, except some had experience of Frontier warfare….
“There is a general agreement that the world order is changing, but considerable disagreement about how it is changing. Communicators variously locate this change in a ‘power shift’ from West to East, a trade in superpower status between the United States and China, or a transition from an era of biography to one of uni-polarity,…
The 12th International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) 2015 were held in UAE, Abu Dhabi during February 22-26, 2012. According to official of IDEX around 1,200 companies from 56 countries, 159 official delegations, 100,000 visitors and18 exhibitors were present, representing the strength of international business competition in the growing market of the Middle East. According…
IntroductionPrime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto pronounced his self-styled “revolutionary” administrative reforms, the basic purpose of which was to disestablish the system of “service cadres” introduced by the British in the eighteenth century and later on introduced in Pakistan, with certain modifications, subsequent to partition.1 One motive underlying such disestablishment however was the intent to weaken…
Introduction 1. Traditionally people of the sub-continent have been quite lax on the usage of mild intoxicants. Emperor Babur repeatedly mentions the use of opium in his autobiography Tuzk-e-Babri while his son Humayun died after falling down from the stairs of his observatory after having a dose of opium. Emperor Jahangir was so fond of…
Sectarianism, extremism, militancy and Intolerance are the main threat to the unity, peaceful coexistence and progress of Muslims. “Be not like those who became divided into sects and who started to argue against each other after clear revelations had come to them. Those responsible for division and arguments will be sternly punished” (Qura’n;3:105). “do not…
Following the resumption of foreign secretary level talks between India and Pakistan, the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan briefed the ambassadors of P-5 countries and the EU Mission, stationed in Islamabad, regarding the visit of Indian Foreign Secretary. India had characterized it as a visit in the context of SAARC; Pakistan portrayed it as a visit…
Most recently, two most important strategic developments have been occurred in the defence arena of Pakistan. Firstly, Pakistan successfully tested its indigenously-built armed drone ‘Burraq’ (flying horse) and test-fired laser-guided missile ‘Barq’ (lightning). Secondly Pakistan also test fired Shaheen III, a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, into the Arabian Sea. Both strategic developments have further strengthened its…
