After the killing of more than 240 people in Gaza, and 12 in Israel mostly civilians the 11-day-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians finally ended with a ceasefire on Friday, May 21, but fears of a fresh escalation continue to haunt the region. Like in the past, this latest bout of fighting basically proved…
My father was posted from GHQ to East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) in early 1962 as Sector Commander EPR Sylhet Sector. This Sector comprised the Districts of Sylhet, Comilla, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts with HQs at Sylhet. I was then 16, studying in Murari Chand (MC) College Sylhet when my father went to command the…
Around February, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the green light to the use of Sinopharm as an emergency vaccine manufactured by Chinese Pharmaceutical companies. Even before this approval, the Chinese Government had initiated its supply and donations of Covid vaccines, masks and kits to so called “friendly” nations, but it is clear that…
Context Now that the Biden administration has definitively announced plans to withdraw militarily from Afghanistan by September 11, the focus has shifted to the post withdrawal scenarios and what that would look like for the US and other key stakeholders. The most important determinant of that is the status of Afghan reconciliation and US-China ties….
Dear Readers, A good man who was far ahead of his time, my father, Abdul Majeed Sehgal was certainly destined for far better things than what he apparently achieved during his lifetime. Since he died a contented person, he must have done better than we thought he did or perhaps his ambitions were limited, aspiring…
The debate on the strategic dimension of South Asian politics and its varying patterns under the influences of India-Pakistan protracted conflict has always attracted intellectual circles of the international community. The proponents of arms control and disarmament and the advocators of international non-proliferation regime generally focus on the South Asian nuclear politics in their analysis….
1. Mouza ASALONG, J. L. No 183, Police Station Ramgarh, Distt Chittagong Hill Tracts having an area of 5.34. sq. miles, appears to be claimed by India as part of Tripura State. This is the tract of land falling between the Feni River and the Asalong Khal. According to India’s claim, the boundary between Tripura…
If there are a few things we must acknowledge Pakistan by, then leading climate action is certainly one of them. This year Pakistan had the honor to host the World Environment Day 2021 in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). With a focus on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Pakistan has resolved to fight the good…
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan can never afford to be at odds with each other. This is the balance-sheet of their geo-economics and fraternity. Irrespective of the fact that they differ on numerous policy wavelengths in the regional and international context, what glues them is an ‘undeclared and less-said’ strategic understanding of indispensability. Likewise, it is…
The purpose of this trilogy of articles was to find out why antisemitism is a misnomer and anti-Zionism would be the right substitute for it. It is because the demand for a country called Israel in the place Palestine where Arabs have been living for centuries is part of the Jewish mythology that has been…
