Bomb/ IED Explosions Gul Dad Khan, a resident of Hasham Charmang, was killed when a roadside remote-control improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Charmang area of Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on September 1, reports Pakistan Today. Two Security Force personnel were injured when their vehicle was targeted with a remote-controlled bomb in Eidak…
Pakistan is currently passing through extraordinary times. Military ties between the two strategic partners, Pakistan and China are on the rise. Both countries are extending military cooperation in diversified fields i.e. human resource management, training, joint military and air force exercise, infrastructure, joint ventures and transfer of technology. Joint military/air force exercises provide essential training…
Pakistan will welcome the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan on an official visit. This will cement the long-standing friendly relations between the two countries and lift them to a new level. Much of this is due to the efforts of President Erdogan, who for the last 16 years has been central in directing the…
Introduction The faith in God is axiomatic which man accepts with the help of his intuition without the need of a rational proof. It is an axiom, the proofs of which subsist in everything in this world, yet it needs no proof. Although the proofs are so numerous that they cannot be enumerated in a…
Pakistan’s journey since inception has been turbulent with continuous change in regimes, regressive policies, too much debt, an ever-increasing trade deficit, thepractice of privatization and nationalization, perpetually swelling nondevelopment expenditures, a nonexistent tax system and rampant corruption. This brought the country on the brink of economic precipice and meltdown. The Pakistani economy has become considerably…
As a cultural event the Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF) has come to occupy a distinctive position in the cultural, educational, and literary life of Pakistan. A young city, Islamabad vibrates with the energies of the Pakistani youth, its naturally beautiful location makes it an ideal place for literary, cultural, and creative inspiration to flourish. Oxford…
Context When all seemed set and done and all that was pending was the signing of the agreement, the Afghan peace talks suddenly collapsed with a dramatic announcement from President Trump on September 7th. The debate about the cause of this sudden change of heart started in earnest. Was the deal too lopsided in favor…
With the ardent patriotic zeal that sprouts up with each gazetted national holiday portrayed by ad campaigns and arbitrary quotes in mass media which dies down soon after, I wrote this article after everything passed, so that the impact of such would although be seemingly random, would not let the conversation die down and maybe…
America faces another Vietnam moment over the Afghan conflict. Pulling out of the peace process and talks of use of more military power by President Donald Trump resonate with what President Lyndon B Johnson did during Vietnam conflict. According to Brian Willson, a Vietnam era USAF night security commander, American military action “left 26 million…
With its multiple ethnicities, languages and sub-nationalisms a subcontinent rather than a country, India was bound to face many tensions and even centrifugal tendencies from its very beginning. This recognition by the early rulers notwithstanding multiple separatist movements have developed over the years. Consecutive Indian governments have tackled the problem to a large extent by…
