IntroductionNapoleon once remarked: “The foreign policy of a country is (largely) determined by its geography.” The geostrategic, geopolitical and geo-economic factors have always played an important role in bringing states together with the intent to maximize their burgeoning socio-economic and security interests. Similarly, due to their geographical proximity and long-lasting religious and cultural affinities, both…
“Drones kill innocent people and aggravate hatred” Former American President Jimmy Carter1 IntroductionOn 1st of July 2016 US President Obama signed the executive order “United States policy on pre- and post-strike measures to address civilian casualties in US operations involving the use of force.” The initiative formalized and discussed the American policy towards dead and…
During his June 2015 visit to Bangladesh, Modi made a startling confession of an otherwise known reality that Bangladesh came into being largely due to Indian covert support to separatist elements and overt military aggression. India has never reconciled to the reality of creation of Pakistan. Irrespective of the party in power, there has been…
Presidential Election was held on December 4, 2016 in Uzbekistan; according to Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission acting President and Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev won the election with 88.6 percent of the vote which is 1.51 percent more than what late Islam Karimov got when he was first elected president in 1991. Uzbek Central Election CommissionAccording…
IntroductionEvery year on 12th of Rabi-ul-Awal (Islamic lunar month) majority of Muslims all over the world celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) as a token of love. This year coincidently this event was on 12-12-2016. Muslims love their Prophet more than anyone else. He had such an amazing personality that even his arch rivals…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide AttacksAt least 62 persons were killed and more than 100 were injured in an explosion at the shrine of Shah Norani in Khuzdar District of the Balochistan province, on November 12, reports Dawn. “52 people have died and dozens injured in the incident,” confirmed Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed…
When Pakistan was rated the second most corrupt country in 1996 by Transparency International (TI), a joke started that Pakistan was actually placed on the first position but the govt persuaded Tl to place Nigeria ahead of Pakistan. We may have had a good laugh then but almost twenty years (and many govts) later, Pakistan…
This article is dedicated to the valiant officers and men of the Pakistan Navy who continue to demonstrate unconquerable courage and stand as an impregnable wall both at sea and ashore against the sadistic and callous architects of terrorism. “If anyone slew a person unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the…
Nothing encapsulates and perhaps embodies the spirit of globalisation better than world trade, most of which is carried out via the medium of the sea. Maritime trade can thus be said to be the pivot around which the global economy as well as our collective social well-being actually revolves. The enormous natural resources on land,…
The evolving strategic competition between the great powers introduces the counterbalancing forces emerging from different states. The ongoing and unending struggle to dominate the world by expanding the political sphere of influence has remained an undeniable feature of a state’s foreign policy which rarely supports the status quo in international system. Irrefutable forces of wars…
