The failures of Afghanistan’s dysfunctional government are phenomenal. So called decade of transitions is marred by corruption and inefficiency. President Ashraf Ghani is busy in useless pursuits, recently he took his anti-Pakistan rhetoric to new heights by threatening to shut the Afghan transit route for Pakistani exports to Central Asia if Islamabad does not allow…
Pakistan Navy’s biennial exercise Shamsheer-e-Bahr started during the last week of July and concluded in August 16. The exercise is a major conceptual undertaking and extends for nearly seven weeks. It is founded on contemporary and prospective maritime security threats and challenges confronting Pakistan. The exercise enables Pakistan Navy to abstract possible response options to…
The global environment of terrorism has created a worldwide disorder and insecurity by altering the traditional standards of evolving world politics. The theoretical foundations of terrorism and its conceptual association with international system have considerably shaken the well-structured and well–organized Westphalian state system. The modern state system encircled by clandestinely functioning terrorist networks is becoming…
The Republic of Turkmenistan is a “connecting hub”. Now it has also become an enterprising country where sky is the limit for high levels of socio-economic prosperity and qualitative of life. It connects Commonwealth Independent States of Central (CIS) to Caucasus and Europe and is a role model of regional connectivity. It is the leader of “energy diplomacy” in…
The new phase of Russo–Pakistani bilateral ties based on joint military exercises has added a new chapter in the history of evolving South Asian regional politics and launched an international debate. The first joint strategic venture as a result of bilateral agreements signed in December, 2014 adds two hundred military personnel to strengthen the cooperative…
ContextA number of significant regional and global events suggest that we are entering a new phase of the global realignment, and the affairs surrounding the campaign against extremism are the heart of this flux. One such event is hardening of the Russian position on Syria and the breakdown of the US-Russia talks to reach an…
The recent launch of an indigenously-constructed Fleet Tanker at the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Ltd marked a significant milestone in the history of Pak-Turkey defence collaboration. These two countries have always enjoyed the most fraternal of ties and under its overarching warmth, cooperation at the military and more particularly the naval level has continued…
IntroductionAccording to the basic premise of neo-realism, a country employs all means fair or foul to maximise its burgeoning national interests and national security. In the very same way, the incumbent Indian government is bent on surreptitiously orchestrating attacks on the country’s well-guarded army and air bases so as to blame Pakistan for these disruptive…
While Indian political and military leadership is busy eating its words pertaining to surgical strikes, Pakistan’s response to escalation by India has been prudent and systemic. Starting from initial response by the foreign office and ISPR, Pakistani leadership utilized the last week in firming up its response. The week started with a meeting of all…
Suicide AttacksAt least 13 persons, including four lawyers and three Policemen, were killed and 41 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the entrance of District and Sessions Court in Mardan District on September 2, reports Dawn. The Jama’at-ul-Ahrar (JuA) claimed responsibility for the attack. District Police Officer (DPO) Mardan Faisal…
