“What has to be done for the country has to be done”. Major General Naseerullah Khan Babar In 1922, Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College (RIMC) was established at Dehra Dun to provide education to Indians mirroring British public schools. RIMC was established to provide education and training to Indian boys to qualify them…
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif must be extremely relieved that Pakistan’s parliament voted unanimously on Friday 10 April not to send troops in support of Saudi Arabia’s military operation in Yemen. While Saudi Arabia will not be pleased with that outcome, the parliamentarians’ decision was a wise one. This was a difficult decision for the Pakistan…
Along Karachi’s coast the construction of two additional 1,100 MW generation III AP 1000 nuclear power plants (KANUPP II & III) is under way. Earlier this month, experts form International Atomic Energy (IAEA) completed the key Generic Reactor Safety Review (GRSR) of these nuclear reactors. These Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) are capable of generating 1100…
Economic sustainability and political stability were the two main issues in the recently held presidential elections 2015 in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The voters rightly elected Islam Karimov for his miraculous socio-economic achievements in the past years. National security, societal harmony, continuation of financial and banking reforms also remained under serious consideration of the voters….
Immersed in turmoil for various reasons ever since the Arab Spring started with Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation in Tunisia on Dec 18, 2010, separating the permutations and combinations of allies and foes in the Middle East given any country or sub-region is mind-boggling. Beset with multiple crises ourselves, mostly of our own making, we are desperately…
Not many people would have heard the word ‘optimism’ in Afghanistan but this is changing now. In a country where transfer of power has rarely been peaceful, the country survived a month long political crisis over a presidential election that was marred by fraud. With a new political order being installed the people are now…
In Pakistan, whether in cricket or politics merit is a disqualifier. Just before the ICC World Cup our regular opener Muhammad Hafeez sustained an injury, he could have stayed on, missing possibly one game only, but he was packed off post-haste so that Nasir Jamshed could be rushed in to take his place. In the…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide AttacksA suicide bomber, identified as Mohammad Asif, denoted his vest when Security Forces (SFs) arrested him while he was travelling in a bus on Main Grand Trunk (GT) Road near Rawalpindi District on January 20, reports Dawn. Earlier it was reported that a Police constable, identified as Shahid, was injured…
This article is my attempt to recount some aspects of our father’s career as a soldier, a leading Geo Political authority & expert and above all, a most passionate and patriotic Pakistani and some aspects of his personal life. He was born on 24 December 1921 in Karnal, East Punjab to Mir Khaslat Hussain and…
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…
