A flurry of activities about Afghanistan during the month of May, capped by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit, have, once again, brought this country under international focus. Former President Asif Zardari led his party delegation to Kabul, Commander United States Forces in Afghanistan General John F Campbell called on the Army Chief, General Raheel Sharif,…
A debate has been going on amongst political leaders, social media, civil society and veterans regarding the CPEC route. The controversy has set in after some maps were displayed showing the route passing through Lahore. To add to the confusion some of the PML-N ministers, mostly kept ignorant by their masters, said that it was…
Operation Decisive Strom led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its 10 coalition partners against the Shia sponsored and trained Houthi militants in Yemen is going through air strikes. Riyadh, Islamabad, Istanbul, Tehran and Cairo are very busy in the lengthy spells of diplomatic activities. Stakes of socio-economic bounties, geo-political superiority and geo-strategic maneuverings…
The Race towards NuclearizationPakistan’s quest for attaining nuclear weapons was solely driven by India. When ‘Buddha smiled’ in the Indian Pokhran in 1974, achieving nuclear weapons parity with its arch enemy for the beleaguered nation that had not yet fully recovered from the 1971 split became an obsession. There was across the board near unanimity…
Over the last few decades Pakistan has gone through a major paradigm shift, both within its strategic placement within the region and with its allies all over the globe. Some of the major breakthroughs that the country has experienced is its increased presence as the “Underdog” in world politics- as the key player in the…
On the invitation of Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan, President Mamnoon Hussain visited Azerbaijan in March this year. In order to further deepen bilateral relations through economic integration a delegation of businessmen representing leading companies of Pakistan in the field of energy, textile, pharmaceuticals, sports, infrastructure, construction material surgical instruments, food products, etc, etc also…
IntroductionWhile turmoil and anarchy in the Middle East can be attributed to the disunity among Arabs, the possibility of execution of well known Zionist plans to divide the Middle East in fragmented states cannot be ruled out. The “Bernard Lewis Plan” named after its architect Bernard Lewis, a specialist in ‘oriental studies’, the ‘history of…
IntroductionSeventy years ago I had joined 7/2 Punjab Regt (now part of the Indian Army) in Arakan (Burma). This was a newly raised battalion consisting of mostly young soldiers who had carried out only basic training. Even most of the senior NCSs had not participated in any battle, except some had experience of Frontier warfare….
“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…
