Dear Readers, With the death of Osama bin Laden the world must start refocusing attention to building up Pakistan’s capacity to prevent and combat violent extremism. One of the underlying factors that have pushed Pakistan to the front line of the war on terrorism is the nexus between transnational crime, poverty, and terrorism. Perhaps no…
Any earthly reason why the Pakistani populace should be deprived of their legitimate right to hear (and witness) what is financially in store for them for the coming year? The Opposition has every right to protest using Parliamentary practices procedures (and language thereof), the modus operandi was abhorrent. The National Assembly floor is “Hallowed Ground”…
The Pokhran nuclear explosions by India on 11 and 13 May 1998 plunged Pakistan into a “damned if you will, damned if you don’t” crisis. The gloating rhetoric and venom flowing out of the BJP leadership than governing India was startling, if not altogether shocking. Clearly intent on rubbing our noses in the dirt, their…
Throughout the cold war the US projected communism as the greater threat to Pakistan’s existence than India. Both in 1965 and 1971, the US “tilted” more towards Pakistan than India, when the chips were down we did not manage to get much more than tea and sympathy. With sanctions imposed after the 1965 war on…
Towards the fag end of his unenviable military career, a representative of the Bush legacy Admiral Mike Mullen was recently overwhelmed by pre-retirement syndrome and though it fit to assume the title of supreme commander of the Pakistani armed forces while declaring it to the American media that Pakistan is about to launch an offensive…
No 32 Fighter Ground Attack Wing at Masroor was a large composite Unit, half of whose assets had been moved to the northern bases. What remained of the fighter units included No 19 Squadron with a healthy count of 26 F-86E/F [1]. No 9 Squadron moved in from Sargodha on 6 December with 7 F-104As,…
A Histrocial Perspective Balloons at WarWars fought over land and sea predates the recorded history of human civilization. The use of air, the third medium, for warfare however, is a comparatively recent phenomenon. While the maiden flight of a heavier than air (HVA) platform by the Wright brothers in 1903 has rightly been credited with…
Selection of First Native Army Chief in India and Pakistan ‘We cannot afford to confine Army appointments to persons who have excited no hostile comment in their careers …. This is a time to try men of force and vision and not to be exclusively confined to those who are judged thoroughly safe by conventional…
IntroductionPart I of this article has appeared on pages 48 to 54 in the April 2011 issue of DEFNECE JOURNAL. In Part II some of the major events from 1922 to 1941 are being highlighted in chronological order, as under: Re-organization – Indian RegimentsIn 1922 Army HQs ordered a complete re-organization of all the Indian…
(Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide Bombings13 persons, including a Policeman, were killed and more that 20 others were injured in an incident of suicide attack in Swabi town on March 30, reports Daily Times. According to security sources, the suicide bomber, riding a motorbike, blew himself up near…
