it will be a privilege to publish letters from readers about articles about article written in previous issues or giving suggestions. No letter will be printed which indulges in personalized attacks or is meaningless in the Context of DJ. Dear Sir, In view of the prevailing situation in the country I am constrained to submit…
Bomb AttacksFour security personnel were killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion in Surali area, some10 kilometers from Sui town of Dera Bugti District, on Janaury1, reports Daily Times. According to sources, a paramilitary troop vehicle was on routine patrol in Sui, when it hit a landmine planted by unidentified militants, killing four…
For war was not just a military campaign but also a parable. There were lessons of camaraderie and beauty and inscrutable fate. There were lessons of honor and courage; of compassion and sacrifice. And then there was the saddest lesson to be learned again and again. That war is corrupting. That it corrodes the soul…
We are at a turning point in human history. Human culture had evolved in a comfortable period beginning 12,000 year ago known as the Holocene period. All our culture was built on the assumption that the Holocene will continue, with its relatively mild global climate. But we have already left the Holocene and have entered…
Balochistan is under tremendous squeeze. Internal weaknesses have encouraged the external actors to play their provocative and disruptive role. From a behind the scene role covered under the smoke screen of denials, these actors have now picked up the courage to come to fore openly. Pakistan’s reaction has been quite appropriate. Two demarches’ to the…
“The only statement I care to make about the PROTOCOLS is that they fit in with what is going on. They are sixteen years old, and they have fitted the world situation up to this time. THEY FIT IT NOW.” [Henry Ford- 1921] An OverviewZionist wants to take over your government, the Jews want to…
After the March 05 meeting with President Barrack Obama, Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu feels free to attack and bomb Iran’s nuclear installations. US Officials believe that President Obama’s official and private acknowledgement of the Jewish states sovereign right to defend itself (against Irans threats) was a crucial gain for Israel to deter Tehran. Benjamin…
Radio TaxA parliamentary committee has recommended imposition of 2% Radio Tax on every recharge of the mobile phones and Rs. 30,000 to 40,000 on the purchase of new cars. It will make the PBC self reliant and stand on its own feet, says the committee. What a self reliance, one wonders, if it has to…
IntroductionDuring my service I had occasion to experience some invisible and mysterious power that some have dismissed with incredulous looks and smiles. For the interest of our learned readers I am appending below some events and leave judgment to them. Whose blood was that?During 1979 I was granted commission and posted to the battalion of…
Carey Schofield’s book on Pakistan army is another addition to the work done on Pakistan army. Carey was given unprecedented access by then Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and President General Pervez Mussharraf. She made several trips to Pakistan over five years time period and was given access to several senior generals and visited many…
