Editor’s Note Lt Gen Tahir Mahmud Qazi, HI(M), (Retd) William Shakespeare in his play, “Twelfth Night” wrote; “Be not afraid of greatness, some are born great, some achieve greatness and others have greatness thrust upon them…..” And this is exactly what happened to Brig Z.A. Khan; all three came in the same order. Born in…
ContextWhen laying out the master plan for Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China must have grappled with two strategic considerations. One, what would a potential future conflict with US, or more generally with the West, mean for its security and economic interests. Second, how it would secure the energy needs if the strategic sea pathways,…
The relaunch ceremony of the book ‘The Way It Was’ was organized to commemorate the distinguished Alam Brothers, a group of remarkable individuals. All nine of them had served in the armed forces, boasting illustrious careers as soldiers. The keynote speaker for the event was the book’s editor, Lt Gen (Retd) Tahir Mehmood Qazi. Special…
South Asian regional politics have become one of the few gravitational points of international academic debates due to the multileveled, conflicted India-Pakistan interaction under the nuclear shadows. The leading circles of international strategic communities always remained active in expressing varying opinions on the evolving New Delhi-Islamabad strategic competition and the spill-over effects of this competition…
‘The Way It Was’ is an autobiography by Brigadier (Retired) Zahir Alam Khan, a former officer in the Pakistan Army. He offers readers a gripping journey through his distinguished career in the Pakistan Army. Spanning from his initiation as a cadet in 1950 to his honourable retirement in 1986, Khan’s autobiography provides an intimate window…
Suicide BombingsAt least nine soldiers were killed and 20 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up on a military convoy in Mali Khel area of Jani Khel in Bannu District on August 31, reports The Khorasan Diary. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), among the nine soldiers included…
Please tell us something about your early life? In the terms of today my early life would be considered exciting and interesting. My father belonged to the Survey of India whose job was to make maps of the un-mapped regions of India, in the thirties, parts of the Central Province and Orissa, now in India…
The book “The Way it Was”, written by Brig Zaheer Alam Khan, (ZA to family and friends), recounts a raw, no holds barred account of a Pakistan Army officer’s life. Among the nine brothers who have served in the Pakistan Armed Forces, he commended the Special Services Group (SSG) unit during the harrowing events of…
The Information War has greatly sidelined the Pakistan Army as the biggest counter against terrorist movements in the region of South East Asia. As media units must update themselves to dwell at length about terrorist movements, one wonders how the good fight would be fought sitting abroad, through disseminated information. Although western democracies are averse…
“A school friend from Lawrence College (1958-1962), Afzal Ghani Barq of Ferozsons gave Rs 5,000 towards his 33 percent share, he said this was a vote of confidence in me. He said he would not give anymore, but would in return not take anything from the company, in the form of profits or the value…
