IntroductionThe principle of Time and Space helps timely concentration of a force and thus surprise is achieved for eventual success. The AJNADIN Battle (30 July 634) is a brilliant example of Time and Space and timely concentration principles applied by the Arab commander for achieving a resounding success against a well armed army that was…
Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) is space over land or water within which identification, location, and routing of aircrafts are controlled and it is enforced by a state in the interest of security and safety. While ADIZs usually extend into what is universally acknowledged to be international airspace, even by the countries that maintain them,…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide BombingsAt least three people were killed and 30 others were injured in a suicide attack targeting Shia pilgrims in the Akhtarabad area of provincial capital Quetta on January 1, reports Dawn. Police said a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the bus carrying Shia pilgrims who were coming from…
People of the Republic of Azerbaijan celebrate January 20 as the day of martyrs every year. On January 20, the people of Azerbaijan tend to mark the tragedy of Black January and pay tribute to its martyrs. But they also commemorate the achievements in the years since as an independent nation, and acknowledge that January…
BackgroundIn 1998 both India and Pakistan abandoned their ‘bomb in the basement’ policy and exploded multiple nuclear devices to announce their formal entry into the nuclear weapons club. Knowledgeable nuclear experts had then predicted that eventually the two would be involved in a nuclear arms race where production and integration of tactical nuclear weapons in…
Terrorists use diverse attack tactics to hit their targets across Pakistan but their reliance on targeted killings increased in 2012. The issue was directly linked to easy access to illicit weapons and according to an estimate 20 million illegal weapons are in circulation in Pakistan.1 The proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALWs) in…
Wow, a Shaykh ul-Islam who attracts populace with his thunderous socio-political oratory and a religious doctrine! Wow, a revolution through a mass public movement supported by a Cricketer Tsunami Khan! But wait …… and let us think this through in the context of Pakistan’s checkered political history and ambiguities over the decades, its ongoing internal…
There has been talk of raising a new Counter Terrorism Force for combating the rising level of organized crime, terrorism and lawlessness in Pakistan. Let us have a look at a previous experiment. The Federal Security Force (FSF) was disbanded by the Martial Law Authorities soon after the 1977 coup. It was construed as a…
It is a sorry state of affairs that since the beginning of 2014, hardly a day has passed without a terrorist event of one type or another. Widespread incidents of violence, of all hues, in Pakistan’s urban centres signify the challenges confronting the federal and provincial governments in restoring law and order. Taliban’s trajectory is…
Our major problem is that we cannot seem to separate Counter-insurgency (CI) operations from Counter-terrorism (CT). Terrorism is more urban- based, insurgency normally operates mainly in rural areas. With great sacrifice CI has been a resounding success, a CT policy does finally exist now but it is yet to be translated into reality. Contrast the…
