The debate of counter-proliferation and counter-terrorism in the age of globalization or twenty-first century have direly influenced Pakistan’s mainstream policies. The leading architectures of national security strategy are trying to address the internal and external security threats while chalking out a comprehensive plan for surviving in the regional crisis or the Great South Asia War….
Economics of UAE-Pakistan bilateral relations is based on a strategic partnership owing to which both countries have been assisting each other in different sectors of survival and production in the past. Both the countries enjoy extremely well bilateral, political and economic ties and these would be strengthened further. Under UAE’s Pakistan Assistance Program, 165 projects…
The introduction of every new major weapon requires reorganization of the army. The use of the machine gun in the First World War resulted in new organization. On the eve of the Great war, the British army had one machine gun section of two guns with each infantry and cavalry regiment. In October 1915 the…
South Asian political history under an intense competition between India and Pakistan has always been a problematic picture in international relations. The hegemonic desires of New Delhi forced its Hindu leadership to establish strategic connection with extra-regional powers which cannot only help India in asserting its offensive capabilities but also help it in enhancing its…
When US President Donald Trump announced his policy to shift the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the divided Muslim world awoke from its deep slumber and issued its faint disproval to the decision. Since 1969, the so-called Muslim Ummah has failed to extend meaningful support to the hapless Palestinians for acquiring their inalienable…
Suicide bombings/attacks Six civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and 17 others injured in a suicide attack targeting the Frontier Corps (FC) troops in the Sariab Road area in Quetta District on November 25, reports Daily times. Balochistan Home Minister (HM) Sarfaraz Bugti confirmed that the FC vehicle was the target of blast,…
Despite crude threats by the United States, the comity of nations expressed over-whelming global sentiment in favour of the Palestinian people through 129-8 UN General Assembly resolution. The Middle East is entering the culminating phase of post-Cold War American vision about this region Israel pliant Middle East. Trump’s announcement of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital…
Alongwith one of my platoons, radio operator and runner, I was hugging the bottom of a steep ridge with Marri militants firing down at us on Dec 30, 1973 a few miles west of Kahan. The Marris thought we were trapped, their bullets were ricocheting 10-12 feet away from us, luckily for us they had…
Dear Readers, As the sun set for the last time in 2017, we stepped into the new year with renewed hope of better things to come. While the challenges and opportunities of the new year will prove to be historically momentous, we must take some time to ponder where we stand today. 2017 was an…
