Context While the Pakistan-India tensions are known to flare up occasionally, the present one over the February 14 Pulwama incident has calmed down for the time being. However, in the absence of any political dialogue related to Kashmir, there is likely to be a next episode. Most assessments of the incident have examined the conflagration…
In the early hours of March 15, 2019 Brigadier (R) Asad Munir committed suicide. In his suicide note, he mentioned harassment by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Thus, extinguished the flicker of light of a fine officer and gentleman. I have known Asad for about ten years when in 2009 he contacted me. A few…
Explaining Islam in Brief Once Shaikh Ali Tantawi asked his students the following question: “If a non-Muslim asks you to explain all about Islam in an hour, what you would do?” This is how they responded: “That: would be impossible! He would have to study the principle of the Oneness of God, commentaries on the…
Introduction The currently implemented education system of Pakistan has reached to its final limits and it is now bound to be changed. One of the biggest practical issue in this system is that, the system is producing 16 years old fully grown-up boy/ girl who does not know how to survive in this world even…
Azerbaijan has been striving hard to get back its illegally occupied areas from Armenia. Nagorno-Karabakh has been swinging between circles of hope and despair for many visible reasons and invisible compulsions. 27 years have passed but still chances of its resolution appear remote. Although it has been decades since the massacre took place, those responsible…
In the wake of hostilities in Rann of Kutch, the PAF Air Headquarters decided to review its war plans as the threat of a wider conflagration loomed. Though the PAF and the IAFC-in-Cs had tacitly agreed not to use their air forces in Kutch which was a bizarre arrangement worked out over a phone call…
The 8th edition of the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF) was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah that took place at the Expo Centre Sharjah on March 20-21, 2019. Sharjah Forum 2019 The Sharjah forum asserted that the responsibility of…
For countries such as Pakistan that are at the forefront of the war on terror, insurgency and terrorism are hotly debated concepts. Although there are varying approximations of the number of lives lost during this period, a conservative estimate suggests that over 60,000 Pakistani souls have perished. That is a heavy and unfortunate price to…
Over the past few months, more parties with interest in defense/security concerns have become acquainted with the terminology and context of the emergence of hybrid warfare, which has now gained much traction as the key buzzword explaining Pakistan’s security challenges, particularly with regards to the Indian situation. Literature, discussions and conferences on the subject focus…
As I am writing these lines an extra ordinary session of OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) is in progress on 22nd of March. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is attending this important session in Istanbul. Turkey, being the OIC Summit Chair, has called upon holding an emergency meeting to discuss the increasing violence based…
