‘Being a friend of the United States was like living on the banks of a great river. The soil is wonderfully fertile, but every four or eight years the river changes course, and you may find yourself alone in a desert’. General Muhammad Zia ul Haq to William Casey 1983 quoted in John E. Persico’s…
It remains unclear if BJP can scrap the special status Kashmir has enjoyed for over fifty years by deleting articles 35A and 370 from the Indian Constitution and if so, can such fundamental change legally be introduced into the basic Law of the Land by just a Presidential Order without a vote in favour by…
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Abstract On May 29, 2019 Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley Jr., who is the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) claimed that “Russia has likely been secretly carrying out very low-yield nuclear tests to upgrade its nuclear arsenal”. This opens a new pandora box for global security and potentially destabilize strategic stability with direct impact…
Baluchistan is Pakistan’s province of superlatives: the largest province, it is the most neglected province in terms of infrastructure development, education etc. but also the richest province in terms of natural resources including the world largest copper and gold reserves. These reserves will play an important role in Baluchistan’s and Pakistan’s development if and when…
With most of the leading opposition leaders in jail now for corruption, nepotism, money-laundering, and even drug smuggling, etc., the second and third tier party leaders are taking the stage. With this the resultant tenor is becoming rougher and more. With no hope of the masses turning out in numbers in the streets, other means…
PTI’s electoral victory in the last election has not been accepted by the political opposition parties in Pakistan. Calling the elections ‘rigged’ and the PM ‘selected’ is the political opposition’s way to undermine Imran Khan’s creditability and that of his government. This despite the fact that no rigging has been proven. This simple gesture of acknowledging…
Suicide Bombings Police on May 30 shot dead an alleged suicide bomber when he attempted to gain entry into Nasirul Aza Imambargah (Shia place of worship) in the Mecongi road area of Quetta, reports Dawn. According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Abdul Razzaq Cheema, a Policeman was also injured when the bomber, reportedly…
The Republic of Uzbekistan has been initiating various diversified but integrated reforms in the country since 2016. H.E. Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of Uzbekistan introduced many result oriented reforms in every sector of macro-economy, exports, investments, foreign trade, currency management and tourism which has now stabilized its current status of one of the leading economies in…
Former President of Egypt Muhammad Morsi collapsed on June 17 just after having addressed the court. Speaking from the glass cage he was kept in during court sessions, he had warned that he had “many secrets” he could reveal, a judicial official said. In earlier court sessions he used to give angry speeches until judges…
