Dear Readers, One of the most tragic chapters in Pakistan’s history is its dismemberment in 1971 leading to the creation of Bangladesh. While the trauma of partition may now be behind us, stories of 1971 still raise hackles among those who lived through that era. Among many, one factor that led to the separation, not with…
Those persons who by choice and design wish to remain distant, remote or withdrawn, from friends, colleagues, or even family are recognised as being aloof. The aloofness can also be induced by inherent shyness or it can be tactical move not to let any person intrude into personal space. Regardless of where it stems from,…
Are we at the cusp of all out war? Has Trump nicely and truly brought us to the precipice of global destruction? How did we come to this and what should we do? In the annals of Middle East politics, July 2015 was a watershed moment. This is when Iran and a six nation negotiating…
The National Crime Agency leads the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime, protecting the public by targeting and pursuing those criminals who pose the greatest risk to the UK. Founded in 2013 with its Headquarters in London, the NCA is fighting crime; human, weapon and drug trafficking; cybercrime; and economic crime, this includes…
Bomb/ IED Explosions One Policeman, identified as Tariq, was injured on October 25 in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast near the Police van in Hathyala area of Dera Ismail Khan City (Dera Ismail Khan District), reports Pakistan Today. Police sources said the blast occurred near the van of Elite Force who are on their…
Introduction The United States and the Taliban have held some rounds of talks with the objectives to bring about a lasting deal in Afghanistan; so far, no meaningful progress has been made. In the last few days, two major meet-ups have taken place in Beijing and Moscow in order to build upon the impetus generated…
American government is known for churning out country reports for furthering political objectives, which at times have nothing to do with the subject matter of such reports. Depending upon requirement, such reports are reversed engineered, the objective of the report is defined first and then data is cherry picked to fill in the content that…
During the last couple of years Pakistani judges and lawyers have increasingly drawn the attention of the public to their profession and conduct. Starting from the early days of Pakistan’s existence at a time when the state of Pakistan was young and vulnerable the judiciary has been justifying military take-overs and rulers with the ‘doctrine…
Babri mosque is a long-standing political, historical and socio-religious dispute. India’s Supreme Court recently declared a landmark verdict thwarting Muslim claims to the site where in a 1992 Hindu mob led by BJP activists destroyed the 491 years old Babri Mosque that had been built by the first Moghul ruler Babur in 1528. Hindus were…
Geopolitical changes during the last decades coming with such speed require our security personnel to remain abreast with the changed situation and acquire clarity about the possible consequences for Pakistan. The ongoing globalization has confirmed that there has never been any physical separation of Europe from Asia and the Ural Mountains and Caucasus have rather…
