“Possession of sea power Increases a country’s prestige, security and influence. Weakness at sea loads to political and strategic blunders.” Pakistan Navy (PN) has come a long way from a developingstage to a credible medium-sizenaval power, fully capablein all dimensions to fulfill its national obligations. Particularly securing lifeline of sea-borne trade on which Pakistan depends…
COVID-19 PROLIFERATION Corona virus (SARS-CoV-2) had caught the whole humanity unprepared, it had first engulfed Italy but this country did not publicize it. This unprecedented infection had appeared in the food market of WUHAN (China) on 31 December 2019. Then it impacted almost the entire Planet Earth except ANTARCTICA with unimaginable speed. The human perception…
In December 2020, the 5th Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Gwadar, which includes representatives of multiple Ministries from Pakistan and their counterparts in the Chinese Government, reviewed the progress of up-gradation of Gwadar and showed satisfaction over the pace of projects. Gwadar, even though challenges still remain, remains a point of mighty potential…
As GCC allies get back to normalcy, there are dozens of questions that go unanswered The Arabian Gulf has for long been a clientele region for the United States. Washington’s supremacy and diktat are the order of the day, and excluding Iran all have fallen in line. The rupture of ties between Qatar and its…
As the Trump presidency enters its final weeks, it is time to reflect on the profound changes that his tenure has brought around the world. Donald Trump will leave an indelible mark on the global community which has become more racist, more inequitable, more nationalistic, and less compassionate over the past four years. To understand…
The recent developments in the global and regional arena are troublesome and could be dangerous. They require careful attention from our policy makers on how to maneuver Pakistan’s foreign policy and military strategy from a strategic positioning standpoint. There are certain deliberate attempts from the western bloc to pursue a containment-of-China policy in order to…
Four years ago Trump was an outsider, nobody believed he would get enough votes to win. Hillary Clinton seemed a sure winner being a member of the inner circle of US democracy, not really taken as a challenge Trump was allowed to run undisturbed without the detailed scrutiny every candidate for high office gets. Touching…
A project of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) Network Agreement was signed on 10 November 2006, by seventeen Asian nations to build a transcontinental railway network between Europe and Pacific ports in China. Planned to cater for enormous increase in international trade between Eurasian nations…
The year 2020 demanded the utmost of all individuals locally and governments globally. In that perspective Pakistan has not done badly, much better than neighbouring countries including India. With a population in daily wagers Imran Khan recognised that the hard-lockdown policies followed by other countries would be fatal, people would die of hunger instead of…
Pakistan’s nuclear program in the presence of New Delhi-Islamabad rivalry cannot simply be studied without understanding the role of United States in South Asia. The American involvement in the subcontinent initiated from the British colonial retreat when an international wave of decolonization created Pakistan parallel to declaring India as an independent state. Further political developments…
