Brief Historical Overview Traditional invaders on Indian sub-continent civilization always arrived from either Central Asia or from Arabian Gulf side. The nature of invasions in terms of objectives were varying from ruler’s rivalry to expansionism mindset of conquerors like Muslim Abbasid conquest, Mahmoud Ghaznavi, Genghis Khan, Delhi Turkic Sultanate, Mughal Empire and finally the British…
Brief Overview of the Situation The recent move on Kashmir by Modi and his fascist BJP/ RSS Regime has changed the security landscape of the region. The said landscape was mostly at a stalemate level for many decades because previous Indian regimes never touched the special status of Kashmir that was given as a result…
The CPEC project once again came in lime light during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to United States. It was evident that there was some confusion and perhaps rivalry and all sort of other reasons why Pakistan was not able to cash out its important geographical location. Anyhow, amazingly president Trump was convinced regarding the…
The couple of attacks recently in Baluchistan left the Pakistani nation in pain and extreme anger due to the targeted killing of Hazara community members along with the Ormara massacre that resulted in 14 people dead on the coastal highway. An alliance of three banned militant groups the so-called Balochistan Liberation Front, Balochistan Republican Army…
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…
The recent visit of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to Pakistan with a big economic package worth $20 bn is considered as a game changer in regional politics. This was the second beigest gesture after Chinese President Xi’s visit in 2015 and announcing of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The Saudi-Pakistan relationship, which has been traditionally…
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is progressing at full speed regardless of whatever is happening within Pakistan’s politics or around the region. Initially there were many hurdles, some were intentionally created in order to detract this great project from its original worth, but it is highly commendable that the ruling establishment of both China and…
As elaborated in previous writings, the foreign policy subject is tough, enormously challenging and sometimes risky business when it comes to addressing the interstate relations and play around in the very thin area of maneuvering. In that context, table diplomacy is the effective art for avoiding wars and conflicts and this is accomplished by negotiation,…
It is always said that table diplomacy is the effective art for avoiding wars and conflicts. If table diplomacy fails then the decision will always be made in battle grounds. In this scenario, each country has its own priorities in regards to foreign policy and diplomacy influenced domain since the creation of nation states after…
Former Interior Minister Ch. Nisar Ali khan mentioned many times about an ongoing conspiracy against Pakistan since past few years from regional and distant enemies. Although he didn’t elaborate much regarding the nature of that conspiracy but the level of the seriousness and confidentiality was such that only a few people had knowledge of such…
