Over a 100 million TV viewers watched Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face-off in the first of three US Presidential debates in the evening of Monday, Sept 26. The build-up had been extraordinary, igniting huge emotions for and against the candidates. My friend Frank Neuman, vociferously Republican and therefore pro-Trump, summarized the expectations to be…
Indian hostility and belligerency have brought its relations with Pakistan to its lowest ebb for many years. The recent killing of Kashmiri youth Burhan Wani, sparked the worst violence in Kashmir in six years. Blaming the protests on Pakistan. Indian troops, mostly Hindu soldiers from Mizoram, Nagaland and other eastern states, killed more than 100…
Dear Readers, With tensions running high, relations between Pakistan and India are entering crisis mode over the killing spree of civilians in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK), Indian proxy groups and RAW agents fomenting chaos in Pakistan, the farcical “surgical strike” by India and the Uri incident that India is using to whip anti- Pakistani frenzy…
Despite having no credible evidence to support its farce of a “surgical strike,” India tried to get away with this blatant falsehood, mainly to impress its own population but also the international community. Indian commentators and defence analysts duly extolled this “tremendous” achievement, warning Pakistan that “years of turning the other cheek” was now a…
Three years after Alexander the Great aborted his invasion of South Asia east of the Indus around 321 BC, Hindu philosopher, economist and jurist named Chanakhya (also called Kautilya) wrote the “Arthashastra”. Written in Sanskrit it is the oldest treatise in the world on statecraft and issues of diplomacy, war and peace, intelligence, espionage, etc….
Altaf Hussain has an unenviable record of stirring up violence by remote control from London. More than any other leader in our chequered history, he is adept at playing the politics of dead bodies, whether of his follower and innocents is immaterial to him. The speed of the mob’s reaction on August 22 in such…
PreambleEconomic development thrives in a climate of tranquility while industry shies away from areas of conflict because battlegrounds are not synonymous with good industrial environment. While “power flows through the barrel of a gun”, one must also accept that “peace depends upon the power that flows through the barrel of a gun.” While peace has…
Dear Readers, Under the able leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah the Muslims of India attained a separate homeland, Pakistan. Millions sacrificed their lives, homes and hearth and marched towards their new home brimming with renewed hope for a better life and their dreams being fulfilled, but having to begin new life in adverse circumstances the…
Pakistan came into being in 1947 as the first ideological state founded on the basis of religion (followed closely by Israel). Separated by 1000 miles of an implacable foe’s territory, the common bond of Islam bringing different races and cultures from the two wings of the country together represented the finest experiment in nationhood of…
Attempting to justify his many self-granted extensions, Gen Pervez Musharraf started a needless controversy campaigning for an extension almost a year before Gen Raheel Shareef’s three year term as COAS was over in Nov 2016. Describing “speculation about extension in service of the COAS as baseless,” DG ISPR Lt Gen Asim Salim Bajwa quoted Raheel…
