had aspired for a US$ 12 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it got only 50 percent. And out of this US$ 5.8 billion will shortly be recycled to IMF as repayment of its earlier loans. Pakistan’s economic managers will have hard time prioritizing the usage of remaining US$200 million! Technically one…
As the worldview shifts from Euro-Atlantic to Indo-Pacific, the Indian strategic thought reiterates to align its maritime security with that of what Alfred Mahan has asserted “whoever controls the Indian ocean will dominate Asia; the destiny of the world will be decided on its waters.” The evolution in the Indian naval doctrine asserts towards maximizing…
India often believes that Pakistan lives under the shadow of its superior military prowess. Boasting on numerical ascendency, India looks at Pakistan through the lens of, what I call, “perpetuated grandiosity” i.e. reducing Pakistan and its military capability to an “incapacitated flutter’. This estimation is rooted deep in the Indian strategic community’s belief that India’s…
The US and Afghan Taliban negotiators wrapped up their latest round of marathon peace talks on March 12 with “real strides” made but no agreement on a timetable for troop withdrawal, the US special envoy Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said. He divulged that the next step would be discussions in Washington, adding that “there is no…
Pakistan has always been an ardent supporter of regional peace and collaborative security. As a torch bearer of this unflinching resolve, Pakistan Navy is spearheading numerous initiatives, and conduct of series of Multinational Maritime Exercise AMAN is one of the quantum leaps towards the fulfillment of this shared vision along with global partners. Pakistan Navy…
BJP is following a systematic approach to push Indian Muslims against the wall. From symbolic to substantial, countless items are part of strategy too box. From beef ban to not fielding a single Muslim candidate in state elections of the Uttar Pradesh point towards the same objective to deprive Muslims of their legitimate political, economic…
“Peace cannot be kept by force: it can only be achieved by understanding.” -Albert Einstein The true essence of the above quote lies in the fact that the very person who unlocked the most forceful weapon mankind has ever witnessed advocated peace through understanding which compels us to establish it as a reality of life….
United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Pakistan value their friendship and fraternal ties based on brotherhood, mutual respect and deep-rooted cultural affinities and identity of interests have continued to move from strength to strength since inception. UAE and Pakistan are bound by common threads to their religious and cultural values and their strong historical relations are…
Pakistan is blessed with the most abundant of geological resources and its geostrategic position makes it one of the most influential countries in the region, yet, as there is always a flip side to the equation and autonomy in water resources is not one of them. By far, among the most critical threats to the…
❝It is now necessary, more than ever, to encourage a recouping and rethinking of the United States’ approach to China Half a century since President Nixon’s determination to establish strong U.S. China relations, it has become evident that Washington has been too confident about their influence on China’s global path way. Free traders, financial analysts,…
