Aman 2017

Pakistan is located adjacent to the most important maritime trade routes such as the Straits of Hormuz and Bab Almandab. Not only these two choke points, but its connection with Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba made it lot more visible for global Navies and especially for Pakistan Navy In terms of its naval…

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Palestine Focus

Excluding rarities, the Palestine policy of successive US administrations have been erratic, ambiguous and, may be mischievous, aimed at maintaining status quo. No serious efforts have been made to reconcile the operational level contradictions of this policy. Though halfhearted diplomatic efforts were launched with pomp and show by most of the administrations, these were crookedly…

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Shamsheer-e-Bahr VI and Future Warfare

Pakistan Navy’s biennial exercise Shamsheer-e-Bahr started during the last week of July and concluded in August 16. The exercise is a major conceptual undertaking and extends for nearly seven weeks. It is founded on contemporary and prospective maritime security threats and challenges confronting Pakistan. The exercise enables Pakistan Navy to abstract possible response options to…

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Employing Aggressive

Diplomacy is the art of conducting negotiations between countries or state representatives regarding issues like peace-making in a conflict zone, mutual trade, war, economics, culture, environment, human rights, international treaties, etc. Informally, diplomacy means effective employment of tactics to achieve strategic advantages or to find mutually acceptable solutions to a common challenge. This article will…

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A Complex Relationship

The inaugural meeting of the Pak-Afghan Joint Technical Working Group was held in Kabul on July 26 under a recently set-up consultation mechanism for coordination on border management and related security “to discuss issues related to border security and joint fight against terrorism on both sides of the Durand Line,” said a brief statement issued…

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Kashmir burns again

All through the across-the-board observance of Black Day, the entire nation demonstrated its solidarity with the suffering Kashmiris in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). The cause of the Kashmiri people enjoys across the board national support under cutting all sorts of divides. Horrendous episode of martyrdom of innocent Kashmiri brethren at the hands of Indian security…

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