Throughout Pakistan’s history, regardless of political chaos, wars with India, USSR and terrorism, there was an unshaken bond between the people of Pakistan and our armed forces. Due to this strong bond Pakistan came out of many severe challenges successfully. The challenge of 5th generation hybrid warfare with guerrilla tactics, using Afghan soil against Pakistan,…
The Saudi-Iranian rapprochement has always remained an impracticable concept in the politics of the Muslim world, where the governments of both states have developed extremely incompatible and contrasting stands against each other. Both states developed strict competing behaviors and translated their competition into hostile diplomatic interactions. The diplomatic hostility between Iran and Saudi Arabia is…
The bi-annual naval exercise, Pakistan Aman 23, has again communicated to the world Pakistan’s vision for keeping the South Asian oceanic politics peaceful and stable in terms of evolving regional power politics of a nuclearized subcontinent. This naval exercise aims to promote regional cooperation, enhance interoperability among participating navies, and foster peace and stability in…
Ever increasing terrorism activities, check. A hapless security apparatus, check. Economic meltdown, check. Luckless population at the mercy of wolves, check. Major stakeholders blaming each other, check. Into the abyss, check! “Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you”. Nietzsche’s quote…
The popular view of the global audience about the Ukraine War is faulty at best. This war is being pinned on Putin as a source of all evil and the Western media is hyping the narrative against Russia, posing it as an expansionist, imperialist, and oppressive force that is killing innocent Ukrainians, but the truth…
So tell the tale — perhaps they will reflect. [Koran 7:176] Islam and ImanIn the hadith of Gabriel, the Prophet said that faith was “that you have faith in God, His angels, His books, His prophets, and the Last Day, and that you have faith in the measuring out, both its good and its evil.”…
Pakistan Navy just concluded Aman 2023 naval exercises with multinational naval participation. Naval vessels, aircraft, special operation forces, marines, and sailors from around 50 countries participated in the five-day multinational exercise hosted by the Pakistan Navy in the Arabian Sea. The eighth edition of the naval exercise, called AMAN 23, was held from February 10…
In modern research, it is often said that the hardest part of creating knowledge lies in reaching the right question. If the questions are correct, the answers are fairly convenient to find with the right amount of resources. One of the most essential questions that has been asked over and over again is what causes…
Impossible Mission Force – to the uninitiated, IMF, can stand for that! Nevertheless, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a crucial cog in the global financial system. Love it or hate it, it is here to stay. Although the IMF and World Bank came about as part of the Bretton Woods accord after World War…
So tell the tale — perhaps they will reflect. [Koran 7:176] The ShariahThe Five Pillars are the basic practices of Islam. They are relevant to every Muslim, though it may happen that many people never have to pay zakat or do not make the Hajj because their personal circumstances make it impossible for them to…
