The Lethal Autonomous Weapon System (LAWS) notion explains the technologically advanced military systems capable of working independently to search and engage targets based on a specific description that is linked to a computerized program. These automated weapon systems or digitally programmed armaments can carry military operations in space, land, water, underwater and air. So, LAWS’s…
The RSS-BJP government in India is facing serious problems. Its economy is likely to contract by 9 percent of its GDP due to mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic. It has faced a humiliating military defeat from China in the form of an unconditional abdication of its politico-military objectives and surrender of over 1000 square kilometers…
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, former Prime Minster of Afghanistan visited Pakistan from October 19 to 21, ostensibly to seek cooperation for reduction in violence. Reduction in violence is the latest American buzz word that implies Taliban should stop fighting while the Afghan National Security Forces and the US led occupation forces should keep brow beating Taliban with…
On September 11th, 2020 Donald Trump announced another breakthrough in his diplomatic stance of supporting Israel. Bahrain’s King Hamad formally recognized Israel and established diplomatic relations in a ceremony in the White House. Netanyahu posed as the victor and Trump gave clues that possibly nine other nations would join the regime of normalizing ties with…
“And verily We have raised in every nation a messenger, (proclaiming): Serve Allah and shun false gods. After that, Allah guided some of them while deviation proved true against the others….”(Qur’an;16:36) Introduction: The root of affirmation of ‘Islamic Faith’ is based on the conviction upon unity of God (Allah) (Tawheed). The six ‘Articles of Faith’…
The term surveillance capitalism explains the notion of an updated economic system in the digital world where various data modification techniques attract the corporate sector from different corners of the world. The leading corporate sectors of different states start using various individuals’ data belonging to a specific country or specific community for profit-making purpose. Under…
President Donald Trump is desperate for inking an early agreement with the Afghan Taliban, on the edge are his Nobel Peace Prize and second Presidential term. Taliban are in no hurry, in their calculus, a decade or two here and there do not matter. The stakes of Afghanistan’s peace talks are extremely high. Failure, said…
Pakistan has been plagued with child abuse, rape and sexual assault cases for years and yet nothing much of substance has been done to curtail this social degeneration! The recent episode being the rape of a woman driving late at night with her three children from Lahore to Gujranwala. Her car ran out of fuel…
PROLOGUE Climate change has become a global phenomenon. The United Nations (UN) has constituted Inter Governmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) and 155 countries have signed the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). Climate change is mainly manifested by global warming, an issue about which the UN is extremely conscious about and is actively engaged…
Quite clearly, the inadequacy of IAF’s Su-30MKI and MiG-29 twin-engine fighters in the air superiority role led to the decision to acquire the Rafale, ostensibly a more modern and capable multi-role fighter. While both Russian fighters are highly maneuverable in a visual dogfight, as evidenced in several IAF exercises with RAF Typhoons and USAF F-15s,…
