Pakistan’s Air Power

Pakistan Air Force Today PAF is well on the way to modernization of its fleet to the so-called 4+ generation of fighters, though half of it still includes F-7P/PG (Chinese derivatives of the early model MiG-21F) and Mirage III/5 that first flew in the mid-fifties. The Mirages have had a long service in PAF, which…

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Post-Corona International System

The spread of the viral disease covid-19 internationally has been recognised as a global crisis under an international health emergency. The wave of this virus and its impact on the entire globe, without sparing a single country, has created an international environment of depression and anxiety. World leaders are active around the clock in investing…

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Emperor [Modi] without clothes

Courtiers are murmuring and the rest are shouting yet Emperor Modi refuses to see that he is without clothes. What must the rank and file of the Indian army, whose 22 comrades at arms laid down their lives trying to evict the Chinese from Ladakh, be thinking of Modi? Opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi…

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The Last Book or Books?

Introduction Quran is the ultimate, final and the only book of guidance for humanity till eternity. It is well protected by Allah and complete, there is no doubt about it. The Quran is the only authentic written text. Quran asks the believers to obey Allah and His Messenger Muhammad (pbuh). While Quran provides the guidance…

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National Welfare Programmes and Covid-19

A lot of the concerns mentioned in the previous article generally comes down to standards of project management, part of which includes identifying multiple possible means to an end, and equally considering for worst case scenarios. Issues of mismanagement, low adoption of technology, and incidents of corruption were unexpected, as these were all previously handled…

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Altruism

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic all the nations across the globe are engulfed in a war like situation. The pandemic has at large shaken the global geopolitical and the socio economic fabric of the world. Countries and the global leaders are levelling their best to overcome the pandemic outcomes however no big successes have been accredited…

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Starbucks at a Storm Shelter

The World Bank describes how cash transfers are considered to be ‘central in mitigating the impact of the upcoming recession’, and that doing this will ensure that consumption by the poorest segments of the population contributes to local economies. The main suggestion for the government on this issue would be to not just give them…

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Non-traditional Security Threats to Pakistan

Humans are living in a more unsafe and insecure world in contemporary times. aside from the traditional military issues and nuclear threats, developing Pakistan is beset by some serious non-traditional security threats. These threats are water scarcity, population explosion, low human progress, rising food insecurity, climate change, unpredictable recurrent natural calamities, widespread infectious and fatal…

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PAF’s Quest for Self-Sufficiency

The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) started off as an overhaul factory for the Chinese F-6 fighter, with the first aircraft rolling out in 1979. Several more factories were added over the years, resulting in today’s vast complex at Kamra in northern Pakistan. PAC is a state-owned enterprise with the goal of self-reliance and indigenization in the…

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