Pakistan’s National Security Dilemma According to a recent corporate announcement VEON, the parent company of JAZZ, has partnered with STARLINK to launch Direct-to-Cell satellite services in VEON-operated markets, aiming to expand connectivity to remote and underserved areas. Jazz is Pakistan’s leading mobile network and digital services provider. This collaboration will integrate Starlink’s technology into Jazz’s…
Joint Foreign Policy Challenges The unique location of Central Asian countries and the vast land mass, commonly referred to Turan, ideally dictate it to be a single geographical and Geo-political Union or economic bloc to play a vital role in the regional and global geopolitical environment. This bloc has the power and capability to counter…
In the increasingly multipolar world, a “New World Order” with China and the U.S. competing for power is already underway. The US-China rivalry is described as a ‘new bipolarity,’ where the two countries are intensely competing across military, economic, ideological, and technological spheres. The world is witnessing a fundamental shift away from the bipolar US…
In 1960, General Muhammad Musa visited India on the invitation of the Indian army chief General K. S. ‘Timmy’ Thimayya. This group photograph was taken when former comrades of 6th Royal Battalion of 13th Frontier Force Rifles (6/13 FFR) got together in Delhi. The battalion had many titles over time. After the British conquest of…
Commemorating our Martyrs always stirs a deep emotion within me. Still, when I look at the innovative young men and women of Pakistan, I feel a profound reassurance that their sacrifice was not in vain. The energy, the potential, and the spark of our youth can transform this country; they deserve global recognition. The soldier…
ContextAfter several rounds of intensive negotiations mediated by Qatar and Türkiye, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to extend their ceasefire despite failing to achieve a major breakthrough. The decision followed a series of fierce cross-border clashes that caused heavy casualties on both sides. According to Türkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both countries also consented to establish…
Comprehensive Historical and Strategic Analysis Neelum Nigar (Edited.) (Islamabad: Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, 2025),ISBN: 978-969-8772-23-9 (Pages: XV-321) The present phase of Pakistan-Russia relations has attracted the attention of international intellectual communities towards the South Asian political landscape, where Moscow has rationalised its intent to cultivate multidirectional cooperative bilateralism with Islamabad. State authorities of the…
Alexander the Great, who passed through today’s Rawalpindi Potohar region, in 327 BC, to fight the Battle of Hydaspes with King Porus at the twilight of his unprecedented era, made history as he struck a treasure trove. It is narrated that the warrior’s horses started licking the mountain stones of what is today known as…
Combined Effort of Pathfinder Group Task Force Suicide BombingsA suicide attack outside the judicial complex housing the Islamabad district and sessions courts on Tuesday, November 11 killed 12 people and injured at least 36, including four women and four policemen. It was the first such attack in the capital in nearly three years. The blast…
A Hero for All Seasons The soldier on the DJ Cover, Maj Shabbir Sharif Shaheed, obtained Shahadat on Dec 6, 1971 in the Sulemanki Sector. He belongs to an illustrious family, his maternal uncle Maj Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed won the Nishan-e-Haider in 1965, his younger brother Gen Raheel Sharif became the COAS Pakistan Army…
