Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Bombs Blasts/IEDs Fifteen persons, including two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, were injured in a grenade attack on a vehicle of the FC personnel in Surab town in Kalat District in Balochistan on December 29, reports Dawn. Police said that two suspects riding a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade…
In an unprecedented development, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (UK) on January 14 held a debate on the “critical situation” in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), rejecting the argument that “Kashmir is an internal matter of New Delhi”. The debate on IIOJK, proposed by Labour MP Sarah Owen, saw all…
A new era of geopolitical and geo-economics development is unfolding in front of our eyes. As an interconnected economic and cultural region Eurasia had existed from the time of the historical Silk Road from about 13 century BC till the 15century AD, not only as a trade route but facilitating a free exchange of people…
Psychological testing may sound quite intimidating but this is necessary for psychologists to measure and observe a client’s behaviour so as to arrive at a diagnosis and guide treatment. Today we live in an age when world affairs are driven by personality, where politics require an understanding of what motivates world’s leaders. Rather than asking…
Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval travelled to Kabul on January 13, it was a previously unannounced visit at a time when the second and most crucial phase of intra-Afghan dialogue began in Doha on January 05. He met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, head of Afghan Peace Council Dr Abdullah Abdullah and Afghan National…
A Difficult Passage for Education Extension of improved education to all Pakistanis is one of the central demands citied as a precondition for economic progress, decreasing poverty and stabilizing the Pakistani state. One should not forget that it needs a strong economy and political stability to implement such plans. Modern education will not only certainly…
Asma Shakir Khawaja, The Grand Trunk Road to Confidence Building Measures Between Pakistan and India (Islamabad: National Defence University, 2018), pp. 334 The question of peace and its relevance to the South Asian region has been addressed by Dr Khawaja, who is presently working in an Islamabad based university. She has earned a doctorate from…
A Study of Attitudes and Values Within the Indian Army by Colonel (R) David O. Smith David Smith’s book The Wellington Experience is a detailed study of Indian army’s prestigious Command & Staff College that trains officers of the armed forces for higher ranks. This book is based on interviews of American army officers who…
The results of the 2020 Presidential Elections in the United States have added another chapter in the history of the United States because the defeat of Donald Trump and the victory of a Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, is bound to alter Washington’s Republican-designed global engagement. The arrival of the new leadership in the White House…
The second webinar of the series, “RESET OF US-PAKISTAN RELATIONS” hosted by KCFR (Karachi Council on Foreign Relations) was held on January 19th 2021. It was a pleasure listening to a fresh and candid approach to the multiple complexities of the relationship between the two countries as well as a way going forward. Much appreciation…
