Most recently the People’s Republic of China (PRC) introduced many guidelines on military reforms. According to Chinese Defense Ministry (January, 2016) China’s military has set up 15 new units covering everything from logistics to equipment development, political work and fighting corruption as part of an ongoing drive to modernise the world’s largest armed forces. This…
Inset “Another method to devolve the administrative structure is suggested which does not warrant major decision making process or legislation. My Paper on further administrative devolution is enclosed. The necessity of creation of Chief Commissioners’ administrative units (provinces) was apparent after the last mega floods in 2010-11. The administrative handling of districts from a distant…
Despite mixed signals from India, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif continues to follow a single track approach towards India. This is raising many raising many eyebrows as to whether he is confronting failure of Indian approach towards Pakistan or reinforcing failure of his own approach towards Indian leadership. Is the three times Prime Minister of Pakistan…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Bomb/IED blasts One man was killed and four others were injured in a remote-controlled blast near a bus terminal in the Lea Market area of Lyari Town in Karachi on November 25, reports Dawn, Senior Superintendent Police (SSP)-City Fida Hussain said that the intended target has not yet been ascertained. At…
The state-run Saudi Press Agency has announced that 34 nations are forming a new “Islamic military alliance” to fight terrorism. But will this new alliance really be able to prevent future terrorist attacks and create lasting peace? There is no statistically validated guarantee that the military strategy of fighting violence with violence will work. It…
The Paris agreement on climate change is a big win for President Obama, particularly given that he’s invested a lot of political capital in this issue, especially in his second term when he no longer has to worry about having to run for re-election. The outcome of the conference seems to have vindicated his commitment…
Ongoing Saudi Arabia and Iran row has already created tsunami in the different capitals of the world. Mexican waves of shock and awe in the Gulf blowing are Cooperation (GCC) and Middle East and North Africa (MENA). With the passage of each day, chances of reconciliation, conflict resolution and diplomacy are dying. Prosecutions, protests, processions…
Bruce Riedel’s book What We Won is brief history of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) support of Afghanistan’s rebels in the 1980s. The book is divided into several chapters on major players of the last battle of the Cold War. The chapter on Afghan communists is very light with no serious inquiry about the background and…
A motivated terrorist attack with a far more deadly purpose than just killing people, Pathankot was a cold-blooded effort to derail the impending comprehensive “dialogue” between India and Pakistan starting Jan 15, 2016. While seven soldiers were killed and many more injured, Indian aircraft and related equipment on the airbase did not suffer any material…
Going into battle without adequate training or being properly equipped is bad enough, not having sufficient force, without proper motivation and/or not having battle-tested senior commanders and down the line, is asking for trouble. Not surprising that an unmitigated disaster militarily, the 2004 operations in FATA and the subsequent 2007 one in Swat were badly…
