The first time I saw Ross Perot Sr was during the graduation of my son Zarrar from Boston University in 1994, the US Presidential Candidate for 1992 was the Commencement Speaker. This day was a high note for me personally, my son Zarrar was graduating “Summa Cum Laude”, topping Boston University in both his Majors,…
Dear Readers, There are many, way too many things that are going wrong in Pakistan; it faces numerous problems many of which sadly are of its own making. This is in no way unique to Pakistan, all countries without exception face difficult situations, some are self-mode but with time and good governance, these are overcome….
Shell shock and combat fatigue are medical conditions common during violent conflict. Anyone going through the horrifying experience of being fired upon and have six bullets lodged in his body (two of them still there) would be in a state of trauma. Before slipping into unconsciousness at the hospital Hamid Mir made some startling allegations….
Brigadier (Retd) Usman Khalid passed away on Monday, 31st March 2014 surrounded by his loving family after a long illness In Thames Hospice in Windsor. London. He died peacefully in his sleep; he was 79. He leaves behind his daughters, Asma, Iffat, Omera, Umbreen and his son Abid and grandchildren Zara, Jasim, Ammar, Waleed, Ibrahim,…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Bomb/IED BlastsA bomb blast targeting a vehicle carrying Security Forces (SFs) killed a minor girl and injured 15 others on March 29 on the outskirts of Quetta city in Balochistan province. Militants targeted the vehicle of Frontier Corps (FC) through an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Quetta’s Sariab road area. The…
The April 5 elections were not the first elections in Afghanistan, but they may turn out to be the most important political event in contemporary Afghan history. With the contours of Afghanistan’s political transition becoming clearer, activity has picked-up momentum for post elections’ political settlement. Technically, the Afghanistan presidential vote is destined for a run-off….
With the US/ISAF- Afghanistan retrograde on track there are some apparently intractable issues that remain when looking at the military-political strategy for Afghanistan and its surrounding areas. A new American intelligence assessment on the Afghan war predicts that the gains the United States and its allies have made during the past three years are likely…
Recently the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces conducted the largest military exercises in the Kingdom’s history, codenamed “Sword of Abdullah”. It was staged in a complete war theater of diversified but interrelated operations to strengthen the “combat capability of the Saudi armed forces’ in both offensive and defensive roles. Electronic Warfare (EW) units were also used…
It is most unfortunate that our ministers make statements without first verifying the facts. The other day, Kh Asif, our defence minister made an allegation that NAs and Kashmir was liberated by the tribals and that the Pakistan Army had refused to go and fight in the liberation of Kashmir. Being a Kashmiri himself, he…
Australia is located at the confluence of three oceans and the ‘greatest cluster of strategically significant maritime straits in the world’, the Straits of Malacca.2 Australian strategic environment is transforming due to United States rebalance to Pacific and regional military modernization. In the same context, ‘Indo-Pacific strategic arc’ has been introduced in Defence White Paper…
