The Curse of Corruption-ll

Criminals and terrorists evade detection, arrest and punishment by easily operating across international borders, taking full advantage of the reluctance of law enforcement authorities to engage in complicated and expensive transnational investigations and prosecutions. Money is used to buy influence and power, imagine the potency of such illegals having, more often than not, the official…

Read More

A Botched up Summit!

Mere fact that Nawaz-Obama talks took place cannot be construed as a sign of progress, especially in the context of a prolonged sour relationship between the two countries. Nawaz-Obama summit has, yet once again, brought forth the reality that both sides lack clarity about keeping the bilateral relationship on a sustainably stable trajectory. Apart from…

Read More

Pak-USA Rapprochement

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif just completed his official visit to Washington where he met President US President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and other top officials. A long range of issues relating to enduring bilateral relations, economic integration, science and technology cooperation, trade and commerce, drone attacks, regional security and…

Read More

A Joint Inter-Agency Approach to Contemporary Crises

IntroductionThe complex nature of contemporary conflict has highlighted the insufficiency of military means. So in recent Comprehensive Approach to operations, Other Government Agencies (OGAs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) also form part of military operations in various phases. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has participated in total 56 peacekeeping operations since World War II2. Other than…

Read More

Turkish Democratization Package

Most recently, the Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has introduced a number of reforms relating to political rights, party organization, and propaganda in non-Turkish languages. It has already started hot debate in the country. The government defends it as another giant step (silent revolution) towards further democratization process while opposition labels it loll-pop to please…

Read More

Islam and Democracy

“Islam regards every form of Government which is non-constitutional and non-parliamentary as the greatest human sin.” 1912: Abul kalam Azad1 “Islam” and “Democracy”, each in its own particular way, mean too many things at one and the same time. The task confronting us is to minimize them to their simplest expressions and bring about a…

Read More