Pakistan and India are in the midst of a Cold War to influence developments in Afghanistan. Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 both have injected their confrontation into Afghan affairs where they follow a zero sum game in which the gain of one is the loss of the other. This equation is…
High profile inaugural ceremony of Iran-Pakistan (IP) pipeline on March 11, 2013, marked a watershed in the foreign policy of Pakistan. There was an interesting altercation during the weekly briefing at Pakistan’s foreign office, preceding the ceremony: Emerging regional pivot in our foreign policy is in our national interest; it is indeed reflective of public…
Most recently, Pakistan’s government used its trump card and announced to hand-over the Gwadar Sea Port to its closed strategic ally China. It produced shock and awe in the region and also panic in the different important capitals of the world. Of course it has multiplier effects in the fields of socio-economy, geo-politics and geo-strategic….
National Security can be undermined because of the socio-political environment prevailing and its dependencies, viz the roles of viz (1) state and the political system, representative democracy, basic values, ideology, economy and the decision – making process. Because they impact beyond the boundaries of single society, socio-political issues require ethnical and responsible solutions. However if…
If ethnic and sectarian strife were not enough to go with terrorism, we are now facing religious strife. One is under no illusion that this is not being deliberately fomented to aggravate the deteriorating law and order situation, slipping beyond the control of the civilian law and enforcement authorities (LEAs) into anarchy, the creeping kind….
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide BombingsAt Twenty-eight Shia persons were killed and 46 others injured when a suicide bomber struck outside a mosque just after the Friday prayers in Pat Bazaar in Hangu Town (Hangu District) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 1, reports The News. The officials of the bomb disposal unit (BDU) confirmed that…
Dear Readers,Since its inception in 1947 Pakistan has been surrounded by numerous issues that have stemmed efforts towards progress. The new State was established as a nation-state with democracy as its polity with the people to be the sole arbiters of power exercised through an elected sovereign parliament. All other institution were to be subservient…
“I died as a mineral and became a plant,“I died as plant and rose to animal,I died as animal and I was Man.Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soarwith angels blest; but even from angelhoodI must pass on: all except God doth perish.When…
There is an overwhelming perception backed by intelligence-based statements of the government functionaries that target killing of members of different sects, especially the Shiite, is part of the game to divide the Pakistani society. To keep Baluchistan on boiling point is also in the interest of those international players who are against Iran-Pakistan pipeline and…
BackgroundPolitically, the Persian Gulf (also known as the Arabian Gulf) may be termed as one of the most troubled and complicated spots on the globe. Differing economic, political and security concerns heavily laced with religious and ideological undertones make it an extremely complex region. The Palestine–Israel conflict where Iran’s support to Hamas and Hezbollah, the…
