Eight months ago the mass protests in Syria erupted like a volcano, and took the fascist and repressive Bath Party led Syrian regime by surprise. Since 40 years the Baathists have ruled Syria with an iron hand in total disregard of the aspirations of the majority Sunni 80% and Kurd 10%. The Allawite – Air…
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) commemorated its proclamation day last month. Cyprus conflict falls in the category of those international disputes whose equitable resolution would benefit the Muslim population; other such conflicts are Palestine and Kashmir. These conflicts are on the agenda of the United Nations; yet they have betrayed solution since decades, bogged…
By all accounts Hussain Haqqani and Mansoor Ijaz were good friends, the tone and tenor of the BlackBerry exchanges clearly show they made for a lethal combination. The May 10 Memo was meant to be a specially crafted “neutron bomb” to (1) change the present national security parameters in Pakistan and bring it into line…
(Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide Bombings13 persons, including a Policeman, were killed and more that 20 others were injured in an incident of suicide attack in Swabi town on March 30, reports Daily Times. According to security sources, the suicide bomber, riding a motorbike, blew himself up near…
Absurdity is used in existentialist and related philosophy according to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia to describe absurdly pointless efforts to try and find such meaning or purpose in an objective and uncaring world. In common usage absurdity is synonymous with ridiculousness. Thomas Hobbes discussed the two concepts as different, absurdity having to do with invalid reasoning…
A delegation of Army officers from the prestigious Command & Staff College, Quetta visiting the Supreme Court (SC) were told by their host, Honourable Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, that repeated military intervention had weakened state institutions, that the military had no business in the business of governance of the country. He emphatically reminded the assembled…
The greatest most expensive manhunt in history, employing man and material resources far beyond anything else in recorded times, culminated at about 3 am on Sunday May 1, 2011. With a shot to the head over the left eye, and maybe another one in the chest, Osama Bin Laden’s decade-long successful evasion of those seeking…
Bin Laden’s hideout in a mainly garrison town seriously compromised the credibility of our intelligence agencies and our Armed Forces (read “the Pakistan Army”). That he was not in some cave was no surprise, the embarrassing security lapse in failing to locate him within days and weeks, let alone nearly six years, was shocking. The…
by Maj Gen Syed Wajahat Husain I Ferozsons (Pvt) Limited, Lahore, 2010 Maj Gen Wajahat Husain’s narrative of events that occurred before, during and after the 1947 Partition to which he was witness, is extremely readable. The lucidity and clarity of the commentary is especially pleasing. The Partition of 1947 set in motion an orgy…
New Socio-Economic, Geo-Political and Geo-Strategic Dimensions Pak-China friendship higher than mountains, deeper than oceans (President Asif All Zardari) The recent visit of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has given a new strategic direction to Pak-China alliance. During his three day official visit from December 17-19 both the countries signed 17 agreements, four MoUs and…
