GeneralThe state of Jammu and Kashmir is located at the extreme western section of the Great Himalayan range where it merges with the Hindu Kush, the Karakorum and Central Asia. Kashmir has been described as a “garden of eternal spring or an iron fort to a palace of Kings” by Mughal Emperor Jehangir. Kashyap-pur, Kashir,…
“The desire to gain an immediate selfish advantage always imperils their ultimate interests. If they recognize this fact, they usually recognize it too late”. Reinhold Niebuhr There is long history of security relations between Pakistan and several Arab countries. In 1970s and 80s, many Arab countries flushed with oil money bought state of the art…
IntroductionThe ART OF WAR was written by SUN TZU about two and a half thousand years ago in CHINA. He wrote only 13 chapters on various theories of war, its principles, strategy, factors influencing the conduct of war/battle, etc. It provided the main doctrine for Chinese warfare and heavily influenced the Japanese as well. It…
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a momentous organisation which occupies territory from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean and from Kaliningrad to Shanghai. It may lead uni-polar world drive in the days to come. The SCO member states and observers have strategic geography spreading Eurasia from the South China Sea to the Baltic Sea…
Ask any aviation enthusiast about his understanding of stealth and chances are you may get a standard reply of making the aircraft “invisible” to the radar systems, with a smattering of aerodynamic jargon (some valid and some off the mark). However, this article aims to educate the readers with certain basic aspects of the phenomena…
The American raid that took place in Abbottabad a few days ago in which Osama Bin Laden was apparently killed has shocked and shaken the entire nation. The attack has left many people in a state of disbelief which is now giving way to anger; how is it possible that a small American force could…
IntroductionThe political instability in Pakistan is generally attributed to the frequent military takeovers, though apparently true but they only come once politicians fail miserably. The people always welcome the change, but after few years they are booted out, the cycle continues. Every time during the political crisis the parliament fails to deliver, governments with even…
Safe from Whom?Given the impunity with which Pakistan’s civil and military installations have been repeatedly targeted by the fanatic militants, legitimate apprehensions both in-country and abroad are being raised about the security of its nuclear assets. ‘Is their safety as fool proof as is being claimed,’ is a valid concern. Any serious attempt to answer…
Within less than a decade Turkey has really turned around in almost all strategic aspects. In 2002, it suffered from almost all the ills that Pakistan is facing today. A sinking economy, political instability, ‘junta’ dominated civil-military equation and polarized society were the hall-marks of Turkey. It prided itself with secular ideals and shunned its…
The disused Bhandari airstrip 200 miles south of Quetta in Balochistan was gifted to Shiekh Zahid Al-Nahyan the ruler of Abu Dhabi by the government of Pakistan in the 1990’s. The airstrip called Shamsi was developed by Emirates Shieks into a jet capable airfield, and was used for falcon hunting of rare Bustards in Balochistan….
