The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is the land, blessed with unlimited gas and oil reservoirs. The GCC is the place of so many sacred shrines and modern success stories. It is the hub of human and natural diversity, dynamics, and devotion. It is the soil known for nationalism and openheartedness. From centuries this part of…
Major General ® Naseerullah Khan Babar died on January 10, 2011 after prolonged illness. He played a very long inning both in the army and political arena. He was at Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College at Dehra Dun at the time of partition in 1947 and joined the first batch of officers trained…
A decade ago, in its April 2001 issue, DJ conducted an extensive interview with one of Pakistan’s real warriors Maj Gen (Retd) Naseerullah Khan Babar, SJ and Bar. This is being re-published as a tribute to a genuine war hero. If you will notice in the picture below, he has only two rows of medals,…
Dear Readers, One of the most outstanding officers of the Pakistan, and certainly one of the bravest, Maj Gen (Retd) Naseerullah Khan Babar, SJ & Bar died in January 2011 after a prolonged illness. Some personalities are non-conformist but they always seem to make a positive difference, both in peace and war, to the Army…
Executive Summary Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide BombingsDr. Shamsher All Khan, the Awami National Party legislator in the NWFP Assembly from Swat, was killed and 13 persons were injured on December 1 in a suicide attack in his house in the Dherai area of Kabal sub-division. According to reports a man with explosives strapped to…
AbstractWith the advent of the era of fast globalization, child labor drew equal attention from perpetrators as well as the protectors. In case of Carpet Industry in Pakistan, once highlighted by the international media, global actors impacted positively to eliminate child labor from the industry. However, this success has not been free of loopholes. The…
The theme for the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the beautiful ski resort of Davos-Klosters, “Shared Norms for the New Reality, very aptly mirrors the topmost concern of many leaders today. The erosion of common values is growing in a world that is increasingly becoming more complex and interconnected as…
More often than not Western analysts routinely draw their perceptions from the gossip on the cocktail circuit, mostly conforming to that reported by Embassy staffers. From time to time someone will give views contrary to that which are fashionable, these are soon drowned out by contemptuous skepticism. Only when the streets come afire are the…
IntroductionThe first decade of the 21st century is nearly over and the PAF of 2010 is markedly different from the PAF that existed on the eve of 31 December 2000, the final day of the 20th century. The next two decades will witness further changes in the doctrine and composition of the service as it…
Blasphemy laws in the South Asian Sub-continent are nothing new. While there is no concept of Blasphemy in Hinduism, those in practice during the Moghul Era were repealed by British colonial rule to allow Christian missionaries to proselytize. However in 1860 the Commission chaired by Lord Macaulay made the law again part of the Indian…
