Pathfinder Group, guided by the visionary leadership of Co-chairman Ikram Sehgal, has made a resolute commitment to fulfil its Corporate Social Responsibility, with a particular focus on its employees and the broader community. At the heart of this commitment lies the promotion of women’s empowerment and financial inclusion. Aligned with this vision, they have initiated…
The only example in the world since tanks and aircraft came over the battlefield. As I mentioned that the book is very candid; just one example. Brigadier ZA describes his meeting with General A.A.K. Niazi. He writes, “When I met General Niazi in the Eastern Command Headquarters, I failed to impress him, as I was…
The ‘new old cold war’ which has already started is going to be the ‘Information War’ on an exacerbated scale. It is based on perception and hyper reality; it will be outlined in media bids and divided amongst media houses on a much larger scale than previously done. It will cover the entire region of…
“Our future does not depend on what the gentiles will say but on what the Jews will do.” David ben Gurion, Israel’s founding father. Israel is a diverse society and individual identities include religion, ethnicity, ideological and political views. Despite this diversity, Israel born amid existential security threat emerged as a strong country built on…
The book “The Way it Was”, written by Brig Zaheer Alam Khan, (ZA to family and friends), recounts a raw, no holds barred account of a Pakistan Army officer’s life. Among the nine brothers who have served in the Pakistan Armed Forces, he commended the Special Services Group (SSG) unit during the harrowing events of…
The Information War has greatly sidelined the Pakistan Army as the biggest counter against terrorist movements in the region of South East Asia. As media units must update themselves to dwell at length about terrorist movements, one wonders how the good fight would be fought sitting abroad, through disseminated information. Although western democracies are averse…
“A school friend from Lawrence College (1958-1962), Afzal Ghani Barq of Ferozsons gave Rs 5,000 towards his 33 percent share, he said this was a vote of confidence in me. He said he would not give anymore, but would in return not take anything from the company, in the form of profits or the value…
For over a year now opinion in the golf world has been divided over the breakaway LIV golf league. Players, commentators and general public have been voicing their opinions – sometime quite vociferously – for or against this new enterprise. The main reason for this divisiveness is the fact that LIV golf is backed by…
IntroductionThe formal opening of the Ethiopian embassy in Islamabad is a milestone development in the bilateral cooperative relations of Islamabad and Addis Ababa because both governments have now decided to boost their interstate relations against the prevailing threats of contemporary world politics. In May 2023, the formal inauguration of the Embassy in Islamabad allowed the…
IntroductionThroughout the annals of human history, Allah has consistently sent messengers and revealed scriptures to offer guidance to humanity. Upon reaching a state of spiritual and moral maturity, Allah bestowed upon us the final messenger, Muhammad (ﷺ), and revealed the ultimate scripture, the Quran. This Quran serves as a comprehensive and meticulously preserved guide. Consequently,…
