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Ikram Sehgal

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The writer is a defence and security analyst, he is Co-Chairman Pathfinder Group, Patron-in-Chief Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) and the Vice Chairman Board of Management Quaid-e-Azam House Museum (Institute of Nation Building).

The “Deep State’’

Writing in the New York Times (NYT), Amanda Taub and Max Fisher talked about shadowy networks within govt bureaucracies, referred to as “Deep States”,...

Operation “Searchlight”

Despite the complex and demanding negotiations during the tumultuous days of March 1971, a positive outcome was possible and seemed near but it came...

From the Editorial Desk (April-2017)

Dear Readers, Poor governance, incompetence, lack of transparency, distribution and transmission losses (euphemism for theft), have contributed to the energy crisis in Pakistan. While Pakistan's...

National Flag versus False-Flags

A bomb blast in May 2002 targetting the French naval technicians in a bus outside the Sheraton and Pearl Continental Hotels in Karachi where...

Operation “Raadul-Fasaad”

Chairing a high-level security meeting in Lahore on Wednesday attended by all the Corps Commanders in the Punjab, the COAS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa...

From the Editorial Desk (Mar-2017)

Dear Reader, South Asia presents a dismal picture for regional integration. It accounts for only 3 percent of the world's gross domestic product (GDP) with...

Whither SAARC?

With over 20% of the world’s population and 40% of the poverty-stricken, South Asia remains one of the world’s poorest regions. Political strife, distrust...

Duty to One’s Country

Duty is what one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation. Recognizing a duty means a person theoretically commits himself...
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