Monday, May 26, 2025

DPS – The Imran Khan factor in rebooting Pakistan’s National Security Framework

The country is going through a period of severe crisis, how many times has one heard this idiom? Quite often! Many political leaders start...

Blasphemy issue needs a permanent solution

Good sense has prevailed and an imminent catastrophe has receded. In a written statement issued on August 30, Geert Wilders announced “not to let...

Kashmir-1948 4/16 Punjab Regiment Chunj Operation

Preface Having served as part of the rank and file of the prestigious Pakistan Army, it gives me great elation and satisfaction to see it...

From the Editorial Desk (Sep-2018)

Dear Readers, John McCain, a seasoned US Republican Senator from Arizona who, more than a year ago was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a lethal form...

US-Turkey Trade War

The ongoing US-Turkey Trade War is the classic example of “power politics” where national interests are on top priority. US being a superpower and...

Special Emphasis on Terrorism (Sep-2018)

Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide BombingsAt least six persons – among them three Chinese engineers were injured in a suicide attack on a bus in...

Renewed US Sanctions on Iran, Implications for India

Context President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in May this year has ironically put its strategic ally India in a...

John McCain, American Extraordinary

John McCain III was born into a Naval family to John S McCain Jr and Roberta McCain at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in...

Directorate S: The CIA and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Steve Coll’s new book is an excellent account of events of the last two decades in Afghanistan-Pakistan region. Steve has all the credentials to embark...

Eurasian Real Politik

Europe and Asia are geographically one land mass, British geographer Sir Halford J. Mackinder maintained as far back as 1904 that whoever controlled the...