The United Arab Emirates recently announced its national strategy of tolerance; this is a giant leap towards further societal cohesion, co-existence, peace and harmony...

China’s interest in maritime trade dates back to early 15th century when, between 1433 and 1495 during the Ming era, Admiral Zheng undertook seven...

One can perhaps say that history loses its significance in the absence of human diligence and that it is more the reflection of a...

ContextThe results of Iran’s February 26, 2016, parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections could prove to be an important turning point in the history...

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar unveiled the government’s budget for 2016-17 terming it pro-business, pro-investment and pro-people. All the opposition parties however labeled it anti-development...

The American Congress has been rash in blocking the subsidized sale of eight F-16s to the Pakistan Air Force. F-16 has been the weapon...

In the early 1960s, visitors waiting for a boat at Keamari basin would toss a coin into the clear sea and young boys from...

Lieutenant General Tajindar Shergill and Captain Amarinder Singh’s book The Monsoon war is an encyclopedic work on 1965 India-Pakistan war. It is a detailed...

Ikram Sehgal, an articulate member of Pakistan's strategic community, has been long time editor of the respected Defence Journal, representing the views principally of...

IntroductionPakistan has been engaged in fighting resurgent terrorists and militants for more than a decade. Over these years, some specific anti-terrorism and counter-militancy operations...