Sunday, March 9, 2025

Afghan National Army

With the US/ISAF- Afghanistan retrograde on track there are some apparently intractable issues that remain when looking at the military-political strategy for Afghanistan and...

Post Elections’

The April 5 elections were not the first elections in Afghanistan, but they may turn out to be the most important political event in...

Brig Usman Khalid (1935 – 2014)

Brigadier (Retd) Usman Khalid passed away on Monday, 31st March 2014 surrounded by his loving family after a long illness In Thames Hospice in...

From the Editorial Desk (May-2014)

Dear Readers, There are many, way too many things that are going wrong in Pakistan; it faces numerous problems many of which sadly are of...

Special Emphasis on Terrorism (April-2014)

Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide BombingsAt least 11 people, including Additional District and Sessions Judge Rafaqat Awan, a woman lawyer, and a Policeman, were killed...

A Window of Opportunity

The TTP has been insisting till very recently that they represented all the groups committing terror in Pakistan. Only when the terrorist acts continued...

Target the Corrupt

What good is a Constitution that does not prevent the unscrupulous from looting the till? For a man whose children remain hungry, sick and...

A Genuine Hero

According to a handout accompanying an excellent stamp taken out by the Pakistan Post Office (PPO) commemorating the re-naming of PAF Base Mianwali, MM...

Saudi Arabia’s Counter Terrorism Law

Most recently, Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers passed the new counter terrorism law titled the “Penal Law for Terrorism Crimes and Financing of Terrorism”....

Indian Armsbuild-up and Regional Stability

Since coming into power, Pakistan’s new government is pursing the objective of peaceful neighbourhood. A number of initiatives are on the cards to improve...