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Many people have endorsed Tehran’s view that the sinking of its battleship IRIS Dena with 180 people on board by a US
Missing in Action On January 30/31, Baloch Liberation Army [BLA], an armed pro-independence group launched Operation Herof 2.0, with a series of
While Islamabad has repeatedly been asking Kabul to take action against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan [TTP] terrorist group which it alleges operates
On Sunday, three Jaish-e-Mohammad [JeM] terrorists were killed by a combined team of the Indian army, Central Reserve Police Force
A “Trick That Never Seems to Fail” Pardon me for repeating it for the third time, but by singing paeans
The contrast couldn’t be starker. At Davos, Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces [CDF] Field Marshal Asim Munir was savouring the pride
Defying UN Sanctions While Pakistan may have a host of negative attributes, it nevertheless deserves credit for not only brazenly
Legalising Authoritarianism With a compliant government cleverly put in place by Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir last year,
Stating that “Nothing can justify terrorism-ever,” the then UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon had in his opening address during a
Self-serving bias is a tendency amongst individuals to attribute their successes to their own abilities and efforts, while blaming external
Eight years ago, Pakistan’s ex President and former army chief Gen Pervez Musharraf proudly claimed that “Military rule has always
The recent airstrikes carried out by Pakistan against suspected terrorist facilities inside Afghanistan were meant to salvage...
Insult to Injury Islamabad anger and embarrassment is understandable. Rawalpindi’s ill-considered decision to invest in the Afghan Taliban as a
Strange Bedfellows Islamic State of Khorasan Province [ISPK] and Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT] are two of the several proscribed jihadist terrorist...
It couldn’t have been more ironical. Just days after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif used the United Nations General Assembly
“It is important to understand [that] we are just bombing our people, just think about the immorality of bombing villages
Though public protests against lack civic facilities, scarcity of essential goods, rising unemployment and inflation are commonplace in Pakistan, but
In June 1948, while addressing officers of the Pakistani armed forces, the country’s founder and first Governor General Muhammad Ali
They say Karma works like a boomerang in that what you give out always comes back to you- and this
Unwarranted Sensationalism While the revelation that China had provided real-time military intelligence to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, the...
Distasteful Boast In his satirical anti-war best seller Catch 22, Joseph Heller underscores the absurdity of war and army life by
False Allegations Just the other day, Pakistan’s Foreign Office [FO] issued a statement in which it accused New Delhi of
Hollow Assurances Speaking about the ongoing crisis in Balochistan in his address to the Overseas Pakistanis Convention in Islamabad on
Suicide Bombing Early on Saturday morning, a suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden car into a Pakistan army convoy in
Murders Most Foul Even though nearly two months have elapsed since the gruesome Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 26 tourists
A Surprising Development On May 25, a video titled “The Mastung incident and the conspiracy of the infidels’ was released
From the photos of Saturday’s grand dinner hosted by Pakistan’s newly promoted Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir to “honour the
Unanswered Questions So much has been said and written about Operation Sindoor that one is hesitant to add yet another
Fountainhead of Terrorism When he stated that “Terrorism is not something that is being conducted in dark corners of Pakistan;
Befitting Retribution Reiterating that “We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this [Pahalgam terrorist] attack will
While speaking at the UN’s fourth review conference of the Programme of Action [PoA] on Small Arms and Light Weapons
During the last week’s media briefing, Pakistan’s Foreign Office [FO] spokesperson stated that “We have been trying to improve relations
On March 11 Baloch fighters surprised the Pakistan army by not only launching a massive operation in which Jaffar Express
Raging Rhetoric and Stoic Silence Last Wednesday saw Islamabad in two extreme avatars. On the one hand it once again
He may have said it out of conviction or perhaps to please Rawalpindi. But by demanding that former army chief
An Arrest Islamabad definitely deserves due appreciation for facilitating apprehension of Mohammad Sharifullah, a terrorist commander belonging to the...
Escalating Violence Levels While there was never any doubt that Rawalpindi is continuing with its proxy war in J&K, recent
New reports on Tuesday’s improvised explosive device [IED] blast near the Line of Control [LoC] in Akhnoor sector of Jammu
The Avowal By declaring that “We have fought three wars for Kashmir, and if necessary, we will fight ten more,”
Corps commanders’ conferences are a routine feature in the Pakistan army during which operational matters and other military [and also
Two things happened almost simultaneously in Beijing and Islamabad on November 19 last year. One, China’s Defence Ministry announced that the
On January 25, 2014, a shepherd grazing his sheep accidently came across what appeared to be partly buried human bones
The killing of 27 alleged Baloch militants by Pakistani security forces in the Kachhi area of Balochistan on Monday is
Held on December 27, the year-end press conference conducted by Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations [ISPR] has once again...