Indeed, the tide is turning. In one multidimensional election season, the Pakistani nation has matured beyond belief. Undeterred by the threats spewed forth by the Taliban, it voted in droves as ...
Pakistan is in the throes of evolution at the moment. It is in an extremely critical transitional period; from one civilian government to another. It is a patently novel experience for it. The ...
The Afghan endgame has so obviously gone awry. It is faltering in its strategic direction and purpose. The USA’s peace efforts remain stillborn. The US/Nato/Isaf combine is losing sight of its ...
The new Chinese government is firmly in power. President Xi Jinping’s government has taken its first tangible and decisive steps in the international arena. These steps indicate a continuation ...
The armed UAVs (drones, in common parlance) are fast becoming the weapon systems of choice in the latest wars being waged by the US/Nato in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Mali et al. Its ...
The geopolitical landscape of the AfPak Region (APR) and South Central Asian Region (SCAR) is about to undergo a massive transformation. As the US/Nato/Isaf combine prepares to egress, new regional ...
As the US/Nato/Isaf combine prepares to egress the AfPak Region (APR), we find Pakistan and China manoeuvring decisively into strategically advantageous positions in the region. Their strategic ...
The US/Nato/Isaf combine is on its way out of the AfPak Region (APR). Frenetic consultations are taking place amongst all key players to manage a peaceful egress and create the desired political and ...
India’s Cold Start Doctrine (CSD) is a Pakistan-specific destruction-oriented one essentially aimed at destroying Pakistani armed forces - its centre of gravity. The Indians intend to inflict ...
The strategic environment in Pakistan is evolving at a frenetic pace. There are multiple scenarios that could unfold. Is Pakistan reassessing the multifarious threats it faces and repositioning ...
The South Central Asian Region (SCAR) in general and the Af-Pak Region (APR) in particular are in a state of strategic flux. The US/NATO/ISAF Combine is egressing and the resultant power vacuum in ...
The US has finally come around to realise that for it to bring the Afghan campaign to a responsible and controlled closure, Pakistan’s willing participation is unavoidable. Both realise their ...
The death and destruction that Israel wreaked upon Gaza recently reflected its compulsive sense of insecurity. At the same time, it had a deep strategic purpose and intent as well.Ever since ...
Omnishambles! This word aptly describes the current status of the USA‘s Afghan campaign! All the major decision makers, the power players, the movers and shakers of this ill-fated military ...
The foreign policy debate between Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama was brutally realistic and portended ominous tidings for Pakistan. The US President did not need to elaborate on his ...
The German’s call it “Die Sekunde der Wahrheit” or the “Moment of Truth”. Ours has arrived. It has been epitomised by Malala’s courageous and epic stand against ...
Will the failed Afghan campaign sound the death knell for USA’s known penchant for extravagant military expeditions and obscene power projections around the globe?The media reports indicate so! ...
The geopolitics of South Central Asian Region (SCAR) and AfPak Region (APR) is in a state of massive flux. The US/Nato/Isaf combine is primed to egress as it struggles, woefully, to retain balance in ...
The rapacious and insatiable global US juggernaut is on the prowl again!Having wreaked death, devastation and misery on the peoples of Greater Middle East Region (GMER-Iraq), South Central Asian ...
The Afghan endgame is on in real earnest. The first moves on the regional strategic chessboard and, perhaps, the next episode of the ‘Great Game’ have been initiated.By arrogantly and ...
The operational and decisive stage of the Afghan endgame has arrived. The US seeks a unique balance in its exit strategy. It wants to egress the South-Central Asian Region (SCAR) and AfPak Region ...
The operational and decisive stage of the Afghan endgame has arrived. The US seeks a unique balance in its exit strategy. It wants to egress the South-Central Asian Region (SCAR) and AfPak Region ...
Pakistan blinked! In a blatant display of overwhelming power and clout, the US forced Pakistan’s hand in the nerve wrecking and vital battle of wits for the Nato supply routes and by ...
What would the US/Nato/Isaf combine leave in its wake as it egresses from the South-Central Asian Region (SCAR) - apart from a geopolitical and geostrategic mess of gargantuan proportions!Quite like ...
The disastrous Afghan campaign has been a resounding failure for the USA and its coterie of submissive allies. Its failure has been epitomised by not only the gradual whittling down of the Afghan ...
A good strategist is one who is never caught without options. He continually monitors the implementation of his strategy, makes adjustments and course corrections if needed while always maintaining ...
Ever since its independence, Pakistan has faced enormous and multifaceted challenges. These challenges ranged from natural disasters to manmade or self-created ones. Irrespective of the nature of a ...
Israel’s eternal existential fears and insecurities are once again instigating the US to war, this time to nip Iran’s nuclear evil in the bud! Does Israel realistically expect Iran to ...
Maverick US Congressmen Rep Dana Rohrabacher (R-California) and Rep Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) have initiated efforts to change the entire political structure of South West Asia (SWA) by creating an ...
The US-Pakistan alliance has been epitomised by America’s ruthless exploitation of Pakistan’s peculiar political, economic and strategic vulnerabilities; and its remorseless betrayals of ...
Monday, 20 May, 2013
May 14, 2013, 3:44 pmECP announces results of 254 National Assembly seats
May 18, 2013PML-N warns PM Khoso crossing limits
May 14, 2013Won’t speak against Pakistan
May 14, 2013, 4:03 pmSherry Rehman quits as Ambassador to US
May 15, 2013, 6:10 pmUK police to take action on Altaf's speech: Thomson
