The coup that failed
ahsanBy General Mirza Aslam Beg The coup makers attempted to stem the tide of change taking place in Turkey, under the democratic order, but failed, unlike the earlier four attempts…
Our Afghan sojourn
By Yasub Dogar Achakzai's statement that we are Afghans and all Afghans have a right to come and settle in Pakhtunkhwa has caused anguish and constraints in many circles calling…
Contemporary warfare – A view from the sea
By Muhammad Azam Khan The concept of warfare has been undergoing a perpetual transformation since the end of cold war. Connectivity in a border less world brimming with transnational challenges…
Pakistan has lost its ‘ Angel of Mercy ‘
By Michael Kugelman Abdul Sattar Edhi was his country's greatest living hero. Here's hoping that his legacy persists in the hands of a new generation of humanitarians. In May 2002,…
Pakistan enemy of USA ?
According to Bob Woodward in his book 'Bush At War', in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Powell decided that Pakistan was bound to be the linchpin if the US was…
To the US Congress
By Lt Gen.(R) Tariq I was amazed to hear your one sided debate where your Congressmen were foaming at the mouth to declare Pakistan an enemy state. They sounded so…
Vicious criticism of Pakistan by US Congress panel
By Anwar Iqbal Cutting off all US assistance to Pakistan to persuade Islamabad to act against the Afghan Taliban groups allegedly using its territory to launch operations into Afghanistan, a…
5 Reasons why Helmand matters to the Taliban
By Najibullah Noorzai and Naqeebullah Miakhel More than at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2001, Helmand province has been at the center of the Taliban's resurgence and…
How to bring down a nation
By Patrick Howlett-Martin More than 30,000 Libyans died during seven months of bombing by an essentially tripartite force France, Great Britain, United States which clearly favored the rebels. “The most…
China’s out of box aircraft carrier
The following comment is from an American observer who viewed the photos above. “This is quantum leap above anything we have on the drawing board. They have thought "outside the…
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