A giant among men bravest of the brave: Brig Muhammad Taj SJ & BARon September 17, 2019Brig Muhammad Taj SJ & Bar died peacefully in CMH, Rawalpindi on Sep 16, 2019 in the early hours of the morning. He was buried the same day in his native village Dewal Sharif, his Soyem is today. While I personally alongwith all the officers and men of 44 Punjab (now 4 Sindh) grieve for him, I must pen down some notes about this giant among men, bravest of the brave soldiers of the Pakistan … [Read more...] about A giant among men bravest of the brave: Brig Muhammad Taj SJ & BAR
A fragmented Indiaon September 13, 2019With its multiple ethnicities, languages and sub-nationalisms a subcontinent rather than a country, India was bound to face many tensions and even centrifugal tendencies from its very beginning. This recognition by the early rulers notwithstanding multiple separatist movements have developed over the years. Consecutive Indian governments have tackled the problem to a large extent by utilizing a … [Read more...] about A fragmented India
India’s dreams will be frustratedon September 12, 2019A day before the planned Sunday secret negotiations between President Trump, President Ghani and representatives of the Taliban at Camp David, it was cancelled. The meeting was meant to eliminate the disagreements that the Afghan president and parts of the US leadership had with the draft peace agreement, the result of almost a year's negotiations between US special envoy Khalilzad and the Taliban … [Read more...] about India’s dreams will be frustrated
More bang for the buckon September 6, 2019While I was in uniform on Sep 6, 1965 it was in the relative safe confines of the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul. It was quite emotional witnessing the gentleman cadets (GCs) of the 32nd and 33rd PMA Long Courses graduate in a ceremonial "Passing Out" parade under the cover of PAF combat aircraft on Sep 11, 1965 (many of those commissioned young officers (YOs) would be Shaheed or injured … [Read more...] about More bang for the buck
Lebensraumin reverse Modi Hitlerian apprenticeon September 3, 2019An updated document called the National Register of Citizens of India (NRC) has declared 1.9 million Assamese foreigners and will deport them.A state in northeast India Assam situated south of the eastern Himalayas. It is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west. … [Read more...] about Lebensraumin reverse Modi Hitlerian apprentice
Tremendous National Security Decisionon August 21, 2019Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has been appointed as COAS for another term, his new term beginning when his present term expires in Nov 2019. The PM Imran Khan has taken this step "in view of the regional security environment". He is very correct!I may add that Qamar Bajwa has contributed tremendously to correcting an anomaly in our governance system for decades ago by ensuring the civil-military are … [Read more...] about Tremendous National Security Decision
Indian human rights recordon August 18, 2019India's human rights record of India has been a matter of dispute since its independence from British rule in 1947. The Indian Republic under the Indian National Congress (INC) soon became them to be regarded internationally as the "largest democracy in the world". Even after the power of the Nehru dynasty was broken changes of governments has always come through elections. A lot of effort has … [Read more...] about Indian human rights record
Make higher command effectiveon August 15, 2019Gen Mac Arthur's adage, "old soldiers never die, they simply fade away" suited the upright and correct Gen Muhammad Shariff most, he was the role model of a professional soldier par excellence. He authored the concept of Higher Defence Organisation (HDO) in the early 70swhich than PM ZA Bhutto adopted, not for military purposes but political expediency to cut the Army Chief (COAS) down to size. … [Read more...] about Make higher command effective
Cry Kashmir!on August 9, 2019It remains unclear if BJP can scrap the special status Kashmir has enjoyed for over fifty years by deleting articles 35A and 370 from the Indian Constitution and if so, can such fundamental change legally be introduced into the basic Law of the Land by just a Presidential Order without a vote in favour by the Indian Parliament? This is already been challenged in the Indian Supreme Court, voices in … [Read more...] about Cry Kashmir!
No confidence in the Senate!on August 6, 2019The 'established' political parties of Pakistan today have mainly dynastical family rule like that of Z.A. Bhutto, his descendants(and opportunistic adherents through marriage like Asif Zardari), that of Maulana Mufti Mahmood, Baccha Khan's family and more lately of Nawaz Sharif's, feudal to the core. The exceptions were Jamaat-e-Islam (JI) and the MQM. The MQM became hostage to the cult of one of … [Read more...] about No confidence in the Senate!
