Spelling doom & gloom on June 22, 2019Pakistan is facing grim circumstances, where the challenges are numerous. Although opportunities are being created by a beleaguered government, the progress is slow, leading the pessimists among us to spell doom and gloom. In an Op-ed titled ‘Hope versus Reason”, the author tends to take us on a path of self-loathing and misery. While the […]
The road to leadership on June 14, 2019Earlier this week, this scribe’s book The Road to Leadership: Xi Jinping-From Educated Farm Boy to Paramount Leader of China was launched. The book is a tribute to President Xi Jinping in a researched chronicle of the struggles of a young farm boy who rode the currents of adversity and humble existence to become a […]
Trolling ‘Naya Pakistan’ on June 8, 2019It has become in vogue to troll the government of Imran Khan and hold it responsible for all the woes befalling Pakistan. A sane analyst like Mohammad A. Qadeer, in his op-ed ‘How New is Naya Pakistan’, carried by “The Friday Times” of 24-30 May 2019, questions even the location of Pakistan. The learned writer […]
Majoritarian State: reveals true face of India on June 1, 2019Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism is changing India was launched in New Delhi on 26 April 2019. Edited by Angana P. Chatterji, Thomas Blom Hansen and Christophe Jaffrelot, the book comprises contributions from leading scholars of Indian politics and highlights that RSS is violently tearing apart Indian communities and institutions systematically. Terms like “Hindu Raj”, […]
PC Gwadar assault on May 24, 2019The audacious assault at the Pearl Continental Hotel at Gwadar resulted in the death of the assailants but also three security guards and a number of injuries. The ferocity of the attack can be gauged by the fact that it took the security forces 22 hours to clear the hotel and declare the premises safe. […]
Indian Naval sub Arihant’s tragedy on May 17, 2019Indian armed forces are prone to accidents, but their navy has suffered more than its fair share of disasters. An article in India Today reported that since 1990, the Indian Navy (IN) has lost one warship in peacetime every five years. Since 2004, it has lost one naval combatant every two years. While peacetime losses […]
Unabated Israeli atrocities in Gaza on May 10, 2019Israel continues to pound hapless Palestinians in Gaza with airstrikes, taking a toll of women, children and old men. Amongst the victims was a pregnant woman, while amid the buildings targeted in the Gaza Strip was the Turkish Anadolu Agency office. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly condemned the Israeli atrocities including the attack on […]
Indian involvement in Sri Lanka carnage on May 4, 2019India has long been blamed for the intransigence of its intelligence agency RAW in Sri Lanka. Indian role in creating, training, financing and supporting the LTTE as a terrorist movement and India’s war crimes committed on Sri Lankan citizens by the IPKF are well documented. Prabhakaran, a RAW protégé, went on to become a Frankenstein. […]
MCIS portrays impact of emerging technologies on security on April 27, 2019Despite the tensions between the US and the Russian Federation, the VIIIth Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) ended on a high note. Shaped on Munich, Shangri-La and other security conferences of high repute, Moscow did well to host an event of this stature eighth time in a row. This scribe had the opportunity to […]
Lamenting the Rafale acquisition on April 20, 2019Nearly six weeks after the Indian Air Force (debacle) at Balakot and the Line of Control, Indian Air Chief, in a fit of despair, continues to lie through his teeth as far as the success of the IAF operations on 26 and 27 February are concerned. Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa claims victory but […]