Farcical USA peace plan to resolve Palestine-Israel conflict on February 1, 2020The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that began in the mid-20th century. Various attempts have been made to resolve the conflict as part of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process with only partial success, as at the end of 2019. The origins to the conflict can be traced back to Jewish immigration […]
Mysterious dashed hopes of oil and gas discovery in Pakistan on January 30, 2020According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), Pakistan may have over 9 billion barrels (1.4×109 cubic meters) of petroleum oil and 105 trillion cubic feet (3.0 trillion cubic meters) in natural gas (including shale gas) reserves. According to media reports of March 2019, if oil deposits were discovered as expected, Pakistan would be […]
Hammer versus Nail head USA policy on January 22, 2020It is said that if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem appears to be a nail head. A close examination of American use of military muscles abroad since Second World War effectively proves that dictum. According to a Congressional Research Service estimate, the United States has employed military force over 200 […]
Multipurpose USA-Iran current standoff on January 20, 2020This piece stems from my earlier published article, “Iran-USA Crises” in July 2019, when a similar heightened tension seemed to have gripped the region as again being witnessed now in January 2020. A quick recap of what led to the current standoff; on December 27, 2019, a rocket attack on the K1 military base in […]
Expected Twist in Afghan Peace Process on September 12, 2019The abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A of Indian constitution that had acknowledged the special status of Indian occupied Kashmir and its aftermath had kept the Afghan Peace Process little out of focus by the Pakistani media till US President Donald Trump on 8th September, Saturday night revealed that he had scrapped a secret meeting […]
Pitfall of being a cat’s paw (Part-II) on August 28, 2019A large number of Pakistan Armed Forces personnel including police are deployed overseas as part of the United Nations’ peacekeeping missions. In 2010, an estimated 12,000 personnel were serving abroad, making Pakistan a large contributor of troops to the UN. Pakistan Navy has been a major participant of Combined Task Force 150, based in Bahrain, […]
Pitfall of being a cat’s paw (Part-I) on August 26, 2019In English cat’s-paw originally meant “a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.” The term comes from a Le Singe et le Chat, “The Monkey and the Cat,” a fable by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), the French poet and collector of fairy tales, in which a monkey persuades a cat to pull […]
Obligation to eliminate eyesores on August 17, 2019“There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely”. ~ Edmund Burke. Our beloved Land of Pure was named Pakistan with so much love, passion and vision for futuristic profile by the founding […]
Two Nations Theory stands vindicated again on August 6, 2019Monday, 5th August 2019 will be written as the blackest day in the history of subcontinent when India defied over 70 years old UNO resolutions on Kashmir as well as Kashmir High court decision by unilaterally abrogating articles 370 and 35A of Indian constitution that recognized special status of occupied State of Jammu and Kashmir […]
Cross border terrorism: enough is enough on July 28, 2019“And make ready against them all you can of power, including steeds of war (tanks, planes, missiles, artillery, etc.) to threaten the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others besides whom, you may not know but whom Allah does know. And whatever you shall spend in the Cause of Allah shall be repaid unto […]