In a move that may rattle India’s neighbours, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to convert the Kargil airstrip into a full-fledged air force base by 2016. The strip lies close to the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan. The IAF is planning to operate medium, heavy-lift and combat aircrafts from Kargil in the near future. The Kargil War of 1999 saw significant shelling and damage to the airstrip, and co ...

By Shaiq Hussain A three-member judicial commission has concluded that Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States, was behind a memo indirectly sent to a senior U.S. military official last year seeking Washington’s help in averting a military coup. The report, submitted to Pakistan’s Supreme Court for review, found that Haqqani was “not loyal” to the Pakistani state while serving as i ...

Asif Haroon Raja [caption id="attachment_1569" align="alignright" width="221" caption="Pak-US Relations"][/caption] The US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has emerged as the chief basher of Pakistan. He has been spewing venom against Pakistan from the time he took over as Director CIA. He was the one who advocated making drone as a choice weapon in war on terror and in accelerating drone war in Pakistan sinc ...

Momina Ashier A significant increase in the recent Pakistani defense budget is greatly in focus. The argument raised by various groups of society criticizes the leadership approach towards the model of guns and butter. If we scrutinize defense budgets of other states, a striking increase in the defense budgets can be seen all around the world due to an increase in traditional and non-traditional security co ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat While controversy continues between Pakistan and the United States in wake of the ongoing negotiations for the resumption of NATO supply across the country to Afghanistan, American duplicity and pressure tactics are creating obstacles in reaching an agreement in this regard. This controversy is due to the fact that America is pressurising Islamabad for earlier restoration of NATO route u ...

PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER My younger son was depressingly disappointed when one day he was reading a headline in a western newspaper, ‘Afridi Behind the Bars’. In a very dismal tone he said to me, “Baba! These western newspapers are simply damaging the repute of our national hero Shahid Afridi by such misguiding headlines.” I said, “Don’t take it so serious; it might be a printing mistake.” The history of Pak ...

  By Sajjad Shaukat During his recent visit to India, while pampering New Delhi, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has repeatedly pointed out that drone attacks would continue on save havens of terrorists in Pakistan. While concealing the fact that Taliban have been fighting for liberation of their country from the US-led NATO forces, reviving US old blame game, Panetta allegedly singled out the Haqqani net ...

Asif Haroon Raja Ali Baba is convicted by Supreme Court on charges of contemptof court but the gang of thieves under him boisterously says he is not aconvict and repose full confidence in him. Stock of the same chip, they have tocompulsorily protect their chief or else they all would be behind the bars.They are so engrossed in loot and plunder and in merry making that they areimpervious to insults heaped up ...