By Sajjad Shaukat Unlike the past wars, the arena of war has changed. In the ongoing era, lethal weapons and subversive tactics used by the terrorists including foreign support to internal entities and propaganda can be more harmful in damaging the interest of a target country. The new warfare has made it difficult for the military to serve alone as the automatic dominant sphere in every war, covering all d ...

By Ali Sukhanver  “Go back—Go back---It is the time to go back”, the hard and stony mountains of Afghanistan are yelling at Mr. Karzai but he is not willing to listen to them; he never imagines himself going out of the political realm, he has been ruling over for the last thirteen years. He whispers to himself, “I am Hamid Karzai; only death can throw me out of my realm.” It is something very hard on his pa ...

By Mian Muhammad Siddique  At last, much awaited ground and air Operation Zarbi-Azab has been launched in North Wazirastan against local and foreign terrorists. The whole nation barring two religious parties is behind the armed forces which is a good omen and will raise the morale of armed forces. The big question, however is, will the successful conclusion of the operation eliminate terrorism and extremism ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In the aftermath of 9/11 which paralyzed the American society, when born-again Christian George W. Bush backed by intellectually bankrupt bunch of neo-cons announced his decision to launch a crusade against Afghanistan, there was a thunderous applause from Americans. The Europeans joined the chorus of jingoists. Tony Blair acted more loyal than the king and volubly supported the invasion ...

 By Ahmed Khan The complexities of South Asia’s political and geostrategic environment drives scholars, experts and practitioners from within subcontinent and the West to share their scholarly views on the dynamics of its major component: the India-Pakistan relationship. A relook or revisit to their scholarly work in form of book, biographies and research papers gives us a broad canvas to draw a holistic pi ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the modern era of technological development, the media have become a powerful institution which has changed the world into a global village. Technical prowess, dispersion effect, social prestige and influencing clout enable media to turn into reflecting mirror of society, reporting all events which take place in a social setting. Thus media renders a great service to the society by prov ...

By  Asif Haroon Raja “How many deaths will it take till he knows      that too many people have died?” – Bob Dylan Before discussing the diametrically opposing options, it will be worthwhile to delve into the recent history and bring to light the circumstances which have brought Pakistan to such an impasse. Ongoing dialogue process has run into difficulties and seems to be collapsing. Authenticity of 9/11 T ...

By Asif Haroon Raja After the humiliating defeat of India by China in 1962, the Indians realized that if they ever have to fight against China again, they will need a better transport and logistics infrastructure. The Chicken Neck obstacle had to be removed and India needed to establish unfettered road, rail and-river right-of-way through East Bengal to North East Frontier and Arunachal. Creation of Banglad ...