The writer is a doctor and an avid reader of history. His columns have been published in the Urdu daily “Nawa-e-Waqt”. He also runs a social media channel “Tarikh aur Tajziya” which is dedicated to the study of history and current affairs.
Mujib was free to lead his mentor’s party Awami League on the secessionist path. Mujib’s task was greatly aided by the treatment meted out to Suhrawardy by the “patriotic” establishment.
The 49-year-old journalist fled the country in August to avoid arrest after he was slapped with multiple cases, including sedition charges over an interview with Shahbaz Gill – a close aide of former prime minister Imran Khan.
The blast on the Crimean Bridge, a prized project for Russian President Vladimir Putin, threatens a vital supply route for Russian forces in southern Ukraine.
Our Kashmir policy, which is closely related to our India policy, cannot be considered a success. In every way, our position on Kashmir vis-à-vis India is worse than what it was in the early stages of Pakistan’s history.
Operation Grand Slam is virtually synonymous with the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War. It refers to a plan drawn up by the Pakistan Army in May 196, to attack the vital Akhnoor Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir.
All Gibraltar forces had been given stellar objectives but meager means. “Tariq” was to cut off Kashmir from Ladakh by operating in the Zojila region. It managed very little and exfiltrated by 10 September.
Only that leadership can attain the popularity required to be lauded by the people even as the country faces immense economical hardship which will essentially come as we try to build Pakistan anew according to Iqbal’s vision instead of the Unionist Party's vision.
Yahya Khan showed fateful and frightful politico-military inertia during the summer of 1971. All he came up with was a meaning-less plan for constitution-making which wasn’t taken seriously by any of the significant internal and external actors.
