Hemant Karkare AC was the chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad. He was killed in action during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. He was credited with solving the serial bombing cases in Thane, Vashi and Panvel, and led the investigation of the 2008 Malegaon blasts.
Last month, Turkey offered to assume the responsibility of running and protecting Kabul’s strategic Hamid Karzai Airport landlocked Afghanistan’s main gateway to the world after American and NATO troops complete their withdrawal from the war-battered country.
Pakistan first tested nuclear weapons in May 1998 in response to nuclear tests by its regional rival, India. The program owes its success in part to A.Q. Khan’s clandestine international nuclear smuggling network. Pakistan has vastly expanded its nuclear forces and remains outside the NPT.
Yahya Khan put forward his plan for elections and power transfer in a speech on 28 November 1969. He declared that he will promulgate a Legal Framework Order (LFO) which will lay down the rules for the election and post-election period until the newly elected national assembly frames a constitution.
Tensions in Kashmir are rising days after four people were killed in a raid by Indian security forces, fueling outraged protests over the impunity and stirring fears that the conflict-torn region could be sliding into another especially deadly phase.
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu paid a visit to Lebanon on 15-16 November 2021 to discuss bilateral relations and exchange views on regional issues. On the other hand, improved relations shift the battlefield away from potential armed conflict, allowing rivals to compete
Khan’s government has been pushing for the use of EVMs in future elections since it unveiled a prototype at the Parliament House in May. Pakistan will have EVM, whatever type, whatever kind it may be with whatever modification that is done to take care of the objection to have a free and fair election.
The continuation of the German advance into the USSR, as Wehrmacht divisions advance towards two of the Soviets' biggest cities, Leningrad and Kyiv. At almost the same time, both of these cities were surrounded by the Germans but Leningrad, partly because of its natural defenses, was able to hold out.
The free-rolling Dollar dented PM's efforts to manage the economy. Later on, the COVID-backed inflation coupled with man-made greed added to the miseries of the poverty-stricken populace. Frequent changes in important ministries hampered the continuity of policies leading to uncertainty.
Shahid Sattar thinks there have been transformative changes in the way PIDE conducts research, and this has had a ripple effect in terms of effecting positive change in the think tank community in Pakistan. Therefore, HEC's low ranking of PIDE is irrational.
A couple of positive events in Delhi and Haryana have heralded hope that peace and prosperity are assured not just in these regions but also in India and Pakistan. It is a fallacious syllogism that if war is becoming costlier and hence fueling hybrid terrorism.
The Taliban has become more pragmatic, and it has become much better at public relations. But that does not mean the Taliban have altered their worldview or their goals, and their victory this week may reinforce that. But women don't feel the same way about the Taliban's administration.
