Hemant Karkare: Tribute to a hero
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.
Why Turkey was so keen to protect Kabul Airport?
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’s impeccable nuclear record
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.
Will post-Erdogan Turkey move from Islamist to secularist authoritarianism?
Erdogan is a controversial figure, one who has frequently appeared in international media due to his brusque remarks and increasingly authoritarian practices, both abroad and domestically. During his premiership, he successfully changed Turkey’s political fabric
Forks in the Road: December 1970, the Election that bred secession
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.
Kashmir teetering on the brink of disaster
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.
A new world: The Middle East tries cooperation alongside competition
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
Discussing the voting rights of overseas Pakistanis
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.
Operation Barbarossa: Analyzing the fighting – Part 2
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.
Why are we disappointed in Imran Khan?
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.
PIDE: A revolutionary think tank for Pakistan and beyond!
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.
What led to the great divide of India and Pakistan?
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.