Tag: army chief
PM visits the GHQ. A short note! – Haider Mehdi
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | What should have been a norm is seen as a great moment. And yes it is. For once we have...
The love-hate Khan relationship – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | Politics has a weird way of distributing people into ideological camps. ‘Ideological’ here is being used as a concession to describe the...
“Diversity of Pakistan is our strength,” says Army Chief
News Analysis | Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has, yet again, stated that Pakistan’s enemies are trying their best to divide and weaken the country....
When the best and the brightest betray a nation!
Haider Raza Mehdi | A grandfather tells his grandson there are two wolves inside us, always at war with each other. One is a good...
Electoral Reforms: The only way forward for sustainable ‘Peace & Governance’
Kanwar Dilshad | Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has endured tremendous suffering at the hands of inefficient and ineffective governance, which has, in turn,...
#JusticeForZainab
Saad Rasool | There are no words to express the grief, the shock, and the anger that people of Pakistan feels at the death of...
Pakistan Army fully supports mainstreaming FATA
News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday threw his weight behind the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with the...
Why did Army chief call to revisit the madrassa education system?
News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa has lashed out at the madrassas for primarily teaching only the Islamic ideology....
IHC lambastes Ahsan Iqbal and Army Chief for their role in...
News Analysis | Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday lashed out at the federal government as well as the Army for mishandling the sit-in at...
Pakistani Officer Embraces Martyrdom in the Line of Duty
News Analysis | On Wednesday, Major Ishaq attained martyrdom while succumbing to injuries after being fired upon by terrorists in Tehsil Kulachi of District Dera...
Talal vs Iqbal – who is right on Pakistan’s economy?
News Analysis | Talal Chaudhary on Friday lamented the deteriorating situation of the economy and professed that worsening position of the economy is due to...
Why speculations over the Corps Commanders Conference should stop ?
News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired a Corps Commanders Conference on Tuesday at GHQ Rawalpindi. The meeting between...
Tensions with China: General Rawat wants to prepare for a two-front...
News Analysis | The Indian Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat has once again said that the army must be prepared to fight a two-front war...
The message was ‘loud’ and ‘clear’ from General Bajwa
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | It was a real fine policy statement from an Army Chief in recent times. Simple, straightforward, with no ifs and...
National honor and prestige : PM,COAS must not meet Alice Wells
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | The American State Department has just announced that Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian...
High level meeting between COAS and Centcom delegation; Afghan future at...
News Analysis | The still-evolving Afghan strategy is leading to consultative meetings between Afghan, US, and Pakistani officials. In order to discuss the Afghan imbroglio...
5 things that we should do differently on Eid
News Analysis | Muslims around the world are gearing up for Eid-ul-Fitr as the bestowed month of Ramzan comes to an end. Eid is an...
The summoning of the Sharif family by JIT: Shall we praise...
Saad Rasool | Last week had been consumed with speculations and talk about Mr. Nawaz Sharif and his family’s appearance before the Panama case JIT....
Yet another US drone strike in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed several Pakistani Taliban militants in North Waziristan close to the Afghanistan border, one militant commander and multiple intelligence...
Islamic Military Alliance: Has Raheel Sharif become a vassal for the...
M. K. Bhadrakumar | There is something obscene about anyone who held high positions in the government – for example, an Ambassador or an Army...
Increasing anti-Pakistan rhetoric: What is making India more adventurous?
News Analysis | On Tuesday in a tweet, Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government fully supported alleged attacks of the Indian...
A glimpse of the past: Was Pakistan ready to respond to...
Samson Simon Sharaf | When Narasimha Rao, the Indian National Congress (INC) Prime Minister, called for snap elections in 1996, it was time for Pakistan...
Will the Muslim Military Alliance bring trouble for Pakistan & other...
Abdul Rahim | The United States of America is the master of designing mini great games in the Islamic world, to secure its national interests,...
Pakistani Army Chief vows to defeat Indian designs to destroy...
After last weeks attacks on Pakistani cities the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has gone on the frontal assault attacking...
Army will support mainstreaming of FATA, says Gen Bajwa
Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, during his visit to South Waziristan Agency on Sunday, said that military will continue its support...
Repeated Flare-Ups on Indo-Pakistani borders: Pakistanis see an “Agenda”
News Analysis Islamabad - According to the Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan Army's media and information wing, Indian troops, on Monday morning, started unprovoked...
Should General Raheel have regrets?
Jaweria Waheed In Pakistan’s history apparently no military chief was as non-controversial as Gen. Raheel Sharif. He successfully carried on the legacy of the family...
Cold War new norm between India & Pakistan..?
Fahd Humayun | If there is to be a regional policy takeaway from 2016, it is that New Delhi’s apathy for a rapprochement with...
PM Nawaz’s appointment of new Army Chief: Significance & Challenges
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on 26th November, appointed Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, Inspector General Training & Evaluation, as Pakistan Army’s 16th Chief...
Qamar Javed Bajwa selected as Pakistan’s new Army Chief
After weeks of intense speculation and rumours, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has finalised the selection of two senior army officers as Chief of Army...
Pakistan’s Army Chief Fights to keep his Job??? New York Times,...
Moeed Pirzada | Pakistan’s Chief of Army Fights to Keep His Job By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s army chief, the most powerful man...
