Tag: Civil-Military Relations
Is PTI going to hold mid-term elections?
News Analysis | Mr. Naeem ul Haq Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Political Affairs has refuted the reports regarding mid-term elections. Mr....
Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui lambasts ‘secret’ agencies, levels several ‘allegations’
News Analysis | It is worth celebrating that Pakistan has seen a consecutive second elected government completing its tenure. Democracy has remained a contested idea...
Why Hussain Haqqani is considered a traitor by Pakistanis?
News Analysis | A treason case has been registered against Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani. Mr. Haqqabi has allegedly conspired against...
The people’s champion Sheikh Rasheed demands ‘Martial Law’
News Analysis | Awami Mulsim League (AML) outspoken Leader Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has demanded a 90-day judicial martial law in an appeal to Chief Justice...
A helpless Foreign Minister?
News Analysis | Foreign Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that his ministry does not control the foreign policy of the country. The enunciation was...
PML-N’s ‘interesting’ rule: Have the 2018 elections already been lost?
Shaukat Qadir | In the Chinese language, if you say, “May you live in interesting times”; it’s a curse. Pakistan seems to have spent its...
Will judicial activism enable JIT to get accountability?
Ikram Sehgal | The Supreme Court’s (SC) seriousness of purpose in the PanamaGate case was evident from the brusque manner it dismissed Hussain Nawaz’s apprehensions...
Army cannot afford another Musharraf entry
GVS Analysis | Former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf is currently embroiled in a legal battle with the government on charges of high treason...
“India has succumbed to extremism”, COAS
News Analysis | While addressing a seminar “Role of Youth in Rejecting Extremism” COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that India has imbibed extremist in...
Government’s attack on free speech for Army or for self interest?
On Sunday, in a statement issued by the interior ministry, the media was told that the Interior Minister Chaudhury Nisar has instructed the Federal...
How Dawn Leaks ruined Pakistan Army’s credibility
GVS Analysis | On May 10th 2017, the nation witnessed a historic compromise between the civil and military establishment over the “Dawn Leaks” issue. In...
Tariq Fatemi Rejects Inquiry Committee’s Allegation; Implications?
Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, who has been forced out, apparently due to his role in "Dawn Leaks" has categorically rejected...
Civil-Military relations on social media: Has Pakistan turned into a laughing...
Imtiaz Gul | Pakistan’s state institutions have yet to learn the art of strategic communication. The confessional video statement of the once-dreaded TTP spokesperson, Ehsanullah...
Sharif Under Siege – By Zahid Hussain
Zahid Hussain | Oct 26, 2016 MATTERS are getting increasingly ominous for Nawaz Sharif, although he may still be in a state of denial. It...