Tag: Zarb-e-Azb
A telephone call from Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | A few hours ago I received a call from Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, former Army Chief with reference to my...
Can China learn from Pakistan’s counterinsurgency operations?
Syed Ali Hadi | Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an international organization (IO) which is the initiative of China's foreign policy in the 21st century. SCO came...
Is Pakistan ready to fight a Hybrid war?
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The adversaries have been successfully operating hybrid warfare techniques to bleed Pakistan. They failed to coerce or frighten Islamabad with...
Kurram IED blast: Signs of a new terror war to come
News Analysis | Captain Hasnain, who was martyred in a blast in Kurram Agency along with three other soldiers Sunday morning, was laid to rest...
Ties with Kabul all-set to further vitiate
News Analysis | The spokesman of the Pakistani military, Major General Asif Ghafoor has said that the attacks in Quetta and Parachinar are linked to...
The key to peace in Afghanistan: Bringing all the regional players...
Imtiaz Gul | The Trump administration plans to beef up its nearly 9000 troops with another 4,000 with the stated objective of training and assisting...
Deadly Kabul Bombing: ISIS or Haqqanis?
Jamal Hussain| The dastardly suicide raid in Kabul on May 31, 2017, must be condemned by all civilised societies and nations. Over 120 people have...
The Afghan Quagmire: Kabul is not the only victim!
Saad Yousaf | Over the last few weeks, the unwieldy Unity government in Kabul has been facing multifaceted challenges. Afghan Taliban’s gains in Northern Afghanistan...
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...
Can US President take Hudson Institute report on Pakistan seriously?
By Jamal Hussain | A briefing paper on Pakistan was issued to much media hype in February 2017 by the Hudson Institute, a research setup...
Did Pakistanis let the ball drop after Zarb-e-Azb?
Naeem Qurban| With the launch of operation ‘Raad ul Fusaad’, Pakistan’s military and civil government have once again expressed their absolute commitment to eliminate the...
Pakistanis must learn the limits of military led counter-terrorism
Muhammad Feyyaz| Back to square one: terrorism has ‘reared again.’ There is a general unease about inaction by the army in the general populace and...
Will ‘Raadul-Fasaad’ complete the unfinished agenda of Raheel Sharif in Punjab?
Ikram Sehgal| Unfinished agendas are finally being addressed. Chairing a high-level security meeting in Lahore on Wednesday attended by all the Corps Commanders in the...
Pakistan Army begins: ‘Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad’ all across Pakistan
News Analysis Pakistan Army on Wednesday initiated: 'Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad' across the country, Inter-Services Public Relations, the army's media wing, said in a statement. Pak Army launches...
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...
Are KP police capable of fighting terror and crime?
Imtiaz Gul | Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has seen a remarkable turnaround in the fight against terrorist and extremist groups in the last couple of...
