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State-sponsored terrorism is a violent side of diplomacy. Pakistan is facing terrorism from many dimensions; religious terrorism having safe havens in FATA and tentacles elsewhere in the country and Balochistan terrorism funded and sponsored by the US and India claiming to be fighting terrorism...

Compromising ones ethics in the hope for getting monetary returns is a trait attributed to the humankind’s oldest profession. This is a deviant behavior witnessed in almost all the professions. Since the occurrence of such incidents is very insignificant, it is exception rather than the norm...

It is now official; Pakistan’s electronic media and its well-paid anchors were active, willing and paid partners of the foreign agencies working day and night to malign Pakistan’s security agencies on the issue of missing persons. This they have been doing in cahoots with RAW and CIA...

If we now count Pakistan’s national security challenges, there will be corrupt and inefficient political leadership, weak economy driven by elite-based taxation system, insurgents, terrorists and India, in the same order. The armed forces can fight only one of these threats. Pakistan’s defense...

There is no doubt now that the Pakistan’s decision to open GLOC for NATO supplies can help determine NATO’s future course of action being deliberated in Chicago Summit. The vibes are that so far Pakistan has proved to be real spoiler of the whole show in the Summit hall; those on Chicago streets...

Constitutional protection to civil servants was taken away by ZAB to pave way for his reign of tyranny. The politicians do not want to revive it because protected civil servants will refuse to facilitate corrupt practices of the politicians. A detailed analysis is available at: Constitutional...

Pakistan has boldly defied US pressure against pursuing its gas pipeline deal with Iran thereby forestalling the desperate Western efforts to make it the latest battleground in the war to squeeze Iran. Pakistani premier has declared that his country would not compromise on its national interest...

China figures in as the most important factor in Pakistan’s foreign policy. Their military relationship has often been regarded by the leaders of both the countries as all-weather and time -tested. This relationship between two Asian countries, who share a common border, is important in the...

Recent resolution of US Congress is not unexpected. If the very recent history of America’s global interventionism is any guide, Balochistan should be the next candidate for US-aided rebellion a la Libya. According to Global Research, Pakistan's extensive oil and gas reserves, largely located...

Defense budget includes everything incl. the pay.

A ferocious debate has been triggered in print and electronic media by some vested interest groups that Pakistan’s military consumes the largest share of nation’s economic pie. The nation is being made to believe that Pakistan’s military is the root-cause of economic woes of the country. These...

In civilized societies, it is considered near-taboo to take advantage of someone in deep distress. Nations do take advantage of other nations’ hour of need for their own strategic objectives but taking advantage of a nation devastated by an earthquake is nothing short of strategic callousness...

There are ten things I hate about “this” democracy. First, all the citizens are not equal in the eyes of law and the members of religious majority are more equal than those of the minorities. Two, the law and the Constitution encourage discrimination of the basis of religious faith. Three, the...

Political regimes have come and gone but the fundamental assumptions about core national interests and related policies will remain unchanged. This is true about all the countries on the face of this planet. There have been efforts in many countries, under internal pressure and external...

Nearly everyone, who is keen to prove his credentials as a liberal, is working overtime in pointing fingers at the invisible forces, commonly called the Establishment, for anything going wrong anywhere. Establishment-bashing is nearly as old as the Establishment itself. But the Establishment, as...

Against the wishes of many in Pakistan, across its eastern borders and elsewhere, it has become practically impossible to disintegrate the country like in 1971 through military means because it is now a nuclear state. Pakistan will remain a formidable adversary for India notwithstanding the...

Will the United States shoot itself in the foot through its sanctions against Iran? This question is not difficult to answer and immediate answer is in affirmative. The biggest lesson of history is that nations don’t learn any lesson. The cost of sanctions to the U.S. economy of expensive...

Will the United States shoot itself in the foot through its sanctions against Iran? This question is not difficult to answer and immediate answer is in affirmative. The biggest lesson of history is that nations don’t learn any lesson. The cost of sanctions to the U.S. economy of expensive...

Political atmosphere of Pakistan is abuzz with the stories of a coup, of a different type this time. A coup d’état is typically defined as a strike against the state. Also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of...