By M. M. Usman
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and Indian Air Force (IAF) are the two regional forces frequently at war and engaged in a never ending arms race. History has proved PAF to be superior whenever the two forces were involved in air combat. This was primarily attributed to sound professionalism and training of PAF crew, great serviceability and upkeep of war reserves and a slight technological edge of PAF over IAF. Continue reading
Posted in Pakistan Defence, Reports
By Asad Zaman
The ongoing financial crisis of 2008 has deep historical roots. To understand it, we must go back to sixteenth century Europe. Continual warfare and bloodshed among different Christian sects led to the search for a secular basis for society. Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Opinions from Pakistan, World Affairs
By Sabina Khan
President Asif Ali Zardari recently said that a package of reforms for Fata would be implemented soon. These consist of political, administrative and judicial changes and were originally announced in April 2009, but have yet to be implemented. Continue reading
By Shaukat Qadir
Those who recall my attempt some months ago to explain Joe Biden’s hurriedly-arranged visit to Pakistan, would recall that I tried outlining why and how Pakistan was assisting the Afghans to find an Afghan solution for their future — a future in which all Afghans across the ethnic divide would participate, including the various chapters of the Afghan Taliban. While Pakistan would assist, the ‘(Burhanuddin) Rabbani initiative’ was intended to be exclusively Afghan.
By MJ Rosenberg
Any doubt about how the United States makes its policies on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be dispelled by the Obama administration’s near-instant reaction to the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation announcement: it is determined to be fully in sync with prime minister Netanyahu.
Posted in Articles, Opinions from Abroad, Palestine Issue
By Tarak Barkawi
We are told that war is the pursuit of politics by other means. Attributed to Clausewitz, the thought is actually rather comforting. War may be violent but at least it’s rational. It is a sometimes necessary strategy to achieve objectives.
Posted in Articles, Current Issues, Opinions from Abroad
By:Raoof Hasan
Pakistan is witnessing the making of strange bedfellows. The ‘qatils’ of yesterdays are turning pals and playmates while old associates are being consigned to the bins. Though clever strictly in the Machiavellian sense, do the heartless shenanigans make for a recipe for the large palette of woes the country suffers from?
By Stephen S Roach
Asia needs a new model consumer. A post-crisis generation of “zombie consumers” in the United States is likely to hobble growth in global consumption for years to come. And that means that export-led developing Asia now has no choice but to turn inward and rely on its own 3.5 billion consumers.
Posted in Articles, Opinions from Abroad, South Asia
By Aziz-ud-Din Ahmad
For more than two decades, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has assiduously collected facts on the state of citizen’s rights in the country. Through “Juhd-e-Haq,” a monthly Urdu publication, the Commission has publicised the incidents of violations of these rights. Continue reading
Hooshang Amirahmadi and Kaveh Afrasiabi
The European Union and the Obama administration have made a splendid art of double standards by imposing sanctions on Tehran’s rulers for their human rights violations and taking military action against the Libyan dictator while failing to address the appalling repression of the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain.
Posted in Articles, Current Issues, Opinions from Abroad
