Pakistan
Reforms in Fata
This Article appeared in Daily Dawn on June 10th, 2010. THERE is a dire need for changes in the system of governance in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) but given a highly conservative society, they cannot be achieved in any radical manner. The British and earlier rulers were interested in the control of the [...]
Possible US strikes
This Article appeared in Daily Dawn on June 02nd, 2010. THERE are reports in the US media that the US government is mulling over the possibility of conducting strikes and troops incursions inside Pakistan. There is a belief that this will happen if the latter fails to start operations in North Waziristan as per America’s [...]
Insurgents on the rise?
This Article appeared in Daily Dawn on May 04th, 2010. Pakistan is caught in the eye of the storm in the international war on terror. Those involved in this war are reassessing their respective roles after mixed results over the last eight years with many pluses and minuses. The situation is rapidly evolving in the [...]
Cold Start and Azm-i-Nau
This Article appeared in Daily Dawn on April 26th, 2010. INDIA has been toying with the idea of the Cold Start strategy for the past six years. It started validating the concept through various military exercises, including Divya Astra (divine weapon) in March 2004, Vijra Shakti (thunder power) in May 2005, Desert Strike in Nov-Dec [...]
Tragedy At Bombay – The Aftermath
The tragedy at Bombay is a sort of 9/11 for India. It appears to be one of many other acts of international terrorism which have been taking place at so many other places in the worlds at regular intervals. All these are despicable acts and need to be condemned in the strongest words. The government [...]