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Inam Ul HaqueThe Express Tribune |
Sometimes it is hard to say something that has been said by so many people, so many times, on so many occasions. Analysis space is burgeoning with...
Someone recently shared a street photo from some Western country, where a letter box had a note stuck on it requesting people not to use it as birds...
So finally, Iran’s patience with Israel’s constant provocation ran out; and on 14 April it launched Operation True Promise (va’de-ye s ā deq),...
Continuing from last week, Pakistan is also in quandary to manage its relations with Afghanistan that follows an anti-Pakistan course despite friendly...
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) finds itself in deep quandary when its sole benefactor, Pakistan, seems to have turned away from overwriting...
On 16 March 2024, a multiple suicide truck bomb and gun attack carried out by militants linked with TTP’s Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group, in the Khaddi...
The bogey of Pashtunistan and the oft-repeated claim that Durand Line was accepted by Afghanistan’s Iron Amir, Abdur Rehman Khan, under duress, were...
It was only when some friends interceded on behalf of its Pakistani representative that I accepted to speak on Pakistan-Afghan relations ‘only’,...
So finally, the post-vote dust is settling down in Pakistan’s troubled parliamentary democracy. PMLN’s Maryam Nawaz is the first female Chief...
The following story is fictional, written in the spirit of ‘to whom it may concern’, where the intended reader can opt out at any stage. The young...
L ast week I wrote on the futility of elections, as these reinforce the financial, political and social status-quo in Pakistan without addressing...
T he candidate’s father wanted to field his son for the provincial legislature in today’s elections in KPK, and he proudly confided to me that he...
T he fact that Iran’s’ Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)-clergy combine is a revisionist dispensation keen to export its brand; is steeped in...
T he Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) with blessings from the top Iranian leadership carried out a combined drone and missile strike in Sabz Koh...
A t senior positions one is always confronted with the dilemma of decision-making (DM), to pick the right option from a range of options presented....
I t was in 2003 when Fareed Zakaria, the eminent Indian American analyst better known for his CNN programme ‘Fareed Zakaria GPS’, wrote “The...
S o, another year passed with Pakistani politics still roiling in gutter, debate without substance and national discourse apparently directionless,...
L ast week we discussed the conceptual framework of terrorism, which is a byproduct of ‘violent extremism’, emanating from radicalization. That...
I n the expansive literature on the subject, terrorism is considered a byproduct of ‘extremism’ which, once violent, transcends into terrorism....
O n 28th November, Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) summoned head of the Afghan diplomatic mission to convey four explicit demands: a) extradition of...
L ast week in this space, trends defining the contemporary construct of International Relations were outlined. First, the war in Ukraine has pushed...
Y es, our world is changing and changing faster than we can fathom. Conflicts, the integral part of human existence — once combined with other...
Y es, that is true and that is what saner heads in the world Jewry are fearing and saying louder. Articulation of arguments ‘for’ Israel’s...
N umbers do not matter anymore. Infants and children are dead in thousands. All patients in hospital intensive care lost on life for power failure,...
It was probably September 1987 and while on leave from the School of Infantry and Tactics at Quetta, we heard the news of the shahadat (martyrdom) of...
October 31, 2023 was the deadline for all ‘illegal aliens, including Afghans, to leave Pakistan. While discussing the regional situation in...
A RAND Corporation report published his year, “Staying the Unfavorable Course — National Security Council Decisionmaking and the Inertia of U.S....
Palestine comprises parts of modern Israel and the Palestinian territories, including Gaza Strip and West Bank (of Jordan River). The area controls...
We conclude this series of articles exploring the reasons behind the collapse of Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) in August 2022....
We continue to explore the collapse of Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) in August 2021, as chronicled in February 2023 report by...
A lot of diplomatic activity about Afghanistan — internationally and at regional level — has been underway. After the re-ascent of IEA to power in...
Afghanistan somehow cannot be wished away, as it continues to cast its shadow on the region, and on Pakistan in particular. It has remained relevant...
Some recent assessment presented in the UNSC identifies key threats by various terrorist outfits in Afghanistan. It also ‘claims’ possible TTP...
While commenting on the domestic scene, it is hard to find something that has not been commented upon, analysed threadbare and not known. There are no...