Pakistan’s disinformation campaign The Excelsior 08 May 2025 Who can ever forget Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN, Maleeha Lodi in 2017, responding to India’s criticism of Pak PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s address to the General Assembly, naming India as ‘the mother of terrorism in South Asia,’ while displaying a photograph of a girl, scarred by pellets, claiming her to […]
Indo-Pak ties can never be normal The Statesman 06 May 2025 Major terrorist strikes, at regular intervals, have pushed Indo-Pak ties to rock bottom. Normally, these happen at least once in the tenure of every Pak army chief, largely when the chief feels the need to either gain greater control over civilian authority or his forces are losing respect […]
Is Pahalgam a Pak action alone The Excelsior 03 May 2025Militarily, before any operation with severe ramifications is launched, there are certain basic pre-requisites, apart from securing the approval of the head of the institution, in this case, Gen Asim Munir. These include reconnaissance of multiple venues to determine the best, assessment of impact and likely retaliation, allocation of resources […]
Islamabad changes its tune The Statesman 29 Apr 2025A day after India responded with a slew of measures including suspending the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), reducing strength in consulates and stopping all trade, Pakistan displayed bravado. A statement issued after their National Security Council meeting termed India’s actions as ‘unilateral, unjust, politically motivated, extremely irresponsible, and devoid of legal merit.’ […]
Pahalgam attack: Pakistan’s latest attempt to instigate instability First Post 24 Apr 2025 Pakistan’s leaders will be expecting a strong Indian retaliation, hoping it will bind their nation, split politically apart, as also divert minds from their failures in Baluchistan.The attack was part of the belief within Pakistan’s strategic circles that a destabilized India adds to their security. Further is […]
Misconceptions within Pakistan Raksha Anirveda 21 Apr 2025Addressing the Overseas Pakistanis Convention in Islamabad, General Asim Munir, their army chief, decided to play to the galleries. He commented on multiple subjects, boosted by a cheering audience of overseas Pakistanis. However, what he missed was a reality check on subjects which he discussed. He backed the two-nation theory, mentioning, ‘Our religion […]
Pakistan has few options The Excelsior 28 Mar 2025The last few weeks have witnessed a spurt of incidents involving various groups, battling Pak security forces, including the Baloch Freedom Fighters. Over 2000 attacks, including terrorist strikes and suicide bombings, have occurred in different parts of the country in the past year. After every incident, the Pak army announces success, on […]
Pakistan fails to read the tealeaves The Excelsior 31 Jan 2025Pakistan media was aghast that the first meeting conducted by the new Trump administration was that of the QUAD and the first bilateral was with India, with Marc Rubio, the new US Secretary of State, meeting Dr Jaishankar. The Dawn in an article discussing the meeting mentioned, ‘Following the inauguration […]
The Pak Taliban fiasco- a lesson for Pakistan The Statesman 07 Jan 2025The Centre for Research and Security Studies states that in 2024 Pakistan had a total of 1166 incidents of terrorist attacks and counter terrorism operations which resulted in 2546 fatalities and 2267 injuries. Among them 685 fatalities were of military personnel. As per Pakistan’s DG Inter Services Public […]
Pak plays the double game The Excelsior 26 Dec 2024While officially Pak and China claim that their friendship is ‘Higher than the mountains and deeper than the oceans,’ however there is immense internal rumbling, mainly because the Pak army prefers being closer to the US and distrusts Chinese intent. Just because China is expending billions in the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic […]