How Gaza trap will make Munir realize the cost of American lunch First Post 23 Dec 2025 Reports mention that Pakistan’s de-facto head of state, constitutionally protected failed marshal Asim Munir, is expected to visit the US in Jan to discuss deployment of his troops in Gaza as part of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) under Trump’s Gaza peace […]
The enigma that is Pakistan The Excelsior 12 Dec 2025 India has for long attempted to project Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, a dangerous nuclear power as also a nation on the verge of economic collapse. However, a lot has changed in recent months, despite Pakistan surviving on a collection of IMF bailouts and facing internal insecurities. […]
A nation in turmoil: Why Imran Khan still terrifies the Pak army First Post 11 Dec 2025 As soon as a message flows from incarcerated Imran Khan, Pakistan army’s head of media (DGISPR) holds a press conference deriding him. He has been termed by the Pak army as a ‘threat to national security,’ ‘a narcissist’ as also a ‘sick […]
How Pakistan has mastered the art of projecting defeat as victory First Post 28 Nov 2025 Field Marshal William Slim’s book ‘defeat into victory’, published in 1956, covered the retaking of Burma (now Myanmar) from the Japanese by allied forces during the second world war. The book was praised for its narrative style and detailed account of the offensive, […]
War on terror continues The Statesman 18 Nov 2025 The Delhi blast is an indicator that India’s war on terror is nowhere near concluding, despite conveying strong messages to Islamabad by means of military strikes. However, till the Red Fort blast, terrorism was largely restricted to Kashmir, at least in the past decade. Continuing counterterrorist operations in Kashmir have […]
How Pakistan’s 27th amendment will turn a failed marshal into a dictator First Post 09 Nov 2025 The Shehbaz Sharief government will be tabling the 27th Constitutional amendment on 14th Nov. It needs limited support from other political parties to push this amendment, details of which remain secret. The amendment would reduce financial powers of provinces, strip the judiciary […]
Pakistan’s possible three-front war The Statesman 21 Oct 2025 Pakistan faced two major protests in recent days. The first was in POK where the public rose in anger against rising costs, exploitation of resources and lack of basic amenities. Protests lasted two weeks, were brutally crushed with over a dozen (officially reported) killed. True figures could be far higher. […]
Service chiefs threaten Pakistan: The messaging and more ETv Bharat 16 Oct 2025 The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, speaking in Bhuj, on Pak build up across Sir Creek, mentioned, that if Pak attempts a misadventure, the Indian response would, ‘so strong and decisive that it would change both history and geography.’ This was followed by the Indian army chief, […]
Trump’s Pakistan tilts highlights limits of India’s trust in the US First Post 14 Oct 2025 Pakistan’s sudden found bonhomie with the US has given their hybrid government a feeling that their relations with the US, frozen for almost a decade, are on the heal and that they can depend on Washington for support, especially during a conflict with […]
Pakistan must be targeted for suppressing its people The Statesman 14 Oct 2025 The recent protests in POK are the result of anger built up over the years due to forced suppression by the state. This is a region Pakistan proudly calls ‘Azad Kashmir,’ but it is anything but ‘Azad.’ It is worse than a colonized state, denied basic […]