How Trump trapped Pakistan into the Gaza peace plan First Post 07 Oct 2025 Shehbaz Sharief and failed marshal Asim Munir celebrated their recent visit to Washington and meeting Donald Trump as a sign of increased bonhomie between Islamabad and Washington, unaware as to why they were entertained by Trump. Reality dawned with the release of the Gaza peace plan […]
Trump’s Sharif-Munir photo-op may sway Pakistanis, but can’t forge enduring ties First Post 30 Sep 2025 Against all norms the Trump-Sharief meeting conducted in the White House was closed to the press. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State, Marc Rubio, were present. From Pakistan’s side Shehbaz Sharief was accompanied by the army chief, failed marshal Asim Munir. […]
Will Pak- Saudi pact impact India The Statesman 23 Sept 2025 The killing of Jamaal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 led to Riyadh facing global flak. US President Biden, promised to hold Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accountable. Everything changed a year later when the US began courting Riyadh to stem the Chinese challenge to […]
Pakistan’s involvement in Pahalgam now proven The Statesman 05 Aug 2025 The report of the Monitoring Team of the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee, released last week, mentions, ‘On 22nd April, terrorists attacked a tourist spot in Pahalgam, J and K. Twenty-six civilians were killed. The attack was claimed that same day by The Resistance Front (TRF), who in parallel […]
Pakistan’s Double Standards The Excelsior 27 Jul 2025 27th July is the anniversary of the Karachi agreement, the first inked between India and Pakistan. This was a military level understanding, signed in 1949, mediated by the UN, intending to formalize the ceasefire line between the two nations, post the first Indo-Pak war in 1947-48. This was followed by other […]
A warped view of Kashmir by Al Jazeera The Excelsior 19 Jul 2025 Al Jazeera recently released a video on Kashmir, attempting to explain the conflict over the region between India and Pakistan in light of the recently concluded Operation Sindoor. While they did obtain speakers from both sides aiming to project balanced views, what emerged was a warped […]
Countering Pakistan’s threat games The Excelsior 10 Jul 2025 Addressing the passing our parade at its Naval Academy, Pakistan’s self-appointed Field Marshal, Asim Munir, accused India of raising tensions in the region post the Pahalgam terrorist attack. Munir claimed that Pakistan was the ‘net regional stabilizer’ as also that it responded with firmness to India’s ‘unprovoked military actions.’ He […]
Implications of the Washington lunch The Statesman 24 Jun 2025 There are many speculations on why Trump invited Pak army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, for a meeting followed by a luncheon. Though planned for an hour, it extended for over two hours. There is a claim that this was arranged by influential members of Pakistan’s diaspora who are […]
India must prepare to plough a lone farrow The Statesman 17 Jun 2025 Every time India reacted to Pakistan backed terrorist strikes, it raised the benchmark. What began as ‘Kadi Ninda’ pre-2014, cross-border strike post Uri in 2016, Balakote in 2019, finally ending up with damaging and destroying Pakistan’s strategic assets in Operation Sindoor. Each time Pakistan prepared for […]
Operation Sindoor Will Be Studied by Military Strategists for Years to Come ETv Bharat 12 Jun 2025 The dust has settled along the LoC and routine procedures have begun between India and Pakistan, including the comic show at Attari. In Pakistan all is normal, no one questions losses incurred in the short conflict while their DGISPR continues pushing narratives of […]