Asim Malik belongs to a blue-blooded army family. His father was a three-star general whose generation saw both military action and career advancement under Zia-ul-Haq.
A Sword of Honour recipient, Lt Gen Asim Malik is first ISI chief with a doctorate. He is also first serving chief of Pakistan’s spy agency to occupy the office of NSA simultaneously.
Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
“The new NSA will have the task of convincing the world that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed do not exist in Pakistan”! Wow! Even if both Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed do exist in Pakistan, as there exist so much of proof, Pakistan wants to convince the world that these do NOT exist in Pakistan.
“The new NSA will have the task of convincing the world that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed do not exist in Pakistan”! Wow! Even if both Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed do exist in Pakistan, as there exist so much of proof, Pakistan wants to convince the world that these do NOT exist in Pakistan.