Newly labeled doctrines and well-worded off-the-record statements are unlikely to persuade sceptics that the Pakistan army is on the verge of a fundamental transformation.
The East Pakistan Tragedy shows the pitfalls that Pakistan must avoid in civil-military relations, military decision-making in the politics, and ideas ofsuperiority that can only divide the nation.
General Pervez Musharraf has expressed fondness for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and said he was the ‘biggest supporter’ of the group and its founder Hafiz Saeed.
Saturday was a day of chaos worsened by partial media blackout, restrictions on social media and continuous circulation of conspiracy theories via WhatsApp in Pakistan.
Army chief General Qamar Bajwa seems to be against the military’s direct intervention in politics but Khadim Rizvi and his cohorts have been making insinuations that the general might not belong to the right sect.
The Pakistani military continues to re-engineer politics by removing undesirable politicians and advancing the careers of civilians considered more pliable.
Khawaja Asif’s comments do not portend a paradigm shift in Pakistan. He may believe it to be true but it risks inflaming the already tenuous ties with the military
As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
HH is the only person in the world who has not be to Pakistan in years but has the crystal ball by which he is able to see everything that is happening in Pakistan. Both HH and DT have one thing in common writing without any knowledge.
If Pak army does something good for the region, Mr Hussain Haqqani will show the will gesture in dim lights . One must appriciate if army is ready for dialogue with India on Kashmir .
Mike Mullen response must be taken seriouly. Once again world is going to be taken to tour. Commitment and convection for change can be trusted only when world sees that Dr shakeel Afridi is no more in jail. In pashtun homeland and particularly FATA I as a resident do not observe any change. New doctorine of Bajwa will be no different from old doctorine of General Musharraf who deceived world on fake and fraudulent war against terror in pashtun homeland and particularly FATA for last 17 years where only innocent people were killed while terrorists r still there. President Trump in his tweet rightly termed it lies and deceits. I do not see any positive result of military men doctorine.
Afghanistan will pay the price for sheltering foreign terrorists while India should either ask forgiveness for intervening in East Pakistan or it should stop playing the victim card in Kashmir
HH is the only person in the world who has not be to Pakistan in years but has the crystal ball by which he is able to see everything that is happening in Pakistan. Both HH and DT have one thing in common writing without any knowledge.
If Pak army does something good for the region, Mr Hussain Haqqani will show the will gesture in dim lights . One must appriciate if army is ready for dialogue with India on Kashmir .
Mike Mullen response must be taken seriouly. Once again world is going to be taken to tour. Commitment and convection for change can be trusted only when world sees that Dr shakeel Afridi is no more in jail. In pashtun homeland and particularly FATA I as a resident do not observe any change. New doctorine of Bajwa will be no different from old doctorine of General Musharraf who deceived world on fake and fraudulent war against terror in pashtun homeland and particularly FATA for last 17 years where only innocent people were killed while terrorists r still there. President Trump in his tweet rightly termed it lies and deceits. I do not see any positive result of military men doctorine.
Afghanistan will pay the price for sheltering foreign terrorists while India should either ask forgiveness for intervening in East Pakistan or it should stop playing the victim card in Kashmir