The recent spat between Pakistan and the US over "security assistance" was brinkmanship at best. Whoever advised the Obama administration to suspend payments to Pakistan most...
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Analysis: Is North Waziristan Operation Finally in Offing?
General David Petraeus, the outgoing chief commander of the US-ISAF troops, referred to Pakistan army action long-overdue operation in Kurram and the trans-border movement by...
Red Mosque Bloodbath: A Potent Reminder of the Fatal Flaws
On July 10th, 2007 Pakistan military stormed the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in the heart of the federal capital, Islamabad. The operation named Operation Silence was aimed at...
Strained Pakistani Security Apparatus
Never before has Pakistan security apparatus been stretched , and under strain. From Karachi to Peshawar and further north it is constantly under attack. The army has lost more...
Drawdown in Afghanistan: Implications for Pakistan
Amid criticism from various quarters¶including the U.S. military leadership¶on June 22nd, U.S. President, Barack Obama, announced pulling out 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by...
Pakistan Army busts Hizb-ut-Tahrir Agent?
The Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) directorate of the Pakistan military confirmed on June 21 that the army had arrested a serving brigadier by the name Ali Khan on May...
Pak-US Stalemate Persists –
During her visit to Islamabad in the last week of May, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, had called the Post-OBL (Osama Bin Laden) scenario a turning point in the...
North Waziristan Offensive: Is the Pakistan Army finally ready for it:
If the media reports were any indicator, the Pakistani army is almost set for fulfilling a long-standing American demand; a conclusive offensive against the Haqqani Network (HQN)...
Terrorist Attack on PNS Mehran
At around 10:30 pm on May 22, 6 armed militants raided Pakistan Navy airbase, PNS [Pakistan Naval Station] Mehran, in Karachi, about 10 km off the Quaid-e-Azam International...
The Consensus Parliamentary Resolution on the Abbottabad Operation
Imtiaz Gul An historic eleven hour-long in-camera session of the two houses of Pakistan parliament resulted in a consensus 'Resolution on Unilateral U.S. Forces Action in...
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