A genuine Pakistani great
As its youngest and first-ever Pakistani Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) to head the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) from 1957 to 1965, Air Marshal Asghar Khan is eulogized not only for his professional…
Books of general interest
Last week I met Prof Dr Munir Cheema, a doctor and human being par excellence. He is related to my dear friend, Sajjad Cheema, son of the famous Justice Muhamad…
Who wants Ayub or Zia back?
THE demand by some powerful elements that the parliamentary form of government should be replaced with a presidential one may be taken as a continuation of a similar campaign launched…
Ayub Khan’s authoritarian ‘development’ model
To the embarrassment of the nation’s intelligence, we see that Prime Minister Imran Khan, Finance Minister Asad Umar and batteries of trolls on social media greatly admire Field Marshal President…
PM Khan vs Gen Ziaul Haq
The big fear in the first half of 2018 was that there would be no election. Somehow, someone, somewhere would find an excuse to delay the election. The conduct of…
A gentlemen’s agreement?
Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project (KHEP) on May 19 amid criticism from Pakistan that the initiative was in violation of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). The 330-megawatt project…
An officer and a gentleman
I was walking towards the School of Physical Fitness (SPF) run by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), along with my uncle who coached the PAF hockey team there when I…
The testimony of a general
Part - I Lt-Gen Abdul Majid Malik passed away at age 96 in his native Chakwal on June 3, 2016. Among officers senior to Ziaul Haq, Malik was the one…
Gen Raheel and the monster
Exception justifies the rule. So has COAS General Raheel Sharif by sticking to his date of retirement in a country where only a third of army chiefs doffed their uniforms…
A general’s views
LATELY, Pervez Musharraf has been unburdening himself of some of his views on democracy. In a BBC interview, he said that while he believed in democracy, he did not consider…
