A saffron silence
HAD William Shakespeare been alive today in Pakistan, he would have given a different twist to his drama Julius Caesar. He would have reframed history in the light of our…
Remembering Fasih Bokhari
If they still made men like that, one would certainly want to see more like the later Admiral (r) Fasih Bokhari. The former naval chief lost his battle against cancer…
Three men, three questions
You gotta hand it to Raheel. He really does do things his way. A general quitting two-thirds of the way in, a full 10 months before retirement? Now that’s Naya…
Our brave shaheens
Today, I would like to tell you about some of the great deeds of our air force heroes. They have served Pakistan gallantly many times over, the most recent occasion…
Lest you forget
At Kahuta, we were not only a team of colleagues, but all part of one family. We were all working towards one goal: to make nuclear weapons (and later, a…
Coordinated response to hybrid warfare
While both the country's civilian and military leadership must understand the palpable danger that hybrid warfare poses to Pakistan, it is important for the public to be made aware of…
Changing the nuclear paradigm
Speaking at a book launch, General Ehsanul Haq, the former chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC), warned against India shedding its pretence of the ‘no first use’ (NFU) of…
CoAS, not factory manager
In 1975, PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto renamed the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), the Army's Head, as Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), subordinate to the mainly created Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee…
The CoAS’ chair
Attempting to justify his many self-granted extensions, General Pervez Musharraf started a needless controversy campaigning for an extension almost a year before General Raheel Sharif's three-year term as CoAS was…
The new army chief
A new army chief would normally not warrant special media or public attention in most countries but in Pakistan the situation is vastly different. The Washington Post says, "for the…
