Justice or discipline?
In 1967, during the tenure of field marshal Ayub Khan, the scope of military courts was extended to civilians. Section 2(1)(d) was included in the Pakistan Army Act, and military…
Spirit of self-discipline
Ramazan is a month of restraint and discipline. The ability to curb your instincts and desires is the motive behind fasting. Not to eat is symbolic. However, it is taken…
IR discipline needs revamping
International Relations (IR), as a separate discipline, is almost 100 years old but in Pakistan its academic life is nearly 50 years. Mostly promoted by US and Britain as major…
IR discipline needs revamping
International Relations (IR), as a separate discipline, is almost 100 years old but in Pakistan its academic life is nearly 50 years. Mostly promoted by US and Britain as major…
Civil-military ties
THE people of Pakistan have a strong democratic temperament. Throughout the year, the country’s many elections are robustly contested in bar associations, chambers of commerce, professional associations, unions, civil society…
A non-virtuous civil-military symbiosis
As individuals go, Army Chief Raheel Sharif is an exceptional wartime general – the successes of the campaign against the TTP and its member organisations, as well as its many…
Military and society
Forgive the caption. What follows hardly justifies the full expanse of what it encompasses. It is too broad – almost a science, incapable of being enclosed in the limited space…
Military courts
Capital suggestion Legal: Forty-two years ago, the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan prescribed progressive separation of the judiciary from the executive. Forty-two years ago, the constitution fixed a…
Civil-military relations 2.0
We have some pretty complex problems in Fata, Balochistan, Karachi. How we frame these problems is always interesting. In our discourse, the problems are faced by our troops who are…
Civil-military relations and democracy – II
It is only too obvious that in a parliamentary democracy, where governments can change after elections, such trained specialists should be totally neutral and apolitical. Otherwise, every new government will…
