Two superpowers, one dangerous game
The recent military parade in China and US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Department of Defense have created a spectre of heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington,…
A rocket force
Pakistan announced the raising of an Army Rocket Forces Command (ARFC) on August 14, 2025. The new organisation will include a command headquarters with command-and-control staff, providing leadership to its…
The price of defeat
It is a historically proven truth that military defeats lead to a loss of political power, especially in democracies. Even before democracies, Napoleon’s grip on power loosened after his ignominious…
What Israel and the US didn’t achieve
The 12-day war of aggression waged principally by Israel against Iran has been fascinating for its starkness on multiple fronts. Much like Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, on open display…
Was that all, folks?
I’m not surprised that financial markets were the first to call Iran’s retaliation “de-escalatory” (Bloomberg) – oil fell, equities and futures rose as ballistic missiles targeted the al Udeid airbase…
A catastrophe called Israel
ANY military campaign must have clearly defined objectives, and Israel said its main aim of starting a war with Iran, through its ongoing massive air attacks with tacit backing from US and…
America’s new war
IT is a war that Israel had been planning for years. After a nod from the Trump administration, the Zionist state last Friday unleashed multiple strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and military…
Who threatens global peace?
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a risky air campaign deep inside Iran. Israeli jets struck key nuclear facilities in Natanz and Isfahan. The attacks killed two…
A new war begins
Many of us who have lived through the turbulence of major upheavals in recent decades now feel that there has never been a time like this. And I am not…
Support for the army
The federal cabinet has won the hearts of all patriotic Pakistanis by promoting the brave, courageous and bold army chief General Asim Munir to the highest rank of field marshal…
