Indian Subcontinent

Focusing on Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, this theater represents a primary tri-threat landscape. Analysis targets nuclear escalation ladders, the command-and-control of regional proxy networks, cross-border kinetic friction, and the tactical utilization of 5th Generation Warfare (5GW).

Indian Subcontinent
Imran Siddiqui

Prisons in Pakistan – An Opportunity Lost To Incompetence

Prisons are overcrowded because a large number of people for Pre-trial/ remand are put in jail. This leads to issue of Prison Radicalisation because extremists can easily connect with ordinary people and propagate extremism. Many youth and ordinary prisoners end up with terrorist organizations.

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Indian Subcontinent
Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired)

Overpowered

Army’s intervention in politics – rightly or wrongly, directly or indirectly –brings the constitution and the institutions under stress. Creating a political structure around some selected figures is its compulsion, both for legitimacy and for the outreach.

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Indian Subcontinent
Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired)

Law of The Jungle

The Lawyers Movement kicked-off in 2007 was essentially for the primacy of law. Churchill, “are the courts functioning”; and Ali, the fourth of the Righteous Caliphs, “a system based on injustice could not survive”, were so often quoted that one started to suspect that we were on a holy mission. When it was accomplished, the restored Chief Justice, Iftikhar Chaudhray, not only went all guns blazing against the judiciary, but also violated some basic tenets of the Constitution. His unholy mission was furthered by another heady judge, Saqib Nisar, who even had some iconic figures of the struggle groveling before him in the Supreme Court.

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Defense Security
Syed Khalid Muhammad

India’s New Normal with Pakistan

The grievances of Pashtuns, the progress of KPK, support base of PTM, role of PTI and PPP, and proposed next steps are discussed in this article and offer additional insight to this issue.

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Indian Subcontinent
Lt. Colonel Saleem Akhtar Malik (Retired)

Washing of Hands

The grievances of Pashtuns, the progress of KPK, support base of PTM, role of PTI and PPP, and proposed next steps are discussed in this article and offer additional insight to this issue.

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Indian Subcontinent
Imran Siddiqui

The Exaggerated Cost of Diamer Basha Dam

The main reason behind the waste of water is lack of reservoirs and proper management of water. This crisis has resulted in another major issue – shortage of power. To generate power with little impact to climate, Pakistan needs environment friendly hydropower generation projects.

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