Category: Sector: Government

Governance
Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired)

An Army of Lions

Pretty early in his current incarnation, contrary to his pre-election absolute rejection of the option, Imran Khan decided to take the IMF route. To bless his about-turn, he sanctified it as a hallmark of leadership. Someone from Khan’s inner circle violated the decorum of the high office he had been granted for his sycophantic talents and sneered, that the promises made before polls were like pre-matrimonial vows – not to be taken to heart.

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Hybrid Warfare
Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired)

Was This My War?

We, the State, had allowed the Uzbeks, the Tajiks, the Arabs, Africans, the Chechens and numerous other criminals from almost all over the world to come and settle down, here amongst the tribal belt and hijack the tribes. They decapitated the mushers, (leaders) usurped the tribal way of life, commandeered spaces, collected revenue by force and governed the area through coercion, force and terror, while the State was conspicuous in its absence.

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Broadcast YouTube
Syed Khalid Muhammad

TTP Negotiations & Iran’s Proxy War with Pakistan

Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director – CommmandEleven, joined Ahmed Quraishi, a senior analyst and television anchor, to speak with Syeda Qudsiya Mashhadi on Voice of the East about the Pakistan Government’s negotiations with the TTP and the potential to deliver any results. Both panelists also spoke about Iran’s proxy war with Pakistan in detail.

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Sector: Government
Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired)

To Talk or Not to Talk

‘Go and learn Islam from Bush’, were the taunts my men suffered as they patrolled the streets of Jandola. It was demoralizing to the rank and file and confused the issue of who was the enemy and who was friend. It was a difficult situation with Muslims facing Muslims in a war that few understood and even lesser wanted to fight.

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Governance
Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired)

Hypocrisy at its Best

The continued cliche of the famous “Strategic Depth” used to beat Pakistan with was a ridiculous concept, thrown up by a brigadier at the National Defense University (NDU), then known as the NDC, was purely an academic discussion, never a State Policy.

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Indian Subcontinent
Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired)

The Afghan Gordian Knot

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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Governance
Lt. General Asad Durrani (Retired)

The Incredible State

Some of them cannot afford to tell the truth; others do not know the truth; and still others fatuously believe that economizing on truth was good politics. Speaking with forked tongues was once the exclusive domain of the diplomats.

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