Military
September 03, 2010
The State of Pakistan Exists Or, Not?
Would it be unpatriotic to think if Pakistan had a state or, not? If our country was going to disintegrate or, not? Are we going to live as a nation or, not?
February 13, 2010
Death of Idealism
A dark age began in 1958. Pakistan's generals and their darbari civil servants destroyed talent. The process was accelerated in 1977 and refined in 1999 to the highest pitch.
February 03, 2010
India Factor for Pakistani Army
What Pakistan's generals are claiming is not about Islam or Pakistan but about narrow institutional and class interests of Pakistani generals and their attached civil servant, feudal and business classes.
November 22, 2009
Taking The Men Who Stare at Goats Seriously
October 13, 2009
GHQ Attack-Serious Questions
The enemy is not in Waziristan or Afghanistan. The enemy is our own damn inefficiency and complacency. It merits serious thinking at all plains , tactical,operational and strategic.
July 22, 2009
The State And Its' Wars
Pakistan is engaged in a series of debates arguing the role of constitutionalism; of independent judiciary; of free media and civil society’s responsibility, but not yet began to debate the role of the Pakistani military within Pakistan.
July 11, 2009
Vindictive at Their Best-Pakistan Army
Pakistan's three infamous A's: The Army, Allah and America. We blame the Islamic fundamentalists and USA for all the chaos in Pakistan. But if we take a closer look the real culprit seems to be Pakistan army.
July 09, 2009
A Leaf From the Book of Life
Now when I look back I feel as if I was in awe of her like she was a deity descended form the heavens above who could only be seen and revered and observed but not spoken to.
June 22, 2009
Book Review: Flight of the Falcon
Sajad Haider’s (SJ) name made headlines, both in war and peace. The former remains his legacy, faithfully revisited every September. The latter became a fleeting moment in history, which no one talks about.
April 24, 2009
Sufi Muhammed...No More a Joke
It was a small headline on the back page of Roznama Jahng. My father had passed it as a joke. “Sufi Muhammed claims that if the government does not instate sharia law in Pakistan, he will attack Islamabad.