- 19 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityPakistan
IMF projects Pakistan’s fiscal gap to widen to 7.4pc of GDP
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday projected the Pakistan's fiscal deficit, the gap between total resources and expenditures, for the current fiscal year at…
Amid persistent economic challenges, Pakistan’s growing dependence on Saudi, other Gulf nations
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): Quite similar to balancing on a seesaw, Pakistan is also dangling between maintaining its relationship with both Saudi Arabia, and Iran amid regional security concerns…
“The answer to terrorists cannot have any rules”: EAM Jaishankar reaffirms muscular response to cross-border terrorism
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 13 (ANI): After a report in the leading British daily The Guardian claimed that the country's external espionage agency R&AW took out wanted terrorists deep inside…
UK foreign office adds Pakistan to its list of countries “too dangerous to travel”
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom has recently added Pakistan to its list of countries that it states are "too…
UN experts lambast Pakistan for failing to stop forced conversions, marriages of minor girls
Geneva [Switzerland], April 12 (ANI): A panel of experts from the United Nations on Thursday expressed major dismay at the continuing lack of protection for young women and girls belonging…
Pakistan: Vehicle carrying Chinese nationals was not even bulletproof, says report
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): The preliminary investigation into the Besham suicide attack on Chinese nationals has revealed that neither their vehicle was bulletproof nor bombproof, Geo News reported. The…
NATIONAL SECURITY WISHLIST: SOME EXAMPLES FROM CHINA
Fernand Braudel, academic and historian of the early 20th Century, is widely credited with the statement that “The geography of a region plays a significant role in shaping its history.”…
By Brigadier Sanal Kumar (Retd)
PAKISTAN- CLASHES ON WESTERN BORDER AND TERRORISM INFERNO WITHIN
Pakistan already battling grave and debilitating fiscal emergency is now getting mired in internal chaos and escalating tension on her Western border. Military-establishment has been utilising Eastern border with India…
By Lt Gen K J Singh (Retd)
INDIA’S PUSHBACK AGAINST CHINA : HOW RISK PRONE IS THIS GAMBLE? PART 2
From Part 1 Is the Indian push back that we have witnessed in the last few weeks, and serially discussed in several video discussions, sufficient in weight and content to…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
PoK activist applauds improved living conditions in Jammu-Kashmir
Geneva [Switzerland], March 27 (ANI): Professor Sajjad Raja, the Chairman of the National Equality Party for Jammu Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh (NEP-JKGBL), made a striking comparison between the people…
Mission Divyastra Successful: New Frontiers
On March 11, 2024, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under “Mission Divyastra” successfully tested the Agni-V ballistic missile, which uses Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. This is…
By Air Cmde SP Singh (Retd)
FENCING- A VIABLE SOLUTION AGAINST PEACETIME SECURITY THREATS
After announcement of fence along India-Myanmar border by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a larger debate kicked off on viability of fence as security imperative verses inefficacy of fencing on…
By Captain RC Sharma
