On Studying Military History
I used to be invited by the Staff College at Quetta to give a talk on the evolution of warfare, ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Tag: Soviet
Henry Kissinger – A Man Who Has Been History’s Pivot
Dr. Henry Kissinger, the scholar, statesman, political activist, author and professor at Harvard University, is today almost a hundred years ...
How Dr. Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022) Inspired A Generation Of Activists
Many people who had contributed to the arts, politics and culture of South Asian have passed away this year. Among ...
Why The Military’s Announcement To Stay Apolitical Should Be Taken With A Pinch Of Salt
The history of the military's dominance of power structures in Pakistani society is certainly not as old as Pakistan itself: ...
Why Imran Khan And Nawaz Sharif Were Denied Their Revolutions
Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Russian Revolution, was once reminded by a Western intellectual, in the wake of the ...
Fidel Castro: The David Of The Caribbean Who Dared To Challenge Goliath
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the map of the Communist world changed beyond recognition. The USSR disappeared and ...
New Europe In Latvia And Bulgaria: Elections, Russia And The West
On 01 October, parliamentary elections were held in Latvia, a post-Soviet country, and on 02 October, parliamentary elections were held ...
These 4 Events From 1979 May Have Laid The Foundations For 9/11
It’s been 21 years since al-Qaeda terrorists carried out 9/11. To what extent can that be traced back to a ...
Changing History’s Course: How Gorbachev’s Rise Was The Soviet Union’s Fall
Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War and was the last leader of the Soviet Union, died at the age ...
The Last Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Passes Away At 91
Mikhail Gorbachev was born on March 2 1931 in Stavropol in southern Russian. His parents worked on farms and growing ...
Prosperous Rebels: The Curious Romance Between Lifestyle Liberals And Right-Wing Populists in South Asia
At this year’s Lahore Literary Festival, I was approached by a group of six or seven college students immediately after ...
Captain, Comrade, Conspirator, Citizen: Zafar Ullah Poshni’s Vow of Loyalty
It so happened that I was reading the very readable WW2 memoir of Major Ishaq Muhammad on the 6th of ...
From Maulana To Mao-Lana And Beyond: Bhashani’s Dream
Maulana Bhashani, who was born 141 years ago on December 12 yesterday, was the most important leader of that Pakistan ...
Colonel Imam: From Kakul to Kabul
It was the January of 2011. Deep winter in Waziristan and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, rode through ...
Recap Afghanistan: How A Country Came To Be A Graveyard Of Empires
The vicious and horrific atrocities of September 11th, 2001, not only shook the world but also began a new chapter ...
What The Future Looks Like For Afghanistan’s New Masters: Two Possibilities
“They may ring their bells now, before long they will be wringing their hands," said Sir Robert Walpole. The first ...
Of Fates Entwined: Kabul And The Indus Valley Through The Ages
As a complete pull-out of NATO troops from Afghanistan drew near, there was apprehension in Pakistan – now proven false ...
He Could Bring Lahore To A Halt With One Word: My Friend And Comrade, Rao Tariq
It is very difficult to write about a very dear friend and comrade, especially with a close association spanning more ...
US Authored Events Leading To Humiliation In Kabul
Imperialism, which finally died in Afghanistan last week, had actually begun to hiccup in the mid-1970s. Of this hiccupping, Vietnam ...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
Flood Reconstruction Efforts Struggle To Rebuild 58 Bridges In Balochistan
On 26 August 2023, as heavy rain poured...
Peshawar | Imran Khan By-election On 33 Seats | Petrol Price Hike | IMF Only Solution?
Peshawar | Imran Khan By-election On 33 Seats...