Civil war?

Civil war is a war between groups meant to take control of a region or a nation. A civil war will always have two sided violence meant to bring about a governmental change or to enforce a substantial change in the policies of an incumbent government. The Geneva Conventions consisting of four treaties signed between

Making peace in South Asia

Pakistan has been focused upon intensely for having an extremist political school of thought. Are there no Hindu extremists or Jewish extremists that could be bringing about a reactionary element amongst the Muslims of the world, including Pakistan? Is there not a need for the world to control religious extremism in all religions so that

For a new Pakistan

The Westminster model of parliamentary democracy has been a dismal failure in Pakistan because of the frequent martial laws and the blatant manipulation of the Constitution. For Pakistan to become a viable state it will have to restructure its political system. Devolution of effective political power and greater autonomy to the federating units will have

Global power struggle and us Part II

The late 1970s saw a series of Soviet-propelled political changes in Kabul. In April 1979, elements from the 40th Soviet Army Group deployed at Bagram near Kabul. This was followed on Dec 24 by a full-scale Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Pakistan’s riposte to the invasion was spearheaded by the ISI. The heroic Mujahideen put together

The new South Asia

Pakistan and India will never go to war again because if they do both will become history. The notion expressed by some Indian and international think tanks claiming that, while India will not be totally destroyed in any nuclear war, Pakistan will be completely annihilated is a fallacy. Let it be said in unambiguous terms