By Adrian Levy And R. On October 8, 2014, Head Constable Vijay Singh awoke before dawn in Kalpakkam, India, and scurried across the ocher gravel outside the constabulary barracks at the Madras Atomic Power Station, “looking like the monsoon was about to break,” as a grounds sweeper later recalled. Singh was one of 620 paramilitary officers in the country’s Central Industrial
By Sajjad Shaukat If we take note of the US strategy about Pakistan in the past few years, we observe that American policy goals are quite unclear, as America follows a double game. Sometimes, US top officials admire Pak Army’s action against the Taliban militants including arrests of the top Al Qaeda commanders by
Written By: Ahmed Quraishi Pakistan today has a distinction few countries have: it is home to one of the most exciting, strategic projects promising to reshape the face of the region and possibly the world. Think on a grand scale: the Suez Canal, 1869; the Panama Canal, 1914; the Karakoram Highway, 1966; or, the
By Adrian Levy Adrian Levy is an award-winning journalist and co-author of The Siege: The Attack on the Taj which researched 26/11. As David Headley deposed before an Indian court, Levy spoke with Srijana Mitra Das about the agent who double-crossed ISI and FBI, Hafiz Saeed distrusting Headley, claims of Ishrat Jahan recruited by Lashkar – and India’s
To the Editor: Re “Pakistan’s Hand in the Rise of International Jihad,” by Carlotta Gall (news analysis, Sunday Review, Feb. 7): The whole world, including American officials and military commanders, is praising Pakistan’s successful military operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It is strange that Ms. Gall, instead of acknowledging Pakistan’s sincerity, is somehow
Sarah Khan It needs no justification that Indian intelligence agency RAW has hired few writers of international reputation to defame Pakistan, its armed forces and its intelligence agency by writing and publishing articles based on mere propaganda. Writers working on Indian payroll include ex-CIA official Bruce Reidel, Professor at George Town University Christine Fair
By Sajjad Shaukat As regards , Machiavelli advises the rulers to have a lion-like image outwardly, and act upon the traits of goat inwardly. He also suggests them foreign adventures and the use of terror to obtain their goals. In his sense, a good ruler should be a good opportunist and hypocrite. While echoing
By Sajjad Shaukat The 9th of February 9 is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru whom India secretly hanged and buried inside the Tihar jail complex on February 9, 2013. It triggered protests in Kashmir and widespread condemnations from various political and human rights organisations. Afzal Guru was convicted
BY Sohail Parwaz Completing the national agenda Most probably it was 1977 when I came across General Raheel Sharif for the first time. I don’t remember exactly the station and occasion, however, to the best of my memory it was some TEWT (tactical exercise without troops) or some formation gathering, where I was introduced to
By Sajjad Shaukat Because of its ideal strategic location, and being the lonely nuclear country in the Islamic World, Pakistan has become special target of the US, India and Israel whose secret agencies have been destabilizing it through various kinds of terror attacks. These hostile elements are also using propaganda in maligning Pakistan. For