Due to the deteriorating political and security situation in the country, many speculate that Pakistan’s nuclear program could fall victim to intrusion by terror or fanatic groups. While the subject has been raised on the international forum numerous times and countered effectively as many times, it is important to take a fresh look at Pakistan’s efforts to secure its nuclear […]

India is one of the world’s largest armaments importers and continues to expand the scope and range of its defence and strategic cooperation with countries like the U.S., France, Israel, and Russia. In 2016, the U.S. recognised India as a “Major Defence Partner”, a title that consents on India buying more cutting-edge and sensitive technologies from the U.S. at par […]

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab claims to have arrested six alleged terrorists including a commander of a banned outfit during the multiple operations. A CTD spokesperson said that the department has arrested Bakht Sher, a high-profile commander of a banned militant organisation and caught five other terrorists in other intelligence-based operations (IBOs). He further added that explosive material, mobile […]

Rugged border regions near Afghanistan have seen years of fighting between the army and insurgent groups An attack on a military base by suspected militants in northern Pakistan killed several soldiers. Nine soldiers were killed at the base Islamist militants stormed into armed with guns, hand grenades and rockets, army and security officials said. All five militants who stormed the […]

Imran Rehman, a 32-year-old Catholic Christian man, has been unjustly detained in Camp Jail Lahore for the past ten months on charges of blasphemy and terrorism. Imran, a devoted father of two daughters, was working at the Lahore Metro Bus ticket office when he was taken into custody by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for […]

Pakistan is located at a junction where its strategic importance has been a huge factor in shaping its foreign relations. Due to its proximity to the Middle East and central Asian countries, it has become an epicenter of world rivalries_owing to which, in the war of others, the country itslef has been suffering. Hence, in the current multipolar world Pakistan […]

The focus is on violence in Manipur, but the entire range of rights issues is to be debated The European parliament is discussing the human rights in India with the focus on the violence in the North Eastern Indian State of Manipur. The EU Parliament’s resolution on India says that minorities, civil society, human rights defenders and journalists regularly face […]

There is a conventional wisdom arguing that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is preparing for war against the world. The use of so-called unrestricted warfare is arguably China’s strategic mantra to defeat adversaries and win battles against opponents preferably without actual fighting. Unrestricted warfare is a hybrid form of warfare using military […]

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to Malaysia charts a new opening of strategic security and bilateral ties that will provide long term and lasting returns to both countries, especially to Malaysia. This crucial visit, on top of the recent visit by Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, reflects the growing importance of Malaysia for regional security architecture […]

In India, data is being treated as a strategic resource that needs to be safeguarded from external exploitation and made available for domestic requirements. Prime Minister Narendra Modi even went so far as to say that ‘data is the new gold’. Data is a new currency that flows across borders, enabling information exchange and facilitating transactions at record speeds. While […]