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Simmering Jammu and Kashmir
Posted on08. Apr, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore ® Khalid Iqbal Democratic freedom that India prides itself has been missing from the IOJ&K since 1947. The voice of Jammu and Kashmir has always been portrayed as a threat to India’s territorial integrity rather than treating it as a whistle blower’s call to mend the ways. IOJ&K has indeed been an [...]
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SEOUL SUMMIT 2012
Posted on02. Apr, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
“Al-Qaida is US creation from a laptop and is used as a perception builder. What Al-Qaida does is to create conditions where US can justify her actions against Islam and Muslim countries. It would be used to create threats to Pakistan nukes to justify a global action against Pakistan.” Raja Mujtaba By Air Commodore (R) [...]
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FRENCH FIASCO AND PAKISTAN BASHING!
Posted on31. Mar, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore ® KhaIid Iqbal When Pakistan foreign office spokesperson was asked during his weekly briefing on 29 March that ‘according to some international media reports, there are 150-200 French who are getting training in North Waziristan’, he replied: “Please don’t pay attention to such [...]
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Nuclear Security: Challenges and Way Forward
Posted on18. Mar, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
Nevertheless, there are apprehensions by several nations including Pakistan, Iran and North Korea that the Summit may be used to protect the interests of selected nations while censuring the developing nations. Some leaders may attempt to deal with a broader spectrum of non-proliferation issues. By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Nuclear security has always been [...]
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BETRAYAL OF A COMMON BALUCH
Posted on10. Mar, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal For a common Baloch, it has all along been a tale of deception and treachery. He has always been treated as a commodity, bought and sold at the whims of exploiting tribal chiefs. While the Baloch Sardars have had a history of enthusiastically selling land and people of [...]
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AFGHANISTAN: ENDING THE GAME
Posted on04. Mar, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
Armed forces of Pakistan have been under pressure to ‘Do More’. Pakistani military was asked to overstretch itself and engage the targets which Americans could not dare to do themselves. Regional approach of involving adjoining neighbours for a durable solution was looked down upon in the favour of accommodating expansionist designs of distant neighbours with [...]
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THE BALUCHISTAN SQUEEZE
Posted on25. Feb, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
It is unfair to blame FC for all the woes of Baluchistan, while it has partial jurisdiction over only 5 percent of the area. IGFC Baluchistan has recently stressed for collective political efforts alongside socio-economic development to address the current precarious law and order situation. Although the present situation is largely a result of political [...]
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JACOBABAD AMERICA & WE
Posted on18. Feb, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Last week, Air and Army chiefs spent a busy day at PAF Base Shahbaz, located in Jacobabad. The two chiefs flew in a single formation of 02 Block-52 F-16 aircraft. At this occasion, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman declared, “Jacobabad Airbase is under the control of the PAF.” [...]
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Stunt Hearing On Balochistan
Posted on12. Feb, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
"……that given the ethnic diversity of the province, its complicated history, and the existing geographic constraints, an independent Baluchistan was untenable. She also pointed out that targeted killings were also being carried out by the Baluch dissident entities. Armed Baluch groups are also responsible for targeted killings, ethnic cleansing and systematic destruction of private property." Christine [...]
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Pakistan: Frenzy Of Adiala Eleven
Posted on06. Feb, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal The narrative and counter narrative about Ex-Adiala eleven is turning rather mysterious. They certainly were not the members of a squad that had won some sports world cup for Pakistan They were hardened terrorists playing ‘catch me if you can’ with our judicial system.’ They were involved in high [...]
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