Muhammad Khan

IN Pakistan, the issue of missing persons has been in the limelight ever since the beginning of the global war on terror. Indeed, this war has impacted the Pakistani State and its society more than any other country in the world. Seeing the outcome of this globally imposed war, it is safe to say that it was aimed to ruin the Pakistani State, its security institutions and, above all, its traditionally harmonized and resilient society. Nevertheless, despite spending trillions of USDs, the rival forces failed to implement their agendas. The credit goes to the Pakistani nation as a whole which stood behind its Military in the campaign to defeat this menace of terrorism. During the process of fighting this undesired global war against terrorism, Pakistan lost over 85000 people that included security forces personnel as well as civilians. In this prolonged war of over two decades, many Pakistani nationals disappeared and their families registered them as missing persons.

Pakistani Nation is celebrating its 77th Independence Day on August 14, 2024. Independence has broader meanings which include; the state of being free/ freedom from any foreign occupation or slavery or else achievement of right of self-determination. It is in fact value which grants sovereignty to our nation and gives us the freedom to live […]

SECURING the fundamental rights of every human being is universally recognized as the most significant element of national integration and harmony for any nation. With the attainment of fundamental rights comes the obligation to fulfill fundamental duties; individuals and communities must ensure these within the framework of their respective states. In essence, there exists a relationship of give and take—rights and obligations—and their effective implementation at the nation-state level. Other key elements of national integration include a transparent and uniform justice system, the exercise of free will through democracy, a shared national cause in the form of ideology, and established leadership with indisputable character traits. The United Nations (UN) Charter comprehensively addresses these aspects, further elaborated in various conventions and covenants.

Every year during the monsoon Pakistan has to face the brunt of heavy rainfalls and resultant losses due to massive flooding. These losses include; erosion of land all along the rivers and nullahs, damages to crops and live stocks, destruction of houses and properties and human losses. Nevertheless, immediately after the monsoon is over, the […]

UNDER the cover of secularism, India has been exploiting its minorities throughout the post-colonial period. Through a well-planned strategy, the areas inhabited with people other than Hindu majority were kept backward and deprived of basic facilities of life. The worst among all was the economic deprivation and providing no facilities for the basic education for these poor minority masses. Among Hindu even, the low class Dalits were discriminated alongside the minorities. These Dalits are indeed, “Untouchables” and constitute about 17% of India's total population. They too face all sorts of violence, discrimination and humiliation at the hands of upper class Hindus. They are tainted by their birth into a caste system that deems them impure, less than human.

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International nation state system is based on anarchy, where every state has to ensure its security by itself. In the perspective of Westphalia, there are two peculiarities of a nation state; no internal parallel and no external superior (supra-state) over and above a state. In the international politics, national power of a state is considered as the hallmark while determining the status of a state. The national power of any state relies on the combination of many elements and factors, commonly known as the elements of national power. Among these elements of national power,military is considered as the most significant and unquestionable factor. Traditionally, the military of Pakistan has acted as a very strong pillar of national power. In this perspective, Pakistani militaryfaced numerous challenges while defeating the aggressive designs of rival powers at regional and international level.

THE tragic incidents of terrorism in parts of the Balochistan Province on 26 August 2024 have killed dozens of civilians and security forces personnel. These were the worst terrorist attacks witnessed in the province in the last many years. The banned terrorist organization, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has taken the responsibility of these terrorist attacks. These attacks were planned with a lot of meticulous planning and conducted in the cruellest manner. This speaks of the training of the banned BLA and similar other terrorist outfits in the Province. Whereas, Musakhel attack was much projected by media, since over two dozen passengers were offloaded from the vehicles and brutally killed after identification parade besides setting ablaze over a dozen vehicles, the other incidents of killings were even worse in nature and conducted more heartlessly. These attacks were conducted on the day when Commander of the Ground Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China General Li Qiaoming was visiting Pakistan and had a meeting with the Army Chief at the GHQ.

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The Balochistan province of Pakistan forms over 43% of Pakistani landmass. However, it is thinly populated and constituting only 5% of the total population of Pakistan. Strategically and economically, the province is the significant part of the country. Ever since 2004, the province has been in socio-political turmoil which allowed external powers to exploit the situation in their favour and to the disadvantage of Pakistan and the province. During this tenure, there emerged many fault lines in the province which could not attract the attention of the federal and provincial elites, thus situation kept on deteriorating with each passing day.