Pakistan says it has made it clear to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that Islamabad cannot recognise Israel until the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not resolved.
“I categorically presented Pakistan’s stance on Israel to the UAE’s foreign minister that we will not and cannot establish a...
The role that man played in the making of Turkey and a modern turkey, cannot be understated and it was to this extent that the entire Muslim world would point to Turkey as evidence that Muslims can function in a modern world and become leaders in the modern era. Such was his impact on Turkey...
REFERENCES AND ENDNOTES
1 Page-21-Raiders in Kashmir- Ex Major General Akbar Khan, D.S.O-First Printed 1970-Karachi-Reprinted by Jang Publishers-Lahore-1992.Page-214-‘The Nation that Lost its Soul’-Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan-Jang Publishers-Lahore-April 1995. Shaukat Hayat states that Akhnur was...
The Foreign Involvement Dimension and the Change of Command Controversy
Brigadier Amjad Chaudhry raised some doubts that the change of command took place because of US pressure. This is the realm of speculation. It is highly improbable that this was the reason for change of command. Of all the...
Concentration of Resources and All Arms Cooperation
The advantage of overwhelming superiority in armour was, however, not utilised in the initial plan by distributing armour over two axes under infantry brigades who in turn dished out squadrons to their infantry battalions for the dirty work of...
Responsibility for Operation Gibraltar and possible motivation of various principal characters
Operation Gibraltar conceived by the ISI91 as Gauhar has stated and perhaps by Akhtar Hussain Malik and/or other people and were in vogue since 1958 was approved by President Ayub in July 1965 and...
A case of failure at the highest level
Lack of resolution as well as military talent in Ayub was the most serious drawback as far as Pakistan Army’s conduct in 1965 War in general and Grand Slam in particular was concerned. Subconsciously Ayub was the last man who wanted war despite all the...
Execution of Operation Grand Slam.
We will not discuss each and every detail of Grand Slam operations but stick to the salient facts relevant to the overall context and scope of the operation. The Pakistani attack commenced at 0500 hours 1st September 1965 supported by a terrific pre-H-Hour...
THE BATTLE OF CHAMB-JAURIAN-AKHNUR
Significance of Akhnur
Akhnur Class 18 bridge 34 on the fast flowing Chenab River was the key to Indian communications from Jammu and mainland India a group of valleys lying south south of the Pir Panjal Range and West of Chenab River, most prominent of which...
Lets have another from Agha Amin
Grand Slam—
A Battle of Lost Opportunities
Maj (Retd) AGHA HUMAYUN AMIN from WASHINGTON DC does a detailed analysis of Pakistan Army’s attempt to capture AKHNUR in 1965.
INTRODUCTION
The aim of this article is to discuss “Operation Grand Slam” in the...
From Jinnah to Zia
A banker by profession, Salim Ansar has a passion for history and historic books. His personal library already boasts a treasure trove of over 7,000 rare and unique books.
Every week, we shall take a leaf from one such book and treat you to a little taste of history.
BOOK...
I am going to download this tonight. :)
If we are talking about shounen then apart from the titans like one piece, seven deadly sins or attack of the titans themselves, there is plunderer which is very very similar to seven deadly sins. Then we have black butler. I have been meaning to watch...
This Thread is for the Anime Lovers of the Forum who wish to discuss both Mangas and Anime.
Let me get the ball rolling.
So i like to watch alot of anime and one of the recent anime movies, i saw was "koe no Katachi" aka Silent Voice.
This movie was absolutely amazing and its deep theme is...
💯 And then we come to two other problems.
One is religious and one is based on moral downfall of society.
It has been a prevalent thought amongst the religious class or people who are more religious that taxes are haram. That islam does not have a tax system and this tax system is the...
That was never going to happen since you cant do this after you have taken the huge chunk of the loan. I think it displayed how chained Pakistan is now. You see we could have done it in 2013-14 but not now. We have taken a huge chunk, they are now part of the investment and slowly the economy is...
These guys have nothing to save and if they save something then it is largely kept within their houses. So in the recording, they have no savings even if they have savings and that is saying alot.
They are the bread and butter of tax officers who harass them not just for the taxes but for...
Thats an understatement, its to this extent. A few years ago, i visited hafeex center, one of the largest tech markets in Lahore. Seriously the place is pretty good. The union over there had decided to protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza. They placed jewish signs and israeli flags, which...
The remarkable recovery!
In August of 2018 Pakistan was in the midst of a full blown economic catastrophe
When I hear our media pundits discuss the state of Pakistan’s economy, I am stunned by their ignorance. During the past two years, Pakistan has made a remarkable recovery, but most people...