Tag: General Raheel Sharif
New low in civil-military relations in Pakistan
Brown Pundits
By Omar Ali
From Dr Hamid Hussain
A brief summary of my response to many questions from non-Pakistanis (but keen observers of the scene) not...
Saudi-led alliance: Decision time for Pakistan
By Raees Ansari
Sartaj Aziz, the Prime Minister’s advisor on Foreign Affairs, recently told the Senate that although retired Army chief, General Raheel Sharif, is...
Pakistan’s role in the Mideast crisis
By Talat Masood
The decision by Saudi Arabia and its allies to boycott Qatar was in the making for some time, although it was not...
Pakistan and the Saudi-led anti-terror coalition
By Naveed Ahmad
Since its formation in 2015, few operational details have been released about the Saudi led anti-terror coalition—the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight...
Trump’s first odyssey deepens fissures within Muslim world
By Talat Masood
US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, his first to any country since assumption of office, has aroused global interest and...
Reframing relations with neighbours
By Talat Masood
Pakistan’s relations with both India and Afghanistan are at their worse. Narendra Modi refuses to talk and the expectation that after elections...
2017
By Arif Nizami
A seminal year?
Year 2017 is going to be the election year in many ways. The PML-N government, like its predecessor the PPP,...
The Road Travelled and the Road Ahead
Spearhead Analysis – 30.11.2016
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif retired on 29th November 2016 at the end of his mandated three year tenure. This...
Restarting the Pak-Afghan Relationship
After a prolonged period of less than cordial relations and a refusal to come to the talking table, it seems better sense has prevailed...
Confidence Building
Spearhead Analysis – 08.09.2016
The Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif addressed the gathering and the nation on the annual Defence of Pakistan Day event...