Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan 11 March 2025 dawned on us with yet another blackest day in the history of Pakistan after APS Peshawar carnage in Dec 2014, when an armed band of hard-core terrorists belonging to Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) ambushed the Jaffar Express, a passenger train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar with around […]
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The chequered history of Pak-US bonhomie goes back to 1947 when the US recognized Pakistan on 15 August 1947, a day after it came into being. During the embryonic stage of Pakistan\’s existence, its first PM Liaqat Ali Khan opted to visit the USA, reportedly spurning the invitation extended by
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Much has been written about His Highness prince Karim Aga Khan (late), a charismatic personality and a visionary leader of the current century. Quite a few writers have delved into the spiritual as well as temporal dimensions of his illuminating personality, his sublime genealogy, his noble services to humanity and
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Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The famous Wakhan Corridor, a rugged and desolate mountainous region of the Pamir, Hindu Kush and Karakoram ranges of Afghanistan, has assumed the centre stage for deliberation with the writers, strategists, political analysts and international relations experts these days. The mainstream media as well social media are abuzz with speculations
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The much-trumpeted phrase ‘economic revival’ used by the economic managers of the country has become a buzz word these days. Their claim of economic recovery, however, doesn’t carry weight when viewed through the prism of the dismal economic situation experienced by the common folk. The other day when I asked
