Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan With the so-called \”jail bharo tahreek\” of PTI, the political tug of war has entered a new phase which is likely to assume an ugly shape in the coming days as both the government and the opposition seem to be in no mood to budge even an inch from their […]
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan With the departure of IMF team from Pakistan after 10 days marathon negotiations resulting in a quasi-conclusive deal with the government, the fainting hopes of saving the economy from imminent default are revived. The stern conditionalities imposed by the lender agency, though hard to meet as the implementation of these
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Visiting historical sites makes a passion with all those who evince keen interest in knowing about ancient culture, traditions and religious practices, and bear a burning desire to visit ancient historical sites of religious and cultural significance. On 29 Jan 2023, with the same desire and intention, but after a
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan It was in the splendid afternoon of 22 January 2023 that I, accompanied by my son Lt Col Ehsan Ullah Khan and other family members, visited Pakistan Monument Museum (PMM), also known as Islamabad Museum, located opposite the Pakistan National Monument (PNM) raised on top of a hill, the famous
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Amid growing politico-economic and security uncertainties and difficulties gripping the country these days, the unending political duel between the government and the opposition has brought the country to the brink of economic collapse, thus ringing an alarm bell of economic default. Both sides, however, have shut their otherwise widely-open eyes
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan With a sudden dramatic political development in the country’s erratic political climate after the announcement by Imran Khan on 17 December to dissolve the two provincial assemblies by Friday, 23 December, Khan finds himself on the horns of a dilemma. Khan has provided his political opponents an opportunity to make
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s political gimmickry finally came to an abortive end on 26 November with a humble show of power in Rawalpindi culminating on yet another stunning U turn that could be called “mother of all U turns”. After having an aerial view of the jalsa, Khan was
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan PTI’s much-trumpeted second long march which kicked off on Friday, 28 October after holding several marathone meetings of PTI\’s core committe and after much procrastination that reminds us of William Shakespeare\’s famous soliloquy \”To be or not to be\”, seems to have degenerated into a ”slow march”. The long march
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Amid growing fears that Russian President Putin may resort to using nuclear arms in Ukraine to stave off a possible rout of his invading forces after Ukrainian army launched a doughty counter-offensive against them, the threat of nuclear war is looming large on Ukraine\’s murky horizon. This grim senario of
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Amid a spate of audio leaks happening in Pakistan in a row including a set of audio clips between PM Shahbaz Sharif and other key government officials only a few days ago, the latest controversial audio clip purportedly of former PM Imran Khan is making the rounds in social media
