When corps commander, DG Rangers, given empowerment to deal with crime, step on some political toes, toes exclaim foul

Ensuring political constituency of its actions in Karachi remains critical to success of military, Rangers operation

In choosing infrastructure, communication, energy, govt has chosen its 3 planks of reviving the economy

While eliminating any incipient IS presence at home, help fight it as far away from Pakistan as is possible

The DMG, or the civil services as a class, became more political agents than the servants of the state

Rather than seek military support, the Arab world needs to focus its capacities on building societies

Strategic depth is good; it isn’t only a military’s fascination but a politico-strategic imperative

In a fledgling democracy where politics has lost its direction, the only way is to reinvigorate the base of induction

Pro-Action rather than reaction; incessant pursuit rather than inchoate recalcitrance; deeds rather than words

Our responses need not be confrontational but aimed at achieving a favourable political state — not a win, always