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Quaid e Azam and Iqbal. A meeting of minds..
An Imaginary meeting.. By Pakistani-American writer Asif Ismael. "Didn't I tell you, sir, this idea of yours: a separate homeland for the Muslims, is a bit fanciful? And you continued to press me to...
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Film: Royal Indian Army Service Corps in World War 2
Rare FootageHamid HussainThis ten minutes clip of Second World War captures an important chapter of Indian army. War stories are usually focused on combat soldiers and support services though vital...
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General Mohammed Akbar Khan (and some others)
Down memory lane with the life of PA-1 MG Muhammad Akbar KhanMajor General Muhammad Akbar KhanHamid HussainMajor General Muhammad Akbar Khan (1897-1993) was the senior most Muslim officer at the time...
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More "Collateral Damage" in Quetta General Durrani
At least 50 young people (mostly police recruits, a few guards) have been killed in another terrible terrorist atrocity in Quetta. A police training college was attacked (not for the first time) by...
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Pakistan and GHQ's commitment to fight terrorists..
Some people express doubts about the Pakistan army's commitment to eradicating all Islamist terrorist groups. (and there can be no doubt that it IS the Pakistani army that makes such decisions in...
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President Trump
How can you not say a few words :)Some are just question (not rhetorical questions, I am genuinely curious about some of them)1. Trump managed to convince rustbelt voters that they need to stick it to...
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Stephen Bannon Speaks..
Postscript: There is another Bannon profile in (of all places) The Hollywood Reporter that is worth a look. The man is serious. And he thinks he is Thomas Cromwell. Which is interesting, because some...
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President Trump. The unknown unknowns..
First published at 3quarksdaily.comTrump has been elected President. Having participated in a week-long social media freakout to deal with this shock (a fact I did not recognize about myself until a...
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Lt Gen SK Sinha
From our regular contributor, Dr Hamid HussainLieutenant General ® Srinivas Kumar Sinha (January 1926 – 17 November 2016)Hamid HussainLieutenant General ® Srinivas Kumar (S. K.) Sinha passed away on 17...
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Is Islam the rock on which the liberal order broke?
(Triggered by this article about "Global Democracy in Danger")Back in 1992, Fukuyama wrote his (much maligned, frequently misunderstood) book about the End of History and had this to say:What we may be...
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PIA's Black Goat Sacrifice
Genesis 8:21. And the LORD smelled a sweet smell; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth;...
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The Bokhari Brothers and Lionell Fielden
December 25, 2016This summer on a visit to the grave of Patras Bokhari, I spent some quite time at his grave. I reflected about the lives of two Bokhari brothers and an amazing character of his times...
View ArticleGeneral Raheel Sharif in Saudi Arabia
All The King’s Men Dr Hamid Hussain“We don’t do operations. We don’t know how. All we know how to do is write checks”. Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Turki al-Feisal to Mark Anderson, CIA...
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Martial Races Theory. Myths and Consequences
Major Agha H Amin (retired)About the Author: Agha H. Amin , Retired Tank corps major who served in five tank regiments and commanded an independent tank squadron and served in various staff ,...
View ArticleReview of Crossed Swords; a History of the Pakistan Army
The following review was written by Major Amin in 2008. Things have changed since then and the Russians and Chinese are now said to be on board with Pakistan's Taliban plan. We will see. But as usual,...
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Major General Anant Singh Pathania MVC, MC
From Dr Hamid HussainMajor General ® Syed Ali Hamid of Pakistan army wrote an excellent profile of MG Anant Singh Pathania. Absolute delight for folks like me. My comments in...
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The INA (Indian National Army)
From Dr Hamid HussainForgotten Chapter of Indian Army: Indian National ArmyHamid HussainIndian National Army (INA) was formed during Second World War from Indian Prisoners of Wars (POWs) captured by...
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A Few Questions re Trumpistan..
Now that we are living in the age of Trump, I have a few random thoughts and questions and I hope some of you will answer with comments (here or on social media).A. It seems to me that Trump (and his...
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Review. Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
From Dr Hamid Hussain. Recently came across a great book about an officer and gentleman of a bygone era. Quite a timely reminder. In the environment of general deteriorating standards of both...
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Review: Age of Anger. Pankaj Mishra
Postscript: Having been told this is a rant, not a review, I have decided to add this disclaimer: it IS a rant. And no, it is not personal. I have never met Pankaj and for all I know he is probably a...
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