Articles for author: Lt Gen (R) Asad Durrani

August 9, 2021

States seek allies; profess neutrality; bandwagon; even appease – all ostensibly in national interest. Pakistan too has done one or the other but has also learnt that a single strand strategy, even if it brought you on the right side of the world’s mightiest power, was the shortest rout to hell. Placed on a historical crossroads, pulled and pushed in different directions, and because of the vicissitudes of international politics, this lesson has stood us in good stead. Born in conflict, Pakistan entered into a useful relationship with the US to cover its vulnerable eastern flank. Since putting all eggs

July 26, 2021

Lt Gen (R) Asad Durrani

Featured Intellectual Voices Pakistan

Right of Surprise – Lt Gen (R) Asad Durrani

Everyone has the right to make assessments – and to get them wrong. But no one has the right to be surprised. Hardly any event has ever taken place without casting its shadows before. Some of us who went to school before the state had started tinkering with our curricula, were taught such pearls of wisdom in Kindergarten. I once met a theoretical physicist who studied Iqbal to deepen his philosophical skills. This profound combination led him to propound a unique hypothesis: before an event, one could talk about its likelihood – let’s say in percentage terms; but once it

Dying for a Call (Opinion)

Right of Surprise – Lt Gen (R) Asad Durrani

PIMS Report Says Oxygen Equipment Exploded Beside an Incubator in the NICU

Militant Attacks Increase but Fatalities Decline in August Amid Sustained CT Pressure: Think Tank

Pakistan to Provide First Secretary General of Makkah Defence Alliance

Shehbaz Sharif Tells SCO Summit Water “Must Never Be Weaponised”