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Double Standards with Chinese Characteristics
June 15 is a special day in the Middle Kingdom; it is the birthday of the Secretary General of the Communist Party of China. In 2020, probably wanting to please China’s new emperor, an officer of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) tried to change the boundary in the Galwan sector and advance the Line of Actual Control (LAC). A day before,...
Defaming the Army: Rawalpindi Strikes Back!
After having repeatedly warned the public “not to drag Pakistan armed forces and their leadership in [the] ongoing political discourse in the country,” Rawalpindi finally got down to walking its talk with military precision by ‘taking-on’ a prominent and ‘marked’ [but soft] target. On May 26, it filed an FIR against lawyer and rights...
A novel concept of an Aircraft Carrier
Abstract The concept of the Aircraft Carrier (AC) is a century old concept. Its use is mostly in the vast oceans for example the Pacific, Atlantic, or the Indian Oceans. It proves to be a real tooth for the Navies of the countries which operate them. However, the major concern is energy utilization by this giant of a machine. The present paper...
Let Us Welcome the Agniveer
The Government announcement regarding the new recruitment policy for the Armed Forces appeared in the form of a scoop in newspapers on Tuesday, the 7th of June, 2022. The content made it clear that it was an informal ‘release’ by the Government, possibly because it wanted to test the water. A formal announcement was expected on the next...
The Darkness of Taliban’s Sharia
A Marriage Declared Null and Void These two persons who came together and formed a family after loving unconventional and unpolluted loves, These lovers may never have imagined falling into the trap of monsters again. Mr. Rajab Ibrahimi is a Hazara Shiite, Mrs. Golandam is a Sunni Pashtun who fell in love and married 15 years ago in the “Alang...