Inam Ul Haque

Maj Gen Inam Ul Haque retired from a distinguished military career spanning nearly four decades, including key roles in Operation AL-MIZAN combating terrorism along Pakistan’s Western borders. A graduate of prestigious military institutions and holder of multiple master’s degrees, he now chairs companies promoting Pakistan’s defence exports, tourism, and home improvement. He contributes a weekly column to the Daily Express Tribune, engages actively in Rawalpindi Islamabad think tanks, and participates selectively in TV shows. Based in Islamabad, he can be contacted at tayyarinam@hotmail.com.

September 12, 2026

Diplomacy/Geopolitics

BRICS Challenges the Old Order

Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared that the BRICS cooperation mechanism has become the world’s most influential platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries, positioning the grouping at the centre

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

BRICS Draws a New Global Line: Full Text of New Delhi Declaration

by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The BRICS New Delhi Declaration is less a routine summit communiqué than a broad statement of intent about how its members believe the international system should function. Across 140 paragraphs, the expanded grouping calls

September 12, 2026

Never Forget Abbottabad — The Other Chapter of 9/11

Geopolitics/World

Twenty‑five years ago, the United States endured one of the darkest days in its history. On September 11, 2001, al‑Qaeda terrorists led by Osama

Top Chinese Economist Calls for a Bigger Chinese Footprint in Sri Lanka

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

by Our Correspondent in Colombo A prominent Chinese economist has called for a substantially expanded economic and commercial relationship between China and Sri Lanka,

Hindutva’s War Game — A View from Pakistan

May 1, 2025

Columns/Geopolitics

The April 22, 2025 attack on unsuspecting tourist on the Baisaram meadow in Pehelgam (Shepherds’ Valley), Anantnag District in the illegally occupied Indian side of Kashmir is condemnable. Civilian fratricide in Kashmir’s

Bangladesh Uprising: Setback for Indian Intelligence

August 8, 2024

Defence/Diplomacy

It was on July 1 when students from the Dhaka University, and later other universities in Bangladesh, took to streets to demonstrate against ‘government job allocation quota system’ that disproportionately favoured wards

Mythbusting Afghanistan

July 5, 2024

Defence/Diplomacy

Afghan analysis space is filled with certain myths created particularly by Afghan watchers of Afghan and Pakistani origin. Such myths can steer any naïve policymaker into a different and uncharted territory. Some