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Saleem Qamar Butt

Saleem Qamar Butt

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Magna Carta needed for Pakistan

The creation of Pakistan on August 14, 1947, to form the largest Muslim state in the world was a catalyst to the largest demographic movement in...

19.03.2023 100

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Saleem Qamar Butt

Leadership criteria: Production or destruction?

According to Karl Marx, history is economics in action—the contest among individuals, groups, classes and states for food, fuel, materials and...

12.03.2023 70

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Policy and strategy: A wakeup call

04.03.2023 20

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Your wish is my command

“Your wish is my command” is a phrase that originates in the Arabic folk tale ‘Aladdin and the Magic Lamp’. It’s what the genie said to the...

23.02.2023 50

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

A new malicious narrative

“Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it’s someone else’s witch being hunted.” ―Walter Kirn The ghost of Al Qaeda (AQ) and Islamic State...

26.01.2023 20

The Nation

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Terrorism in Pakistan

The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, twenty years after their ouster by U.S. troops. During their war against the US-led...

15.01.2023 100

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Missing wisdom despite suffering

The fateful decision by Pakistan’s leadership in 2001 under the threat of ‘you are with us or against us’ to join the American war on terrorism...

27.12.2022 20

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Fox Land’s plan against Pakistan

In military war games, one group is tasked to play as Fox-Land (enemy), which is comparatively a harder job as one has to have full comprehension not...

18.12.2022 30

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Challenges for new military leadership

The announcement and confirmation of the new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) as well as new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) on...

27.11.2022 100

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Populism in Pakistan

Populism refers to a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of “the people” and often juxtapose this group against “the elite”. It...

24.11.2022 100

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Decay of morality

What is most palpable in Paki­stani society and often a sub­ject of comments and discus­sion is the decline in the moral values that we once used...

17.11.2022 30

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Political tug of war

While all the stakeholders seem to have dug their heels deep enough in the ongoing political tug-of-war in Pakistan that commenced in the first week...

10.11.2022 40

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Self-blame custom

The last-ball result of the Pakistan-India T-20 World Cup match as usual created a sense of self-blame and undue criticism of our otherwise brilliant...

26.10.2022 40

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Missing cohesion

The US president Joe Biden told a Democratic Congressional fundraiser on 13th October 2022 that Pakistan “may be one of the most dangerous nations...

18.10.2022 20

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

Shrinking resources

A few days back, I along with my three kids visited Balakot, Naran, Kaghan, and Garhi Habibullah after a gap of 17 years. While we enjoyed travelling...

12.10.2022 50

The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

By other means

Clausewitz describes a war in holistic terms as a paradoxical trinity composed of the tendencies of the people, the commander and his army, and the...

05.10.2022 40

The Nation

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