Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Ukraine war: Alarming escalation
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- November 26, 2024
THE firing of the high-tech missiles by the Ukrainian armed forces against the Russian critical sites, the deployment of North Korean 11,000 troops on behalf…

India’s ICBM: Surya or Agni
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- November 19, 2024
INDIA has been developing a diverse range of missile systems, including Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles and hypersonic cruise missiles capable of…

Trump’s triumph & geopolitics
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- November 12, 2024
DONALD Trump’s triumph in the 47th presidential election held on November 5, 2024, has kicked off an intensive debate among commentators about his Administration’s…

Ban nuclear weapons in outer-space
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- November 5, 2024
THE leading nuclear-armed states are contemplating nuclearizing outer space. These states’ nuclear weapons deployment in outer space would be militarily counterproductive and very alarming for…

BRICS: Prominent global player
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- October 29, 2024
THE recent BRICS summit unveils the organization’s strategic expansion to solidify its position as a prominent global player. President Putin and Xi reiterated their…

CHG-SCO Summit: Bolstering Pakistan’s image
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- October 22, 2024
PAKISTAN hosted the 23rd meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the SCO Member States last week. The summit proceedings…

Middle East moving closer to overt nuclearisation
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- October 15, 2024
The rapid transformation in global geopolitics, the vertical proliferation of nuclear weapons, nuclear-armed states signaling to use nuclear weapons to intimidate adversaries, and the escalation…

Iran-Israel: Spiralling skirmishing
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- October 8, 2024
IRAN launched a barrage of 180-200 missile strikes to attack Nevatim airbase, Tel Nof airbase, the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv and other areas in…

Unfolding dreadful war in Lebanon
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- October 1, 2024
THE international community has failed to end the nearly year-long Israel and Palestinian-Hamas war in Gaza, which left almost 42,000 dead, injured more than 100000…

Politically motivated sanctions
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- September 28, 2024
BALLISTIC and cruise missiles are important delivery vehicles for Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. Therefore, Islamabad has diligently invested in scientific human resources which has industrialized…