Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

India’s BrahMos misfire drew ‘blow to strategic stability’
- By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
- March 6, 2025
THE accidental firing of an Indian BrahMos missile that crashed in Mian Channu, Pakistan, on March 9, 2022, posed a significant mortal danger to the…

Balakot strike: India’s false flag operation violating int’l law
- By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
- February 27, 2025
SIX years ago, India launched a false flag operation at Balakot (KP) via an airstrike conducted on February 26, 2019, and attempted to throw dust…

Pak-BD ties: A shift from centrifugal to centripetal approach
- By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
- February 20, 2025
REMARKABLY, Pakistan and Bangladesh undergo to experience a new phase in their bilateral relations, marked by a mutual agreement to closely collaborate for the progress…

Trump’s hybrid Middle East tapestries brew risks
- By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
- February 13, 2025
RECENTLY, US President Donald Trump’s stunning announcement that if the 2. 2 million Gazans don’t evacuate the Strip, the US could take over the…

Kashmiris’ resistance against India’s fascist occupation
- By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
- February 5, 2025
UNDENIABLY, a phenomenal resurgence in the Kashmiri struggle for freedom from India’s fascist occupation has been galvanized since 1989. And since 1991, Pakistan has been…

India’s terror financing & FATF’s regular follow-up
- By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
- January 30, 2025
SO far, India’s 2023-24 mutual evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed it under the “regular follow-up” category, alongside only four…

Russia-Iran strategic partnership manifests deep leverage
- By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
- January 23, 2025
REMARKABLY, on January 17, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a cooperation pact, deepening the partnership between two important friendly nations.…

Afghan trajectory of aligning with Pak adversaries
- By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
- January 16, 2025
NEEDLESS to say, while Afghanistan—a country accused of harbouring cross-border terrorism into Pakistan, is aligning itself with India, which is also accused of perpetuating trans-border…

Changing Syrian geopolitical tapestry & Turkey
- By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
- January 9, 2025
OBVIOUSLY, the post-Assad Syria orchestrates a complex tapestry where Turkey’s role —amid the growing geopolitical race in the Middle East region —has become pivotal as…

Strategic programme is curator of Pak sovereignty
- By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
- January 2, 2025
ARGUABLY, for the people and the Government of Pakistan their sovereignty is equally paramount as that of great Powers. Thus, as the only Muslim nuclear…