Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
1965 Air War: PAF’s Ascendancy
- By Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
- September 8, 2026
DURING the wee hours of a somber evening on 01 September 1965, direct hotline at the PAF Air Defence Operations Center (ADOC) rang repeatedly…
Indian complicity in committing genocide & exporting terrorism
- By Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
- August 16, 2026
AMNESTY International India issued a report on 30 July 2026 (ASA 20/1327/2026) implicating the Indian government for its complicity in unleashing genocide, war crimes…
Time to reconfigure nuclear non-proliferation regime?
- By Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
- July 26, 2026
ADVENT of nuclear technology was truly a revolution in military affairs (RMA) that, due to its ability to cause colossal damage and destruction, required…
US-Iran peace deal or another treaty of Versailles
- By Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
- June 25, 2026
ON 18 June 2026, at the city of Versailles France, on the sidelines of G-7 Summit, the USA President Donald Trump signed an MoU,…
Commemorating Yume Takbeer
- By Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
- May 30, 2026
On 28 May 2026, Pakistan commemorates 28th anniversary of achieving the nuclear power status to join the elite global nuclear club of N-5+2 (India…
US+Israel-Iran war: Strategic realities
- By Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
- April 1, 2026
ON 10 March 2026, US congressmen, after receiving an in-camera briefing from President Donald Trump’s administration on the war against Iran, demanded a public…
Neo-imperialism: Threat to the global peace
- By Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
- February 26, 2026
CONTEMPORARY international relations are characterized by the Machiavellian theory of Realism which describes the world as inherently anarchic, with no central authority to enforce rules…
Security-insecurity paradox
- By Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
- January 21, 2026
ON 3 January 2026, at around 2 am local time, the United States conducted extraterritorial military operations under the codename ‘Absolute Resolve’, across northern Venezuela…
UN charge sheets India for violating its charter
- By Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
- December 26, 2025
The United Nations’ Special Rapporteurs and independent experts issued a detailed report on their specialized areas of jurisdiction on 15 December 2025. The report,…
IAF’s modernisation dilemma Are new inductions assets or liabilities?
- By Air Cdre Zahid ul Hassan R
- December 3, 2025
IN 2014, Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) force composition of its fighter fleet was calculated at minimum 42.5 squadrons for implementing the Cold Start Doctrine against…
