Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R

Road through Wakhan: Turning a bypass into a bridge
- By Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R
- October 10, 2026
ON 4 October, the Taliban Administration inaugurated a 121-kilometre road through the Wakhan Corridor, running from Broghil, opposite Pakistan’s Chitral district, to the zero…

Lawfare by abeyance: Suspending the unsuspendable
- By Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R
- October 3, 2026
ON 31 August 2026, a Court of Arbitration constituted under the Indus Waters Treaty and administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague…

Sanctuary & self-defence: Article 51 & Durand Line
- By Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R
- September 26, 2026
WHEN a suicide bomber struck a mosque in Islamabad in February and militants stormed Bajaur days later, Pakistan confronted a question many states have…

Chokepoints & law: Why world’s straits are new frontline
- By Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R
- September 20, 2026
IN the second week of September, Houthi forces completed their seizure of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, capturing Mocha and the island of Mayyun and…

Settlements, sanctions & weight of international law
- By Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R
- September 13, 2026
IN a coordinated move that has visibly rattled Tel Aviv, the United Kingdom, France and Canada announced on 8 September that they would ban…

Standing with those who still stand guard
- By Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R
- September 6, 2026
TODAY, Pakistan marks Defence Day, the nation will once again turn its eyes towards mountains of the north and the deserts of Balochistan, towards…

A new guardianship: Inside Makkah joint defence agreement
- By Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R
- August 9, 2026
ON Friday in Makkah, three leaders knelt together for prayers at Masjid al-Haram before walking to Al-Safa Palace to sign a document that may…

Winning foreign investment through certainty
- By Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R
- August 2, 2026
PAKISTAN’S need for foreign direct investment is well understood. What is less understood is that capital does not flow toward need; it flows toward…

From cradle to green flag: Unspoken price of a uniform
- By Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R
- July 19, 2026
A recent comment on social media by a very senior and seasoned politician has stirred a storm. The gentleman, perhaps unaware of the weight…

Balochistan: Pakistan’s defining front
- By Brig Raja Shozab Majeed R
- July 12, 2026
ONE of the worst escalations in Balochistan’s long-running insurgency has occurred over the past week. Between July 4 and 8, coordinated attacks across the province…





