Pakistan Army
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Review: The Army and Democracy by Aqil Shah
A review of Aqil Shah’s The Army and Democracy, supplied by Major Amin, who agrees with the thesis but disputes Shah’s view of Jinnah, arguing that the 1916 Lucknow Pact…
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An Extension for General Bajwa
Hamid Hussain criticises the three-year extension Imran Khan announced for army chief General Bajwa, arguing it has nothing to do with national security and is bad for both the army…
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Book Review: The 1965 War by Shaukat Riza
Major Agha H Amin reviews Major General Shaukat Riza’s officially sponsored 1984 history of the 1965 war, judging it sanitised and uncritical but valuable for its orders of battle and…
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Obituary: Brigadier Nisar Ahmed SJ
Hamid Hussain’s obituary of Brigadier Nisar Ahmad Khan (1920 to 2019), a Patiala-born officer who opted for Pakistan in 1947 and was central to an armoured holding action in the…
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Letter of General Akhtar Malik (Re Grand Slam)
A 1967 letter in which General Akhtar Hussain Malik gives his account of why he lost command during Operation Grand Slam in 1965, introduced with a short note on the…
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Direct Participants Remember the 1977 Zia Coup
Major Agha H Amin’s collected recollections from retired officers who took part in or observed General Zia’s July 1977 coup, including Brigadier Warraich’s account of being taken into confidence only…
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Why did Bhutto Select Zia as Chief
An extract from Major Agha Amin’s 2001 interview with Major General Nuk Babar on why Zulfikar Ali Bhutto chose Zia as army chief, citing his feigned humility, flattery and displays…
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Pakistan’s Pseudo-Revolution Marches on..
The author argues that Pakistan’s army put Imran Khan in office in 2018 and that the middle class’s belief in revolution is mistaken, since GHQ wants to harden the existing…
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Nasim Zehra’s Book on Kargil. Review by Maj Amin
Major Agha H Amin’s review attacks Nasim Zehra’s book on Kargil as published twenty years too late, disputes her praise of Lieutenant General Javed Hassan, and lists what he calls…
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Book Review: The ISI and Afghanistan
A critical review of an American adjunct professor’s book on the ISI, written after his Kabul stay, which the reviewer faults for relying on sources like Saleem Shahzad and Steve…
