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Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa Agha (Urdu: عائشہ صدیقہ آغا) is an independent security analyst and strategic affairs columnist of Pakistan. The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdu Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, and Sanskrit influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ...
Education
She did her doctorate from King's College London in 1996 and has worked on issues varying from military technology, defense decision-making, nuclear deterrence, arms procurement, arms production to civil-military relations in South Asia. Kings College London is the largest college of the University of London and one of a number of university institutions founded in England in the early 19th century: only the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have royal charters predating that of Kings. ...
Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ...
Career Dr Siddiqa has been a civil servant for 11 years during which she was asked to work as the Director of Naval Research with Pakistan Navy making her the first civilian and woman to work at that position in Pakistan's defense establishment. Pakistan Navy jack Branches of Service Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Navy Pakistan Coast Guard Pakistan Paramilitary Forces Leadership Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Ehsan ul Haq Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Ahmed Chief of Naval Staff...
She is also a Ford Fellow and was the 'Pakistan Scholar' at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at Washington, DC for 2004-05. The Ford Foundation is a charitable foundation based in New York City created to fund programs that promote democracy, reduce poverty, promote international understanding, and advance human achievement. ...
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (or Wilson Center) was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by act of Congress in 1968. ...
Dr. Siddiqa is also an author, and her books include, Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99: In Search of a Policy (Palgrave Press, 2001). Her recent book, Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy [1], was released in April 2007. She has also written commissioned papers on small arms and light weapons proliferation, problems of governance and India-Pakistan relations.
Moreover, she has contributed to various international journals like the Journal for Defence and Peace Economics, Jane's Defence Weekly and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Janes Defence Weekly (abbreviated as JDW) is a weekly magazine reporting on military and corporate affairs. ...
Cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists with the famous Doomsday Clock set at seven minutes to midnight. ...
Dr Ayesha Siddiqa in london for book launch at IISS on 13th june 2007 she said in her talk that she is not a politician and she has written a academic piece of work. she also mentioned that she used PAKISTAN as case study. she also mentioned that this book is not a political thriller,it is carrying broarder issue of civil military relationship in pakistan.
Ayesha's Books - Ayesha Siddiqa Agha, (1996), Light Weapons Manufacture in the Public and Private Sectors (Project Light Weapons Working Paper), British American Security Information Council, ISBN 1874533245
- Ayesha Siddiqa Agha, (2001), Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99: In Search of a Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0333731727
- Ayesha Siddiqa Agha, (2007), Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy, Pluto Press, ISBN 0745325459
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
Quotes 1.Response to the announcement by Pakistan's army high command that it is to cut 50,000 troops:
"It will only reduce the personal staff of army officers and the money saved from these cuts will probably be spent on more weapons. So in effect I do not consider these changes as major strategic move"[2]
2.Response when asked about Pakistans committment to stop helping Kashmiri freedom fighters:
"I question whether there is an intent to completely disband them, because how else do you talk to India?"[3]
References - ^ Book publisher Pluto Press
- ^ BBC Analysis: Downsizing Pakistan's army, By Mazhar Zaidi
- ^ Kashmir militants feel the squeeze, By Barbara Plett [1]
External links - Soldiers of Fortune - by Ayesha Siddiqa
- MILITARY INC. Inside Pakistan's Military Economy
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