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The article offers information on building of a deep-water port at Gwadar in Pakistan. It is noted that in September 1973 meeting at the White House with President Richard Nixon, Pakistan's Prime Minister Zu-lfiqar Ali Bhutto sought U.S. aid to construct the port at Gwadar and offered its use to the U.S. Navy. It is evident that the Pakistan Navy kick-started its biennial exercise Shamsheer-e-Bahn in July 2016 to enhance maritime security construct of the nation.

The article presents information on the Cold Start Doctrine developed by India to deal with Pakistan. The doctrine is an effort aimed at Pakistan's military potential destruction. It seeks prompt mobilization to undertake terrorism strikes by Pakistan-based militant Islamist groups. The new strategy involves attacking first and then mobilizing.

The article reports that Pakistan remains the eye of war on terrorism in the U.S. It states that a majority in British custody following the attempt to hijack and destroy U.S-bound airliners are either Pakistanis or of Pakistani descent. However, nearly six Pakistani army brigades have battled an ethnic Baloch nationalist group, led by a veteran politician cum tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti. The group demands provincial autonomy under the 1973 constitution and an end to economic inequity.