Brig (Retd)
Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan Niazi
PhD

Dr.Makni has military experience of about 32 years and is from the Regiment of Artillery. Recipient of "sitara-e-imtiaz", a military award, he served on various command, staff, instructional, administration, operational, research and evaluation appointments during his career. As a young officer, he saw actions in 1971 Indo-Pak War and had the honor to survey for the first time a long stretch of Pak-Afghan border in 1974.
Dr. Makni also authored,” Border Geography, Pak-Iran Border" while serving in Military Operations Directorate, GHQ Pakistan Army. Besides being a graduate of lustrous Command & Staff College Quetta, he had the stints of instructions in Pakistan Military Academy, a prestigious officers training institution, Commander Divisional Artillery, Commander Corps Artillery, Director Evaluation and Research in Adjutant General Branch, Pak Army, Director Organization and Methods, Chief of General Staff Secretariat, Pakistan Army and a tenure as the Station Commander, Peshawar, NWFP.
Holds first class Masters’ degree in International Relations as well as doctorate from University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He has attended national and international seminars/conferences and appeared as an analyst on PTV World and GEO TV. Also a member of WSN International Advisory Board, his book, "The New Great Game: Oil and Gas Politics in Central Eurasia" was published by Raider Publishing International, simultaneously from New York, London and Swansea in February 2008.

("Dr.Makni is an acronym that comprises first word(s) taken from each segment of his full name.”)




Articles by BrigGen (ret) Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan Niazi at www.worldsecuritynetwork.com

Caucasus: An Early Symptom of Wider Conflict?
Central Asia’s Water Bomb
Chinese ‘kill’ and space ethics
Choosing Between Compassion or Politics
Deal on Heels
Lessons from Hitler: Sprouting Pains and Callous Disparities
Meaningful Giants in ‘Eurasian Balkan’
Muhammad Aslam Khan Niazi, BrigGen (ret.): "We are both Muslims, followers of a religion that connotes by itself through peace and tolerance"
Narcotics Threat, Dithering Societies and Institutions
The Calculus of Miscalculated Human Misery
Trauma in the Waiting
US Ike Lashes FATA-Pakistan
US QDR Impacts the World Scene
US-Pakistan Alliance Hits Snags