After Baitullah’s death
The death of Baitullah Mehsud is no ordinary event in Pakistan’s recent fight against insurgency. By his masterly manipulation of ‘peace deals’ and taking advantage of the vacuum that existed…
Is Baitullah really dead?
US drone attacks are not popular in Pakistan but it is the first time that a big number of Pakistanis are happy over a news report that the head of…
Challenge after Baitullah
Baitullah Mehsud has died in as dramatic a fashion as he chose to live. His death from a drone attack comes as no surprise. There is little doubt that his…
After Baitullah’s death
The death of Baitullah Mehsud is no ordinary event in Pakistan’s recent fight against insurgency. By his masterly manipulation of ‘peace deals’ and taking advantage of the vacuum that existed…
IMU’s journey
THE withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan has changed the dynamics of terrorism and counterterrorism (CT) in Afghanistan and its neighbourhood: while the operational capabilities of Al Qaeda appear weakened,…
Pakistan’s polio struggle
According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, after more than 43 million children in Pakistan were vaccinated against polio in 2022, the country achieved the historic milestone of being declared…
Walking the talk
THE government is ready to talk once again, says the prime minister though no one knows if the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is willing to walk the talk. But always keen to follow…
Convergence on Afghanistan
Two days after CoAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa returned from a daylong visit to Kabul on June 11, 2018, during which he met the Afghan and US military leadership, Mullah…
TTP resurgence?
RESPONSIBLE for some of the most ferocious attacks inside Pakistan, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s destructive capabilities seem to have diminished. There are many who wonder about the whereabouts of the group…
A new conflict
No one with even a modicum of political consciousness will disagree with Army Chief General Qamar Bajwa’s assertion that we as a nation are confronting a hybrid conflict where the…
