The US move on Hafiz Saeed
Hafiz Saeed and his followers are the latest addition to the growing list of major irritants that plague Pakistan-US relations these days. The United States’ decision to put Saeed –…
Pakistan deserves recognition
Pakistan’s progress in handling the threat of terrorism and curtailing it significantly is a success story in itself. With continuous efforts of security forces across the country and overcoming the…
Clarifying perspectives, defeating terrorism
With the situation in Afghanistan now reaching a climatic point as the US finalizes its troop withdrawal, Pakistan will inevitably have to deal with a possible influx of militants and…
What is terrorism?
THE Financial Action Task Force has announced that Pakistan would remain on its grey list for further monitoring for another four months. In this period, the country will have to improve its…
Getting out of the grey list
In its plenary session in October 2019, the FATF – while noting that Pakistan had made progress on 21 action plans out of 27 given by the agency – decided…
Enters another ‘Muslim League’
A too-early to a brand-new organisation's electoral campaign would raise some eyebrows, particularly if the latest outfit is yet another Muslim League - "Milli Muslim League" in this case. But…
For the record
A too-early to a brand-new organisation's electoral campaign would raise some eyebrows, particularly if the latest outfit is yet another Muslim League - "Milli Muslim League" in this case. But…
What Trumpism means
Two weeks into the Donald Trump presidency, alarm over his unconsidered, combative, self-delusional approach to the most powerful job in the world continues to grow. Focus currently centres on his…
Pakistan and the FATF
The recent pronouncements by the Asia Pacific Group which regulates the FATF regime for Pakistan portray a number of regional money laundering and terrorism financing threats that confront Pakistan. According…
Fixing the economy: high-stakes gamble?
The government appears determined to go through the reform process, and it seems to have the blessings of the proverbial 'powers that be'. Some would say the Powers won't let…
