Dealing with militancy
Pakistan is seeing yet another wave of militant action, with the bombing of a mosque in Peshawar, which killed nearly 100 persons, most of them policemen, coming as the worst…
Tackling militancy
The January 30 terror attack inside a mosque in Peshawar has terrified the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), who had been warning the government of the possible resurgence of militancy…
The return of militancy
n 2014, and soon after that when the broad-based National Action Plan was worked out by all major political parties, the people of the country had real hope that the…
Militancy concerns
“THIS time there will be no mistake.” These are the chilling words that led Twitter to ban an account reportedly belonging to Ehsanullah Ehsan, a leader and spokesperson for the…
Sources of militancy
WHEN he launched this year’s Human Development Report, UNDP’s resident representative in Pakistan, Ignacio Artaza, said that terrorism is often a reflection of inequality. Those who favour such socioeconomic explanations…
Stamping out militancy/extremism
Since the February 21 meeting of the National Security Committee announced its decision to accelerate actions against militancy and extremism, action has been in full swing against two externally-oriented militant…
Why does militancy arise?
Ina recent discussion on the dynamics behind extremism in the country, particularly in the Pashtun belt, a number of factors were enumerated by the discussants. Broadly, the assumption seemed to…
Punjab’s militancy problem
A Coordinated operation is under way against criminals and terrorists in the Indus delta, generally known as kacha areas, in south Punjab and upper Sindh. Apparently, the blatant terrorist attack…
Militancy in Punjab
The suicide attack on the Punjab Home Minister Col (r) Shuja Khanzada, in the backdrop of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) Chief Malik Ishaq’s killing, indicates the magnitude of the problem the security…
Causes of Islamist militancy
As terrorist violence from ‘Islamic’ militants spreads across the world, from Peshawar to Paris, affected states are struggling to devise effective responses. So far, most of their responses have addressed…
