Country needs Operation Azm-e-Istehkam
The ghastly attacks of September 11, 2001, on Twin Towers, tragically claimed lives of innocent Americans, who left their homes that morning with not the slightest hint of not returning…
From cooperation to collaboration
The kidnapping and murder of S P Tahir Dawar, the foiled attack on the Chinese Consulate in Karachi, and the suicide attack in the lower Orakzai Agency highlight the existing…
Operation Raddul Fasaad
Operation Raddul Fasaad (RAF) has been launched at a critical time in national history. In almost two decades, this nation has witnessed over a dozen large, heavily-publicised military campaigns and…
Viewpoint: Anti-terrorist operations in Punjab
The Punjab government has been reacting angrily to suggestions that security operations by the Rangers, like in Sindh, are needed to eliminate violent extremist organisations from the province. The government…
A divided operation
The massacre in Lahore on Easter Sunday called for a prompt and unified response by the PML-N governments, in Punjab and at the federal level, and the military authorities. Both…
The Zarb-e-Azb and after
The Army's well-planned military operations to rid North Waziristan of militants has been a major success; there is a sharp drop in acts of terrorism throughout Pakistan. The frequency of…
Zarb-e-Azb in danger of losing its way
t’s not the same as before; the zing has gone out of it. In Fata the operation is becoming a stalemate. Terrorist forces have been hit, badly hit, but they…
Zarb-e-Azb and beyond
As the Pakistani civil-military leadership looks via hindsight and takes stock of Operation Zarb-e-Azb with a sense of satisfaction, I am trying to do a bit of crystal-ball gazing as…
Zardari, Zarb-e-Azb and Malala
What is hovering over Pakistan’s politics like a dark cloud this week is Tuesday’s outburst by Asif Ali Zardari. Also this week, the first anniversary of Operation Zarb-e-Azb was celebrated…
‘Operation Failure’
COAS General Raheel Sharif claims that he is fighting to end militancy in politics. PM Nawaz Sharif, Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Quaid-e-Tehreek Altaf Hussain view General Raheel’s ‘fight’ as…
