Zarmena of Waziristan
I had never met or even heard of Zarmena Wazir. The unrelentingly alert print and electronic media were also unaware that this young woman from the remote and impoverished tribal…
NAP in southern Punjab
Two developments in early 2016 – the Punjab government’s move to detain Jaish operatives, and a high-profile Taliban attack on the Bacha Khan University – have worked to refocus parliamentary…
Reclaiming North Waziristan
This will indeed be the most critical battle in Pakistan’s long war against militant insurgency. Ending its prolonged dithering, the government has finally ordered a full-scale military operation in North…
Tale of two Waziristans
Twisting and turning along the rugged mountains, a newly constructed highway has changed the landscape of South Waziristan which not too long ago was described as the headquarters of the…
Waziristan: serve, don’t rule
Despite the world’s focus on them – albeit for all the wrong reasons – the federally administered tribal areas (Fata), in particular the two Waziristans – north and south, are…
The peace option for Waziristan
A full-scale military operation was launched last October against militants in the Mahsud area of South Waziristan Agency. This was not the first time that an operation was conducted in…
Waziristan
Our media was taking great interest in the operation in South Waziristan before its launch on Oct 17. It was termed the “mother of all operations” by some. But when…
KP and the USAID crisis
On January 20, following the US president's Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning US Foreign Aid, all US-related government to government (G2G) development projects and activities have been suspended in…
AI for education
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping education globally, promising accessible, personalized and effective learning. Unesco is committed to supporting member states to harness the potential of AI for achieving the Education…
Struggling against terrorism
IT has been a decade since the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, which killed some 150 students and staff in December 2014. It was the darkest moment in Pakistan’s…
