Pakistan’s second war against terror
You cannot learn lessons without some pain – but sometimes, the pain you feel teaches you the wrong lessons. Pakistan’s first war against terror, the brutal and bloody conflict that…
Why the need for talks?
Some terrorism analysts advocate that engagement of hostile terrorist groups is an element of a successful counterterrorism campaign. However, such negotiations should be pursued if the conditions on the ground…
A domestic, not foreign, challenge
Is the situation in Afghanistan a foreign policy challenge or a domestic policy conundrum? At the heart of the conversation initiated by Ejaz Haider in ‘The Friday Times’ is really…
Pakhtun transition
THE ongoing sociopolitical changes defining transition in most Pakhtun areas raise many questions. Is Talibanisation only a Pakhtun phenomenon? Why were the mujahideen rebranded as Taliban? Did faith or ethnonationalism…
Urgent: A grand national dialogue
Does Pakistan really need a grand national dialogue? Some will say it really doesn’t. Pakistan just needs to be run in accordance with its constitution. Those that want Pakistan to…
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…
Fruits of appeasement
Following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to acquit Aasia Bibi (who spent eight years on death row) in a blasphemy case, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) locked down the country’s major…
Welcome back
Anyone who is witness to the Swat Taliban’s rise must have been stunned to watch Sufi Muhammad walk free out of prison and straight onto TV screens, speaking like a…
Benazir: leader par excellence – II
The theory propounded by Dr Sachithanandam got credence as proved by later events. Dr Sachithanandam aptly highlighted that "the earliest foreboding surfaced in the backroom manoeuvres by United States and…
Remembering Benazir Bhutto
December 27, 2015 marks the 8th death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto. She sacrificed her life courageously. She resisted the agenda of fanatics. Certain forces want to make Pakistan a theocratic…
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