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…
Poverty is constantly on the rise in all South Asian countries. So is the rise of religious fundamentalism; and there is a close link between the two. Australia recently hosted…
A legal framework to combat terrorism in Pakistan has been provided in the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997(ATA).1 The act provides for the prevention of terrorism,2 sectarian violence and for speedy trial3…
THOUGH the four-day war is over, there is always a very thin line between war and peace. In order not to accept defeat, Modi has kept his options open and…
Remember the facts. On January 2, 1948 India submitted a complaint to the Security Council of the UN, stating that people from Pakistan had invaded the territory of the disputed…
It has come around again: the baring of American imperial fangs, rule by executive orders, ‘America First’, callous pandering to the extreme-right, tariff threats, a transactional Manichean worldview, and the…
IT is easy to say that the state must develop comprehensive and distinct counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies; however, what does comprehensive mean? This critical aspect is often missed in policy…
A new year is always a harbinger of fresh resolutions, bringing renewed hopes for the days ahead. International relations continue to suffer under the weight of humanitarian crises. Global terrorism…
IN the wake of the 26th Amendment, it seems a weakened and tamed judiciary is now an accepted reality as the focus shifts to the legislation for madressahs, which Maulana Fazlur Rehman had negotiated in…
As the year nears its end, Islamabad’s leading institutions host their annual dialogues, bringing together top-tier experts to analyse critical global and regional developments. This year, experts described the evolving…
