Police in terrorists’ crosshairs
ACCORDING to the Global Terrorism Index 2025, the number of terrorist attacks on police in Pakistan in 2024 exceeded those on any other law-enforcement agency — civil or military. As per…
Negotiating with terrorists
WHEN it comes to addressing terrorism, the divide between the military and political leadership is stark — the former favours a coercive approach, and the latter a political settlement. This…
Fatwas don’t work with terrorists
Pakistan’s establishment understands only too well why fatwas (religious edicts) against terrorism never work with terrorists. Its ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) partnered with America’s CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) to create the…
Inhuman terrorists’ rights
AGAINST the backdrop of official silence, unnamed sources are leaking like a sieve and, with each emerging detail, it is becoming clearer that the prophets of doom and gloom and…
‘Safe haven’ for white terrorists?
THEY didn’t understand terrorism until it was too late. Ever since 9/11, and arguably even in the years prior to that, Americans believed that terrorism was a Muslim problem. Such…
Are terrorists born or made?
Are leaders born or made? This debate has consumed so much research and debate that it has produced some excellent strategic frameworks that have helped organizations enable leadership potential. When…
Smartphones: a double-edged sword for terrorists
Bombs and guns aside, a smartphone can be a powerful weapon in the hands of a terrorist - but it can also provide intelligence services with the tools to track…
Why terrorists have the advantage
Criticism of Pakistan’s state institutions has increased substantially in recent weeks, especially since the terrorist assault on the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda. The context for the Bacha Khan University…
Trying terrorists: myths & reality
Terrorism is considered the most urgent public issue facing Pakistan. In popular public discourse about terrorism, the role of the courts that are dealing with terrorism cases is considered to…
Tailors and terrorists
Last week, a news crew was permitted access to a “de-radicalisation” centre in Bara, in the now long embattled northwest of the country. It was a supervised tour, in which…
