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Prevalence of ‘decent work’

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has described ‘decent work’ as employment which, first, provides for adequate earnings, second, is completed in decent work time, third, ensures stability and security of…

Reconnecting Afghanistan

Reconnecting Afghanistan

The exercise of universal franchise in the war conditions prevailing in Afghanistan has been a tremendous landmark not only for the Afghans themselves but for countries like Pakistan on the…

A Window Of Opportunity

A window of opportunity

The TTP has been insisting till very recently that it represents all the groups committing terror in Pakistan. Only when the terrorist acts continued unabated after the negotiations started that…

Target The Corrupt

Target the corrupt

What good is a constitution that does not prevent the unscrupulous from looting the till? For a man whose children remain hungry, sick and uneducated, it is a meaningless piece…

Blowback

Blowback

The major problem facing this country is the vacillation of the government in dealing decisively with the terrorists because of a fear of blowback in the urban areas if there…

A Genuine Hero

A genuine hero

According to a handout accompanying an excellent stamp taken out by the Pakistan Post Office (PPO) commemorating the renaming of PAF Base Mianwali, M M Alam was the “top gun…

Non-stop

Non-stop

The recent Islamabad attack highlights the fact that the TTP either has no control over most of its 30-plus factions (and certainly not on the 60 or so ones criminally…

Reviving PIA

Reviving PIA

As per my article, ‘Keep PIA flying’ (June 20, 2013), “Facing multiple crises simultaneously – most of them manmade – Pakistan's workforce and institutions remain amazingly resilient. Beset by extraordinary…

Stretching The Truth

Stretching the truth

Besides the recent dastardly attacks on policemen and Rangers in Karachi, the TTP brutally beheaded 23 Frontier Corps men who had been in its custody in Afghanistan. Why are we…

Will It Last?

Will it last?

Our major problem is that we cannot seem to separate counter-insurgency (CI) operations from counterterrorism (CT). Terrorism is a more urban-based insurgency, which operates mainly in the rural areas. With…