Response to IDPs
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) claims of extending all possible help to the IDPs migrating from North Waziristan due to the ongoing Zarb-i-Azb operation are being challenged by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Isaaf…
Afghan refugees
Coverage of the recent report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees was commendable in most international media outlets, although some western newspapers did not give Pakistan the prominence it…
Al-Assad supporters among those fleeing likely strike
The Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria has been like a beehive since the early hours of Saturday, receiving a new wave of Syrians shortly after the UN weapons…
The fading hope of peace in Afghanistan
Though only a certified lunatic would claim to be an “Afghan expert”, this is precisely how a western scholar introduced himself to me in a lengthy email about Mullah Omar’s…
Fallout of Syrian conflict
Is there some hope to be entertained that the tragedy in Syria will be brought to an end either by the efforts of the international community or by some miraculous…
Apt handling of national security – II
Our armed forces and intelligence agencies have become more hardened today than they were ever before in the conduct of Low Intensity Conflict (LIC). However, over the past decade, the…
Displaced Malians struggle to return home
Afiatu Guindo often wonders if she made the right decision when she brought her six children to share a one-room apartment in Mali's capital, Bamako, far from home. When she…
Unpleasant twists
Pakistan has been making almost heroic efforts over the last few months to put its relations with Afghanistan on an even keel and make a vital contribution to the reconciliation…
Workers in the conflict zone
Army deployed in Kala Dhaka to purge militants Army deployed in Kala Dhaka to purge militants The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is still in shock over the…
