Critical choices
“Israel, India and agencies are playing games in Pakistan. They want to capture this country and its nuclear assets”. I was given this piece of news by a few knowledgeable…
Liberating faith from the fringe
Another day, another massacre in the name of the exalted faith. Will this senseless, endless dance of death in the name of all that is holy ever stop? We have…
New strategy of soft targets
Their capacity to launch organised attacks against security forces is considerably less than before. And yet, there has been no let-up in terror tactics in many troubled areas where militants…
The polio challenge
It is heartening to note that despite the prevalence of a perilous environment surrounding the anti-polio campaign, courtesy the ill-will of some militant elements, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has…
Crime and terrorism: Financial challenges – I
INTRODUCTION: This paper seeks to integrate the efforts made by individual group activity members while studying and analysing the manifold directions of money laundering and terrorist financing. The topics assigned…
And now, women suicide bombers
A new wave of attacks by militants in the Mohmand and Bajaur tribal regions, including one apparently carried out by Pakistan’s first female suicide bomber, showed that the threat posed…
Talking with the enemy
In more than a decade-long conflict between the Pakistani state and the Al-Qaeda and its inspired local militants, the initiative undoubtedly has fallen into the hands of the extremists. They…
Pak-US ties in 2012
A series of crises in 2011 set the tone for US-Pakistan interaction in 2012; these included Raymond Davis’ shooting of two Pakistanis and Bin Laden’s killing. However, it was the…
The enemy within
The change in the military’s stance on who represents the biggest threat to our nation is hugely significant. Under the altered doctrine decided on by army leaders at a key…
Mullah Nazir’s death will change nothing
The death of Mullah Nazir during a drone attack on his vehicle near the Afghan border has come as no surprise to many people, including those from South Waziristan. There…
