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Deadly Tentacles Of Terrorism

Deadly tentacles of terrorism

The ghastly and cowardly attack of September 15, 2013 by Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) on Major General Sanaullah Khan, Lieutenant Colonel Tauseef Ahmad and Sepoy Irfan Sattar, has once again exposed hollowness…

Jail Assault And The Republic’s Dilemma

Jail assault and the republic’s dilemma

The Taliban come to attack the Dera Ismail Khan Central Jail carrying their lives in their hands. They assault it with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. And the first thing the…

The Undisputed Power

The undisputed power

When one views the pictures of president George W. Bush being informed of 9/11, bewilderment and shock are evident. After all the American mainland, protected by two oceans, had never…

The Importance Of Being Goats And Cows

The importance of being goats and cows

History’, it has been said, ‘is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools’. Apart from ferreting out…

In Search Of A Few Heroes

In search of a few heroes

When army generals in India and Pakistan, retired and serving, refer to a “spectrum of options” they could use against the adversary, they are crudely gloating over the nuclear stockpiles…