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The Pulwama incident: Is there any silver lining?

The February 2019 Pulwama standoff and de-escalation are generally welcomed. Albeit both India and Pakistan have backed down from the crisis situation after skirmishes and heaved a sigh of relief…

Stamping out militancy/extremism

Since the February 21 meeting of the National Security Committee announced its decision to accelerate actions against militancy and extremism, action has been in full swing against two externally-oriented militant…

After Balakot: Lessons In Victory

After Balakot: lessons in victory

The age-old challenge we have had in Pakistan is our inability to learn from humiliation and defeat. Whether it is 1971 or it is various opportunities after that, including the…

Who Stands For Our Sovereignty?

Who stands for our sovereignty?

Over 40 Indian soldiers of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed on February 14 in Pulwama, Occupied Kashmir in a car bombing that shook India, the wider…

Pakistan-India tensions

The current tensions between Pakistan and India in the wake of the Pulwama suicide attack that killed 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CPRF) personnel are following a familiar pattern. India,…

Leave From Sanity

Leave from sanity

Heaping ridicule on President Trump and calling him crazy as a way to explain his threatening tweet might be cathartic. But is it an intelligent response to the imminent breakdown…

Has Pakistan Made Winning Choices?

Has Pakistan made winning choices?

Let us examine Pakistan’s response to international pressure on three UNSC sanctioned groups – the Haqqani Network, the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Muhammad. The Haqqani Network (HQN) is now essentially the…

The Grey List Failure

The grey list failure

Pakistan faced an enormous foreign policy failure recently when it was placed on the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering watchdog. The failure…

The Brics Declaration

The Brics declaration

When Brics met at Xiamen, China for their ninth summit, their declaration counted the LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba), JeM (Jaish-e-Mohammad) and the Haqqani Network as three among many proscribed groups which spawn…

Let There Be No Silence

Let there be no silence

Events of recent weeks have demonstrated that, while Pakistan’s policy on extremists and religiously motivated militants will constantly shift, there will be brutal consistency in addressing dissenting liberal views. Just…