Militancy in Punjab
The suicide attack on the Punjab Home Minister Col (r) Shuja Khanzada, in the backdrop of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) Chief Malik Ishaq’s killing, indicates the magnitude of the problem the security…
Causes of Islamist militancy
As terrorist violence from ‘Islamic’ militants spreads across the world, from Peshawar to Paris, affected states are struggling to devise effective responses. So far, most of their responses have addressed…
Three halves of militancy
WELL, that’s enough politics for now. Until the next faux crisis, media frenzy or electoral farce at least. Never can there be a vacuum though. On cue, the other side…
Women and militancy
The attack took place in one of the busiest areas of Istanbul. On Jan 6, 2015 a woman in a niqab blew herself up at a police station in Istanbul’s…
Tackling militancy in Punjab
Finally we seem to have a national counter-terrorism plan and it is now time for the government to fight the battle against militancy. Notwithstanding the controversy over the decision to…
Militancy and media-lingo
A few years ago, a non-government organisation held a seminar to discuss its research on literature produced by the local militant organisations. The seminar was titled ‘Jihadi media in Pakistan…
Militancy thrives
THE attack on Karachi airport was something that the government had been trying to postpone through dialogue with the militants. It could have been postponed but not avoided. The enemy…
An antidote to militancy
The MQM recently organised a Sufi moot in Lahore to juxtapose the teachings of great mystics of the region with militant ideology, which is eating into the very core of…
Origins of militancy
The strong demands for military action against the TTP have put one party and its position regarding militancy in a tight spot. The PTI of Mr Imran Khan, which made…
The mainstreaming of militancy
In Islamabad, a cleric who unleashed forces from his Lal Masjid to attack and capture government buildings to press for his demand that the constitution of the state be overthrown…
