Fighting polio: A mission for every citizen
Where the history of Pakistan’s battle against polio is replete with stories of perseverance and courage of families and frontline workers alike, it is also one dotted with opportunities that…
Kurram’s crucible
WHEN KP CM Gandapur says Kurram’s problem is a conflict between two groups and not militancy, he has got blinkers on. Either that, or he is deliberately hoodwinking a nation…
How to counter insurgencies
IT is easy to say that the state must develop comprehensive and distinct counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies; however, what does comprehensive mean? This critical aspect is often missed in policy…
Pakistan’s unfinished polio fight
In a remote village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a young boy named Ahmed, barely three years old, became the latest victim of polio. His story, tragically, is far from unique.…
The punishment for being a journalist
Pakistan has witnessed over 150 killings of journalists in the past 25 years, but that is hardly something that has ever bothered our successive governments. A report – ‘Crime and…
Kurram carnage
VIOLENCE in Kurram has spiked in frequency and magnitude recently. Fresh clashes erupted on Nov 21, when passenger vehicles were ambushed near Mandori. Forty-four persons lost their lives, including women and children. In revenge…
Broken promises
IT has now been more than five years since the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were merged into KP. The reason the five-year mark is significant is because the government’s plans used…
Rule of violence
WITH 245 terror attacks on security forces, police check-posts and public places — mostly in KP and Balochistan — in the first quarter of 2024 alone, it is obvious that…
Moving bombs
IN the post-9/11 scenario, suicide bombing emerged as the deadliest and most popular terrorist strategy adopted by various groups around the world. After 9/11, there was an intensification in both…
Chinese advice
PAKISTAN’S law-enforcement agencies have completed the investigation of the Dasu terrorist attack carried out against Chinese nationals in March, in record time. This is, indeed, a remarkable achievement, but it does not…
