Coercive diplomacy
PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN relations have been on a downward trajectory. They plunged to a new low earlier this month when Pakistan carried out air strikes on hideouts of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan…
Maintaining security
THE new government has been sworn in and, as expected, has made the revival of the economy its top priority. Everything is set for the continuity of policies formulated during the PDM…
Reimagining Irsa
THE Indus River System Authority is under siege. Irsa is the only federal institution in the country charged with regulating, monitoring, and distributing the Indus waters among the provinces. It…
Global terrorist threat
THE deadly attack on a concert hall in Moscow last week, which left around 140 people dead, marks the expansion in the terrorist operations of the so-called Khorasan chapter of…
Silencing Afghanistan’s women
THERE is no doubt that many have had a role in Afghanistan’s destruction, but the question of who exactly is to blame for the country’s current condition is a thorny…
Fighting terrorism
YET another counterterrorism (CT) campaign is being launched which promises to eradicate all forms of extremism and violent militancy in the country in a “decisive manner”. Described as an attempt…
Back to the battlefield
IN the midst of a budget debate, the government also held a meeting on security and made some big decisions — decisions perhaps far weightier than taxing the salaried class,…
The wages of conflict
THE recent three-day Pashtun Qaumi Jirga in Jamrud was a reflection of the anguish of people who have suffered in a conflict that has ravaged KP for over two decades.…
Targeting militant sanctuaries
THE long-simmering tension between the two countries now threatens to escalate into a full-blown conflict after Pakistan’s latest air strike on militant sanctuaries inside Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban regime claims to have…
Not so holy anymore
ALTHOUGH most commentators and analysts agree that what is being witnessed today is chaos and a slide into anarchy, optimists may still argue some good will come out of it,…
