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An Asia Of Cooperation

An Asia of cooperation

It was four years ago that Narendra Modi rose to power on the bandwagon of Hindutva and populist slogans like ‘development for all’. While the BJP government under Modi has…

Paramilitary Policing

Paramilitary policing

The Sindh cabinet recently extended the special policing powers granted to the Rangers under Sections 4 and 5 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 in Karachi division for 90 days.…

Banking On Military Justice

Banking on military justice

In 2015, when parliament passed the 21st Amendment that allowed constitutionally protected military courts to try terrorism suspects, many reluctant lawmakers offered their mea culpas. Indeed, how can one forget…

What Military Ops Can’t Deliver

What military ops can’t deliver

The security forces are supposed to have launched another operation to cleanse the country of terrorism after a spurt of suicide bombings and attacks across the country in the month…

No More Military Courts

No more military courts

Accprding to official sources, the government has decided to table a bill to extend the ‘exceptional’ use of military courts for another three years. Reportedly, the draft amendment would give…

Operation Raddul Fasaad

Operation Raddul Fasaad

Operation Raddul Fasaad (RAF) has been launched at a critical time in national history. In almost two decades, this nation has witnessed over a dozen large, heavily-publicised military campaigns and…

Military Courts: A Mistake

Military courts: a mistake

On December 27, 2014, only 11 days after the APS attack in Peshawar, I wrote my weekly entry in this column under the title, ‘Military courts: a defence’. In the…

Operation Raddul Fasaad

Operation Raddul Fasaad

Operation Raddul Fasaad has been launched countrywide to counter the resurgence of terrorism in recent days. The Punjab government having been forced to abandon its resistance to the deployment of…

Rangers Operation In Punjab

Rangers operation in Punjab

After the February 13 terrorist attack in Lahore the Punjab government has agreed, though grudgingly, to call in the Rangers but won't fully empower the paramilitary force to freely carry…