Poonch attack: Time to send a formal message to Rawalpindi that enough is enough First Post 25 Apr 2023 The terrorist attack on an army vehicle in Poonch resulting in the loss of lives of five soldiers with injuries to one, is a stark reminder that militancy may be down, but not out in J and K, as long […]
The institutional crisis that Pak faces The Statesman 11 Ape 2023 Pakistan is currently facing an internal crisis like none other in its history. Imran Khan, deposed by a political coup in a no-trust vote, has managed to obtain backing of the masses, based on his purported clean image, hoping for a come-back. He plays the victim card garnering […]
The emergence of the Imran cult The Statesman 28 Mar 2023 Pictures of followers kissing the windshield of the car in which Imran is travelling, attacking security personnel as they attempt to arrest him, frenzied crowds cheering jubilantly when he arrives in public bring forth visuals of a revered head of a cult, who mesmerizes his audience with his […]
Warm ties with India and vision beyond Kashmir: What Pakistan needs to battle economic crisis and global isolation First Post 15 Mar 2023 It has been over two years since the Indian and Pakistani Director General Military Operations agreed to a ceasefire along the LoC and surprisingly it has held. The scenario in Kashmir has since then moved towards […]
Targeting Kashmiri terrorists in Pakistan The Excelsior 07 Mar 2023 Pakistan news agencies confirmed the death of Syed Khalid Raza, former commander of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Al Badr outside his residence in Karachi recently. He was killed by a single bullet to the head, implying a planned assassination. The Sindhi nationalist group, Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) has been […]
Pakistan must change its approach to terrorism The Excelsior 10 Feb 2023 The recent suicide attack in the high security Police Lines in Peshawar, Pakistan, left over a 100 dead and around 200 injured. The attack was initially claimed by the TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) which subsequently denied its involvement. The Pak government believes it to be a faction of […]
Pakistan’s offer for talks The Excelsior 28 Jan 2023 In an interview to Al Arabiya news channel in the UAE, Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s PM, stating that Pakistan has learnt its lesson from past wars, mentioned, ‘My message to the Indian leadership and PM Modi is that let us sit down on the table and have serious and sincere talks […]
Terrorism: Is Pak hosting IS Khorasan on its soil India vs Disinformation 24 Jan 2023 ‘A leaked Taliban internal memo reports of ISKP (Islamic State Khorasan Province) training camps inside Pakistan’s tribal area and warns of ISKP cadre massing from Pakistan into their Logar province,’ Bilal Sarwary, an independent journalist recently said in his tweet attaching with it the […]
TTP’s ideology will be difficult to defeat The Statesman 17 Jan 2023 Shamil Shams writes in an article in The Dawn in 2016, titled ‘Before and After Zia-ul Haq’, ‘Pakistani decision makers have found religious extremists a natural choice for alliance/usage as tools of foreign policy.’ He justifies his statement by stating, ‘the centrist, post-colonial state dominated by the […]
Indian diplomatic offensive puts pressure on Pakistan The Statesman 27 Dec 2022 India has, in recent times, undertaken a collection of initiatives aimed at countering terrorism. In Nov this year, India hosted the ‘3rd ministerial conference on Countering Financing of Terrorism (CFT).’ Over 70 nations and 15 multilateral organizations participated. Amongst prominent absentee nations were Pakistan and Afghanistan. India […]