World’s largest internal dislocation is happening before eyes, while world’s largest display of state mismanagement and apathy is also scattered throughout the camps of the homeless people. The people who were, just weeks ago, had food, shelter, medicine, jobs and other colors of life though amidst fear, but now they are standing in the queues [...]
At an altitudue of almost 9000 meters, there lies Peuchar where the top leadership of Swati Taliban under the directions of Fazlullah, once a chairlift operator controls the insurgency in the Malakand Division. Peuchar is a rugged mounaineous region with pine forests, was once famous for it’s juicy apples is now known by the full [...]
The Al-Khidmat and PTI have opened special accounts for the Swat IDPs, while Edhi is using the same old account for the purpose.
Since all branches are online now, money can be deposited by entering at any MCB or KASB Bank Branch in your city and asking the cashier to deposit the money to the below mentioned [...]
Today, after writing a bit of poetry about Iraq and Afghanistan wars, my sensitive heart wrenched and cried. I felt shocked and awed at the intense level of ignorance that was bred into the soldiers and their leaders. My thoughts almost suffocated me as I tried hard to block any mental pain. “What’s the way?” [...]
History will always remember Awami National Party and it’s extremely deep politics in the Malakand Agency of Pakistan, where they have very explicitly and dexterously exposed the hypocrisy of the Swati Talibans and now just due to their strategy, now Pakistan is going to establish its writ once again in the Swat, Buner, Dir and [...]
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The Taliban is a concept. Or more accurately, the reputation that a concept has. Without the concept, they are a loose militia band that can just as easily turn on each other. However, they are bound together by an extremist ideology that is a very strong unifying force for otherwise not unity [...]
During the five years Taliban held court in Afghanistan, horror stories of the ruthless rule exemplified by the fiercely Wahabbi interpretation of Sharia, spread far and wide. The spiritual kin of Taliban across the border in Pakistan conversely labelled the same horrific tales as inspirational and even necessary. Back then the threat of such a [...]
The impression that the Pakistan Army is incapable of fighting Taliban is extremely false and misleading and a far cry from the truth. Operations in the tribal agencies and also in some areas of Malakand Agency has shown that Pakistan military is fully equipped to blast the enemy of Taliban away. Tehrik Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) [...]
It is true that recently Taliban has become one of the biggest threat to the Pakistan army but talking to majority of the people, hearing them out on T.V. Also by getting closer to the people view you will realize it that people don’t hate Talaban but they hate Americans more. They hate the Drones [...]
I bear repeating it that no one has ever thought of it that skirmishes of extremists seen along Pakistani western border will took such a bizarre turn that it will engulf the entire Swaat area and this peaceful land of lofty mountain, the valleys with its beautiful lakes depicting a serenity of life and lovely [...]
