On Thursday, I visited the Police Lines headquarters in Islamabad. I was accompanying the UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, who wanted to pay his respects to the fallen martyrs of the Pakistani police service and to publicly recognise their sacrifices in serving Pakistan and its citizens.
Mr Hague laid a wreath at the police monument and [...]
Balochistan is simmering. It’s on the edge. Balochistanis are ill at ease with rest of the Pakistan. In many places within Balochistan, the Pakistani flag and the anthem and even the name has become a taboo. The way Balochistan has been treated all these years and the way it has become a state of armed [...]
Few changes are being speculated after induction of some personalities, each expert in his field, in Dera Ismail Khan’s socio-political spheres. Within a short time of few weeks the newly arrived District Police Head has brought the city out of bloodshed which was merely a routine prior to his arrival with daily sad news of [...]
The mumbai attacks seem to have badly affected Indian minds.The Indian media went crazy during the unfortunate incident last year ;from Chacha Rehman to Abu Dera Ismail Khan we heard some of the most ridiculous stories regarding Pakistan’s involvement in the cowardly attack that left more than hundred people dead.The bollywood inspired news channels turned [...]
I opened my eyes in Dera Ismail Khan in August 1955, the town a Baloch Chieftain Soorab Khan raised in 1429, until graduation in 1976. Since then, no matter in which of the world, I have been regular visitor to the town to see my old dad in the old Haveli my grandfather built; sit [...]
Since recent past, Dera Ismail Khan, a district presently known for tempestuousness, has been in the spotlight of print and electronic media with titles ranging from a politico’s rhetoric to casualties resulted from a controversial op to a barbaric attack on some congregation. These pieces, in spite of being aired by some prominent mass medium, [...]
Is really that the case about the suicide attacks that they cannot be stopped? Well, when the suicide bomber is on your head, just some yards away then, its virtually impossible to stop him by blowing himself. Though with proper measures, the damage can be controlled. But as a whole is it really impossible to [...]
The suicidal bomb blast in the funeral procession in my hometown Dera Ismail Khan on 20th like before left more than thirty dead and twice of them wounded. It was a target attack on the Shia as they were carrying the funeral of a Shia activist gunned down a day before. A similar attack was [...]
After setting FATA and Swat on fire, the invisible hands are now busy with all concentration to burn the Dera Ismail Khan area and it’s nearby cities like Hangu and the adjacent tribal areas. Just like FATA and Swat, the Dera Ismail Khan seems to be falling free in the hands of terrorists. The hurling [...]
Steadily and gradually but continuously, a planned sectarian violence is spreading across Pakistan starting from the North West province. The curse of terrorism is still there, but suicide bombings and bomb blasts only occur occassionally and their effect is on a single locality and they are condemned by the whole society and it unites the [...]
