It is clear even to the Americans and British and many European nations that the war and operations are getting them nowhere in Afghanistan and there is no way they could win this war in the near or even far future. They have understood that if they carry on with this armed streak, they could [...]
The militants of Swat are either not human or if they are then they are hell bent on proving that they are animals beyond any doubt. They way these terrorists are blowing up educational facilities, hotels, markets, hospitals, blasts in the funerals, and target killing of the elders of the area shows that they want [...]
Our neighbours China and India got liberated with us, but they are far more ahead than us and while we are teetering at the brink of economic meltdown, these countries are not only saving their economies from the current global economic crisis, they are also providing support to the world powers like Germany, UK and [...]
The hypocritical policy of United States regarding the war on terror is clearly manifested in the recent arm twisting of US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher. Richard Boucher has said to the Pakistani officials that operation in FATA should continue and that US would not support the idea of holding dialogue [...]
There are many reports that not just the Talibans from Afghanistan and FATA area are involved in suicide bombings, bomb blasts, and other acts of terrorism, but also many self-organized gangs and individuals have also taken it on to themselves to “clean” the society from the evils.
There are many men arrested by the security forces [...]
Pakistan is at crossroads. Pakistan is in the midst of an identity epidemic caused by the explosion of disparate ideas flying wayward in our environment, an epidemic that has rendered million of people, who form the educated middle class to question vehemently as where they belong and what they are supposed to do, and billions [...]
After 14 days of in-camera proceedings, parliament came up with a 16-member parliamentary committee to evolve a consensus on reshaping the government’s policy on the war on terror, and in this committee the coalition partner of Pakistan People’s Party ANP has not joined in, which renders this exercise pretty much useless and sends wrong signals.
First [...]
The basic responsibility of the government is to save the lives of innocent people, while curbing those who violate the writ of the state. The policy adopted during the last few years, have helped the foreign actors to weaken the writ of the state and to take control of certain areas of country to successfully [...]
There is also a good news that the combination of the Lashkars and security forces has at least started to work now. The security forces, along with the volunteers of the tribal Lashkar, demolished two houses in Khar and Yusufabad, yesterday. The houses belonged to the local militant commanders, Iqbal and Liaquat Yusuf. The security [...]
The suicide bombers in Pakistan seem to have an upper edge. I don’t know why but they are being portrayed as some uncanny and supernatural force, which cannot be controlled by anyone, and only some invisible equally uncanny force will control them. We, the mere mortals are not up to the task, or at least [...]
