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Posts Tagged ‘Operation Rah-e-Rast’

We Must Not Ignore Swat and FATA

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 8th, 2009 • Category: Politics

With beguilers putting up different sorts of decoys and with urchins of old times mushrooming to prove their honesty, real issues have been pushed back. Sugar crisis, rental power plants, corruption stories in Islamabad and other issues are also there to haunt the nation along with the debate of Musharraf’s fate and 17th amendment.
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Return of Swat IDPs

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jul 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Operation ‘Rah-e-Rast’ against the militants in Malakand Division is continuing unabated, while in different areas of Shangla, Swat and Lower Dir curfew is in the relaxing mode. Security forces heavy guns are carrying on shelling overnight and in the daytime the militants’ hideouts in different areas of Lower Dir including the upper areas of Swat’s [...]



Can He Do It?

By Altaf Khan • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Nobody in his or her sane mood could trust the capacity, the commitment and the political will of the President. It’s not yet another Zardari  bashing post, rather it’s simply said to jot down that the widower of Benazir Bhutto is not up to the task and this has resulted in empowering the army chief [...]



Operation Rah-e-Nijat

By Haris Hashmi • Jun 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Pakistanis must get this into their head that Baitullah Mehsud is the number one enemy of Pakistan. Pakistan Army has started Operation Rah-e-Nijat in parallel with the Operation Rah-e-Rast. After getting on the Rah-e-Rast, now we are heading towards the Nijat, and we have to support our military in this war through and through.
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Why Must Taliban Remain Shrouded in Mystery?

By A Khokar • May 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

As per the demand of Pak Army operation ‘Rah e Rast-4′,— millions have been asked to vacate their homes in Swatt–Malakand in view of their safety so that subject operational areas are cleansed of savage Taliban effectively. But this evacuation has resulted in an exodus of a worst kind and there is a dire need that [...]