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Posts Tagged ‘Orakzai Agency’

Punjab Government and Terrorists of South Punjab

By Mohsin Sehgal • Jun 7th, 2010 • Category: Politics

One may say that the governor of Punjab Salman Taseer and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi of PML-Q have started a smearing campaign against the PML-N and the government of Shahbaz Sharif in punjab, but the fact that the government of Punjab has shown so far lack of interest in combating the terrorism holds water.
Every month, terrorists [...]



Jaspal Singh’s Death - A Perspective on Sikh Persecution

By Momin Iftikhar Momin • Apr 7th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The recent killing of, Jaspal Singh by his abductors in the Orakzai Agency, on 22 Feb this year, has saddened the heart of every Pakistani. He was an unfortunate victim of abduction for ransom; a practice being increasingly resorted to by on the run TTP, who in desperation to remain afloat make no ethnic discrimination [...]



Time for a strategic dialogue

By Air Cmdre (r) Khalid Iqbal • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Features

The conclusion of the military operations in Bajaur Agency marks the ach-ievement of yet another milestone by the armed forces of Pakistan, as indeed the entire nation, in their struggle against hydra-headed menace of extremism. The declaration that soon a similar offensive would be launched in Orakzai Agency indicates our national resolve to continue the [...]



Bara Operation : Another Success of Pakistan Army

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Sep 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics

People of Malakand division are rebuilding their lives as the security forces eliminates residue of terorists from far flung areas of the agency. Swat is rising again and so are the other parts of this demolished terrain. These people are indebted to the army and they are the custodian of success achieved by Operation Rah-e-Raast.
Instead [...]



Baitullah Mehsud : Axis of Evil

By Salman Mugsi • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, a terrorist organization hailing from the FATA areas of Pakistan has become threat for the whole region. Pakistanis are rendering every kind of sacrifice to save the world and the war is getting more tough, bloody and extended as the time is passing.
The root of the evil is Baitullah Mehsud, the head honcho [...]



Do You Know Qazi is Doing Train March?

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Oct 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Though the reasons are still mostly unknown, the ambitions clouded and the objectives vague and warped, the news is that the Jamat-e-Islami of Qazi Hussain Ahmad is doing train march from Peshawar to God knows where. He says that every member of the Jamat has tied up death apparel around his head and they are [...]



Arrest Qazi Hussain Ahmad for Supporting Terrorism

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The Pakistani security forces have been joined by the local population of the tribal areas and in many agencies the tribes have formed Laskhars to fight out the militants, who are sending in suicide bombers in the various cities of Pakistan and these militants are trying to have their own writ in the tribal areas [...]



Taliban Shot and Hang Kidnappers in Mahmand and Orakzai Agency

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Apr 27th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Last year, 6-year old Ali was kidnapped from Rawalpindi when he was playing outside his home with other kids. After paying ransom of 2.5 million (after selling their home and everything) his parents received body of their kid from the mountains of Mahmund Agency.
Thousands of people get kidnapped each year from NWFP and Punjab and [...]