The Pakistani Spectator

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Posts Tagged ‘Sararogha’

Where are They?

By Maria Sultan • Nov 26th, 2009 • Category: Politics

In morning, as the next day starts, the people of Pakistan morbidly wait for any news of suicide attack in any part of the country. The people of Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore feel it more gravely. But the people of Peshawar take it for granted that they could be the next target.
It is said that [...]



Rapid Advance of Security Forces in South Waziristan : Beware

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Nov 10th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the lead terrorist of the country right now is vacating areas of South Waziristan agency while putting up little fight in the way of Pakistani security forces.
Kotkai, Sararogha, Ladha and now Makeen is loosely under the control of the security forces. There was little resistance along the way and [...]



Waziristan Operation —Some Ground Realities

By Momin Iftikhar Momin • Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

South Waziristan, given a combination of forbidding terrain and entrenched presence of the hardcore elements of TTP and al-Qaeda fighters, is a tough military nut to crack. The situation has been building up for a considerable time and as the Pakistan Army moves ahead to eliminate and flush out some of the most feared al-Qaeda [...]



Saeed Bhaji Passport From South Waziristan

By Shayan Khan • Oct 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Maybe it seems a trivial news at first that a passport has been found during Operation Rah-e-Nijat near Sararogha by the security forces of Pakistan. But this news has many large and widespread implications, because this passport belongs to a German person Saeed Bhaji who is considered as the mastermind of 9/11 attacks in the [...]



Kotkai, A Start in Operation Rah e Nijat

By Sher Ali • Oct 25th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Abdul Samad Khan, 65, a farmer from the Spinkai Raghzai area, a freshly-turned IDP in the gritty town of Dera Ismail Khan says, “Fight hard, fight strong Pakistan. This is where the real war on terror is waged. I hope you throw down with serious might upon those who have bombed your civilians.”
The [...]