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 [...]
Terrorism, this word has gained so much popularity in the recent years that it might just become a ‘Drawing room’ discussion subject. I remember a humor critic suggesting that in Pakistan everybody can talk on two things; Politics and Cricket. In the new millennium, we may need to add to this list. In Pakistan everyone [...]
My wife Zahra and I recently decided to move back to Pakistan. Many friends in London seem puzzled by our decision. That is understandable. Pakistan plays a recurring role as villain in the horror sub-industry within the news business. It is, we are constantly told, a place where car bombs go off in crowded markets, [...]
Reporting from Sargodha, Pakistan - One by one, recruits from Pakistan’s Punjab heartland would make the seven-hour drive to Waziristan, where they would pull up to an office that made no secret of its mission.
The signboard above the office door read “Tehrik-e-Taliban.” In a largely ungoverned city like Miram Shah, there was no reason [...]
After incident of 911, US declared an all out war against terror in our region against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. There was the time when war was seen drawing nearer to our western borders that Al Qaeda was allegedly using our FATA territory as their sanctuaries. Reportedly Al Qaeda was carrying out their subversive activities [...]
I am writing this article on late Friday night or one can say early Saturday morning, It was all bright and shinny here in Karachi, right from early morning, apart of newspaper and few extra security personals on the roads every thing was as “beautiful” and “normal” as ever, the break fast, the ride to [...]
Yet another feast and this is NOT a feat. The nation wilts and tilts to a position where there is no return. The Army is locked up, beefed up and engaged from where it cannot step back but from whence it has to return victor, no second option. Until then the pawns have to be [...]
Time has changed in Pakistan; yesterday victims of suicide bombing were mentioned as “Jaan-ba-Haq” but today Pakistani media call them “Shaheed”.
Yesterday, a Pakistani soldier who died while fighting with Talibans was a “dead” to Pakistani media but today they mention him as “Shaheed”.
Yesterday, for Pakistani media and for so called leaders, Army was killing its [...]
We know the drill.
Yes, we had the information that the terrorist attacks would happen and yes many such activities are going to happen in near future, says our interior minister.
Then the usual grief-stricken statements start pouring in. Statements after statements of condemnation from the politicos of every color from Pakistan and abroad.
Then we hear that [...]
Taliban are terrorists and they are an alarm, a very loud alarm for the Pakistan, but we must not put our fingers atonce over the Taliban for the bomb blasts happening in the Peshawar city of NWFP. In recent days, multiple suicide attacks in cars have happened at crowded places aimed at maximum damage which [...]
