May 25, 2011 :
At around 10:30 pm on May 22, 6 armed militants raided Pakistan Navy’s airbase, PNS [Pakistan Naval Station] Mehran, in Karachi, about 10 km off the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport. Two P-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircrafts were destroyed in the attack. Eight Pakistan Navy personnel and two Rangers personnel were killed while 15 others—both from navy …
May 17, 2011 :
Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, held meetings with the President, Prime Minister, and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of Pakistan on May 16 to discuss the situation arising out of the May 2, direct action by the U.S. Navy SEALs killing Osama Bin Laden (OBL) in the town of …
May 16, 2011 :
Imtiaz Gul An historic eleven hour-long in-camera session of the two houses of Pakistan’s parliament resulted in a consensus “Resolution on Unilateral U.S. Forces Action in Abbottabad on 2nd May 2011.” The session had begun in the afternoon on May 13, and continued into the wee hours of May 14, 2011. For the first time, …
May 13, 2011 :
Aarish U. Khan, Sr. Research Fellow The OBL (Osama Bin Laden) episode has unleashed a new dynamic within the United States, with some Congressmen demanding that the Obama administration review its alliance with Pakistan. Three Republican Representatives have already moved the “Pakistan Foreign Aid Accountability” bill in the House of Representatives to condition the U.S. …
May 9, 2011 :
Several Barelvi leaders joined hands for an alliance, the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), in May 2009 to work and guard against religious extremism and terrorism. The move seemed to be influenced by a gradual escalation of attacks on shrines across Pakistan since late 2006, as well as the on the Barelvi (Sufi) community that venerates …
May 4, 2011 :
Finally, some official version of the Abbottabad operation—by the U.S. Navy SEALs flying from Afghanistan that killed Osama Bin Laden—has emerged from Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The May 3 press release, though a much-awaited effort in the right direction on the part of the government, highlights some serious contradictions in our engagement with …
Pakistan Conflict Tracker Report
(April 2013)
Consultative Workshop on Social Cohesion and factors that divide or connect the society
Islamabad (February 19, 2013): Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Ahsan Iqbal, Daniyal Aziz, former chairman of National Reconstruction Bureau and others at the consultative workshop (Feb 19) on Social Cohesion and factors that divide or connect the society.The workshop was part of the UNICEF-CRSS nationwide conflict analysis. more
