CRSS – Center for Research and Security Studies – Pakistan Focused, Independent Questions, Independent Answers

April 28, 2012 :

Violence across Pakistan receded somewhat during the week under review. Yet Karachi, the largest city in the south on the Arabian Sea,  continues to seethe under the wave of ethno-political violence that has consumed some 97 lives since the last week of March. The data collected through different sources suggest that overall 83 people lost …

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April 21, 2012 :

As compared to the past weeks, violence subsided considerably during the current week. The data collected through different sources suggests that 101 people lost their lives in 56 incidents of violence across the country. Once again, insurgency infested Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and tribal regions of Pakistan witnessed majority of violent incidents (for details see data …

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April 16, 2012 :

Violence continues to stain the security landscape of Pakistan, in one form or the other. The latest addition to it is a surge in the target-killings of the minority Shia Muslims, particularly in the southwestern Balochistan province, where several dozen shia Muslims have fallen to various acts of terrorism. Since early this year, sectarian terrorists, …

April 14, 2012 :

In the current week, the violence subsided as compared to the previous week. The spree of target killing continued unabated in the largest metropolis of Pakistan, Karachi during the week: where the killing of a member of ethnic political party (Muthida Qaumi Movement, MQM) unleashed an awful cycle of violence in the city in the …

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April 13, 2012 :

The deadly avalanche that struck the battalion headquarters of the Northern Light Infantry (NLI) in Gyari sector of Siachen Glacier on April 07, 2012 underlined the appalling human and economic costs of the protracted conflict over the possession of the terribly inhospitable roughly 70 kms glacier, which has eaten up over 8,000 Indian and Pakistani …

April 10, 2012 :

Islamabad (Tuesday, April 10, 2012): Both Pakistan and India must urgently assign technical and legal experts to discuss complex technicalities and legalities of the Siachen Conflict which has become a global concern.  Both countries would do a great service to humanity and the environment if they declared the disputed region as a Peace Park and let international legal experts and …

April 8, 2012 :

There was upsurge in violence during the current week, as compared to the past week. The salient feature was a spree of sectarian attacks in the largest metropolis of Pakistan, Karachi, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan. The data collected through different sources suggest that 158 people lost their lives in 42 incidents of violence across the country, …