Dear Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, The shameful but scary Sikandar Saga that played out near the Red Zone of the capital on August 15 exposed the intellectual paralysis and the...
Year: 2013
Monthly Report – July 2013
Amidst the unending reports of killings, destruction, and miseries one good news for this month was of Malala Yousufzai address at the UN Assembly on 11 July 2013 wherein the...
Back to brinkmanship
We are back to gauche brinkmanship. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for "a new beginning" in relations with India on August 13. No way, came the brash snub from New Delhi...
UN Chief Urges Caution in Drone Deployment
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday (August 13) categorically stated that drones should be used only for collection of information in accordance with the...
Al Qaeda's New Wave of Terror: Prison Breaks
On July 31, 2013, an Islamist website posted a 22-minute audio recording of a message by al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri promising that al Qaeda would spare no effort to free...
Al Qaeda's New Wave of Terror: Prison Breaks
On July 31, 2013, an Islamist website posted a 22-minute audio recording of a message by al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri promising that al Qaeda would spare no effort to free...
Al Qaeda’s New Wave of Terror: Prison Breaks
On July 31, 2013, an Islamist website posted a 22-minute audio recording of a message by al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri promising that al Qaeda would spare no effort to free...
Breaking the walls
The brazen Taliban attack on a jail in Dera Ismail Khan on July 29 to free their comrades has raised important questions about the preparedness of our security apparatus for a...
Pakistan Conflict Tracker Monthly Report – June 2013
No Respite in Terror The month of June dawned with lots of hopes and expectations for the people of Pakistan as the new government was to take oath during this month and to offer...
Towards an Urban Geopolitical Analysis of Violence in Lyari
The Lyari district of Karachi has been in the headlines for quite some time. Politically protected criminal reportedly operate out of this ramshackle district. Considered one of...
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