BACKGROUND- During the Islamic holy month of fasting – “Ramzan”- there are two Islmaic obligations which according to “sharia” are compulsory on all Muslims; “Zakat” and “Fitra”....
Mustafa Malik
Pakistan’s Top Militant Commanders
Mullah Fazlullah A Yousufzai from Swat, he took charge as the head of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan after the death of Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone strike in November 2013. He...
Pakistan’s Minorities: A Case of Systematic Marginalization
“India grants citizenship to 4300 refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan” read a recent news headline circulating in the media. As a Pakistani, this headline carried more...
The Global and Regional Impact of Iran’s Nuclear Deal
The world is watching with keen interest as nuclear talks between Iran and the six major powers — the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China — enter their final phase....
Balochistan: Impressions & Analysis
Last week, the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) organized a media seminar in Quetta, where I was a speaker too. During three days of meetings and discussions with...
Pakistan’s Parched Baluchistan Nears Water Crisis
Pakistan’s impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan is again in the grip of an acute water shortage. This is a recurring problem, but despite years of warnings, critics...
Legal Framework for Trying Terrorists
Following the passage of the 21st Amendment and amendments to the Army Act of 1952, military courts were established for the trial of terrorists/militants. These courts became...
Drones will Tear us Apart: Pakistani Pop’s War Fixation
PESHAWAR: A lover's eyes compared to a drone strike, a smile to a suicide bomb and lips to fire. The violence of Pakistan's bloody insurgency has been injected into catchy pop...
Pains of Peshawar
In the post-9/11 scenario, escalated terrorism and its psychological consequences have become the common characteristics of a host of places, ranging from Peshawar and Kabul to...
20 Points to Pakistan?
It's been six months since Pakistan instituted its 20-point National Action Plan. Has Pakistan achieved any of the goals set forth in the Plan? Pakistan instituted the...
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