There is mounting evidence that Chinese ground troops are operating inside Afghanistan, conducting joint counter-terror patrols with Afghan forces along a 50-mile stretch of...
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Regional Integration
The high-profile summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) ended in Islamabad last week with a pledge to intensify efforts to explore vast trade potential among the...
Rule of Law Must Apply Equally: CCPO Peshawar
There is no one above law; it applies to everyone indiscriminately including citizens as well as implementers and legislators of law. Rule of law influences authority of law in...
Daesh Gradually Gaining Ground In Pakistan
He started chatting with militants on Facebook and then learnt how to use timeless ‘Kalashnikov AK-47-Assault-Rifle’. He learnt these skills online from a commander of...
FATA to Be Merged With K-P
It’s a dream come true for most tribesmen of Fata. Their longstanding demand for repeal of a British colonial-era draconian law has finally been granted — a move widely greeted...
Afghan General Wants Border Crossings With Pakistan Reopened
A senior Afghan army general, in a meeting with Pakistan’s ambassador in Kabul, has asked Islamabad to reopen all border crossings between the two countries. The foreign ministry...
Annual Security Report 2016
Pakistan recorded a significant decline in violence in the year 2016, continuing a two-year trend. Terrorism began losing its sway soon after the launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb...
Stereo-Typing Pashtoons
As a Pashtoon teenager, I grew up in Punjab with some of the most demeaning cliches of Pashtoons; smugglers, money-lenders at exorbitant rates of interest, child and car-lifters...
CICIR-CRSS Rountable on CPEC, Sino-Pak Relations Conducted in Islamabad
The Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) held a joint roundtable briefing with China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) on the subject of “New...
CHINA WATCH [FBERUAR 21-27] CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) SECURITY
Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed said that in order to provide security to CPEC projects, the government has deployed 15,000 military personnel. India’s Foreign Secretary S....
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