During her visit to Islamabad in the last week of May, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, had called the Post-OBL (Osama Bin Laden) scenario a turning point in the...
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North Waziristan Offensive: Is the Pakistan Army finally ready for it:
If the media reports were any indicator, the Pakistani army is almost set for fulfilling a long-standing American demand; a conclusive offensive against the Haqqani Network (HQN)...
Terrorist Attack on PNS Mehran
At around 10:30 pm on May 22, 6 armed militants raided Pakistan Navy airbase, PNS [Pakistan Naval Station] Mehran, in Karachi, about 10 km off the Quaid-e-Azam International...
The Consensus Parliamentary Resolution on the Abbottabad Operation
Imtiaz Gul An historic eleven hour-long in-camera session of the two houses of Pakistan parliament resulted in a consensus 'Resolution on Unilateral U.S. Forces Action in...
U.S. cannot afford to ditch Pakistan
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...
Sunni Ittehad Council: The Strengths and Limitations of Barelvi Activism against Terrorism
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...
Changing Shape of Pak-Turk Ties
Amidst the fast occurring developments in the context of hammering out a political and diplomatic solution for the Afghan conflict these days, Pakistan and Turkey have emerged as...
Tense Military Commanders Meet
The two hour meeting between the Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Kayani and Admiral Mike Mullen on Wednesday, was extremely tense. Both military commanders had their demands...
Swat Neglected after Earthquake, War and Floods
The construction of road for the small village of Jarray near Madyan is a telling comment on the perfect illustration of slow political and bureaucraticresponse to the...
Journalism Held Hostage
(Courtesy: Prof. Syed Irfan Ashraf, Faculty, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) IN February, about 50 journalists who report from the tribal conflict zones of Pakistan...
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