The Pakistani deep state prefers the Lashkar-e-Taiba over others. At home, the brutal terrorist group is quite the opposite. C. CHRISTINE FAIR 24 January, 2022 Text Size: A- A+ Lashkar-e-Taiba, along with […]
In March, Prime Minister Imran Khan met with families of people who had been forcibly disappeared, allegedly by Pakistani security forces, and pledged that their concerns would be addressed. However, […]
Extremist thought to the point of exclusion of the other is the first step to its ultimate form of violent terrorism Shahzad Chaudhry December 10, 2021 The writer is a […]
Objective of establishing Rehmatul Lil Alameen Authority is to raise the moral standards of our society, says PM Imran APP December 10, 2021 PM Imran said that children have access […]
The military’s role in politics has emboldened the religious far right. By Hasan Ali Twitter TODAY 5:30 AM Saad Rizvi, leader of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party, speaks to supporters in Lahore on the anniversary of the death of his father, Khadim Hussain Rizvi. (Arif Ali / AFP via Getty Images) ISLAMABAD—Last week—in […]
Making peace with militants Zahid Hussain Published November 10, 2021 – DAYS after surrendering to the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan, the government has announced a month-long ceasefire with another banned terrorist outfit. We are told that there has […]
Ayesha Siddiqa The Imran Khan government, like its predecessors, has arrived at an agreement with the Barelvi religious-political group, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, which was marching towards Islamabad for release of their leader and […]
A Taliban fighter (R) gestures to people waiting to cross into Pakistan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border crossing point in Spin Boldak on November 3, 2021, after authorities reopened the border […]
Negotiations with the TTP have failed in the past. There is no reason to believe they will work now. Ahsan I ButtAhsan I Butt is an Associate Professor at the […]
PAKISTAN * Citizens suffer as authorities block roads in Islamabad and Lahore; suspend metro bus and internet services Agencies OCTOBER 23, 2021 Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Friday announced […]
Unstable neighbour Touqir Hussain Published October 12, 2021 REGARDLESS of who ruled Afghanistan the country has always been a problem for Pakistan. And that will change little with the Taliban’s return to power. Since the overthrow of monarchy in Afghanistan and the wars that followed it is not just the Soviets […]
National Senator A Rehman Malik October 11, 2021 It was good to see US Deputy Secretary of State Ms. Wendy R Sherman in Pakistan. Though the agenda of her visit […]
On insurgency Asad Rahim Khan Published October 10, 2021 – SOME called it a revelation. “There are different groups which form the TTP and some of them want to talk to our […]
The growing Taliban challenge Muhammad Amir Rana Published October 3, 2021 THE reported upsurge in the TTP’s terrorist violence in Pakistan in recent months has coincided with the Afghan Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan […]
Pakistan’s prime minister says Afghan Taliban ‘helping in a way as negotiations are taking place in Afghanistan’ Islamuddin Sajid |01.10.2021 ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s prime minister on Friday revealed his government […]
Interior Minister Rashid also rejects allegations that Islamabad provided any military support to Afghan Taliban Kamran Yousaf September 29, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Islamabad on Wednesday reacted to the draft bill introduced in […]
In his speech to the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan touched on a range of topics and reserved his harshest words for India, labelling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE CONSTANTS OF SCAPEGOATING Nadeem F. Paracha Published September 19, 2021 The word ‘scapegoat’ is derived from the Book of Leviticus which is the third book of the Torah and of the Old Testament. In […]
Blinken’s remarks Editorial Published September 18, 2021 – PERHAPS it was his country’s chaotic, humiliating recent withdrawal from Afghanistan — and the attendant war weariness that comes with occupying a country for […]
Pakistani soldiers on patrol. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has accepted responsibility for several high-profile attacks in the country. (AFP/File) Short Url https://arab.news/8h3fp Islamabad says it could pardon the Tehreek-e-Taliban if it […]
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