The Myth of Civilian Failure – by Ayesha Siddiqa: What does it mean to mourn the death of 132 children, and the 9 adults tasked with protecting them? One month on, the tragedy that should have paved the way for an honest conversation about the roots of
List of terrorists belonging to Deobandi madaris – Jang: KARACHI: Shahzaib Khanzada, host of Geo News programme ‘Aaj Shahzaib Khanzada Kay Sath’, said in the programme on Monday that voting on the bills in the National Assembly on the 21st Amendment to the Constitution and an amendment to
Daish, ever closer – Kamran Shafi: On October 16, 2014, I wrote on these pages under the title: “They come at you in convoys…” an account of what the police chief of Kirkuk, General Sarhad Qadir, had to say about ISIS/ISIL/IS which was attacking Kirkuk
Aitzaz Hasan (1998 – 2014) – by AZ: Death takes the applause as the humanity’s foremost leveller. Once we cross the gate into our eternal abode, just about everybody is a nobody. Billionaires and wretchedly poor are nobodies alike. Almost every worthwhile philosophy regards death as the
Another December 16 is approaching – Shiraz Paracha: Few unwise minds controlling Pakistan’s state institutions had committed crimes against humanity in Bangladesh between the 1960s and 70s, particularly, in 1971. The same institutions and their proxies played blood games in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 90s. Consequences
سوات میں ٹارگٹ کلنگ میں اضافہ: محمد ذہین خان وادی سوات کے تحصیل کبل کے علاقے ڈھیرئی میں طالبان مخالف ویلج ڈیفنس کونسل یا امن کمیٹی کے سربراہ ہیں۔سوات میں امن لشکروں پر حالیہ حملوں میں اضافے کی وجہ سے ذہین خان جیسے لوگوں کےلیے
Daily Times and The Nation’s editorials on Deobandi terrorism: The Nation: Revolutionary Religion With Operation Zarb-e-Azb in full swing, can a politicised silent Shia-Sunni majority challenge the prevalent status-quo sponsored narrative of religion? Tahir ul Qadri has pitted himself against more extremist Deobandi groups and sectarian issues
The debt we owe the army and PAF – Ayaz Amir: Amidst fierce fighting three more of our soldiers died on Sunday in a remote spot close to the Afghan border in North Waziristan. This was another reminder, if any were needed, of the grimness of the conflict raging there
آئی ایس آئی کا کیا دوش ؟ – وسعت اللہ خان: اگر سب ٹھیک رہا تو لیفٹیننٹ جنرل رضوان اختر اکتوبر سنہ 2017 تک آئی ایس آئی کے اکیسویں ڈائریکٹر جنرل کے طور پر کام کریں گے۔ کہنے کو تو آئی ایس آئی انٹر سروسز انٹیلی جینس یعنی
جرنیل کیانی پر مقدمہ چلاؤ – عبدلقادر: جنرل کیانی 6 سال تک آرمی چیف رہا۔۔۔ کیانی کہتا تھا کہ شمالی وزیرستان میں طالبان کے خلاف آپریشن میں کامیابی کے چانسزز نہ صرف معدوم ہیں بلکہ اگر آپریشن لانچ کیا گیا تو پاکستان کی گلی گلی