#‎DeobandiTerrorism‬: Only the very myopic won’t see that all terrorists are cut from the same cloth, share ideas and ideologies – Abbas Nasir: PAKISTAN’S national security obsessions and the utter contempt for dissent and diversity of opinion are threatening its existence now as at no time in the past. Although so many in Pakistan raised their voice against it over the years,

So sorry, Mehrin Kauser, a Hazara victim of Shia genocide – by Abbas Nasir: EVERY day, evidence stares us in the face of how we have failed our people in general and vulnerable sections of society in particular; of how we fail to honour those who stand up to the odds like Nobel

Zarb-e-Azb: Military is fighting religiously motivated terrorists while simultaneously allowing similar people a free hand in the so-called relief effort – Abbas Nasir: A PICTURE generating optimism is emerging now that former army chief Gen Kayani’s reported procrastination is no more and the North Waziristan operation’s ground phase has been launched following weeks of ‘softening’ of targets via air strikes. The honest

جنرل راحیل شریف سے اپیل: آئی ڈی پیز کے لیے کالعدم دہشت گرد تنظیموں جیش محمد اور لشکر طیبہ کے امدادی کیمپس آپریشن ضرب عضب کو نقصان پہنچا رہے ہیں: مولوی مسعود اظہر دیوبندی کی کالعدم دہشت گرد تنظیم جیش محمد بھیس بدل کر الرحمت ٹرسٹ کے نام سے آئی ڈی پیز کی امداد کی آڑ میں شمالی وزیرستان سے فرار ہونے والے طالبان، لشکر جھگنوی اور اہلسنت والجماعت

Some thoughts on General Kayani’s Islam, Pakistan statement – by Abbas Nasir and Wajahat Masood: REGARDLESS of its success, for several years the army saw the defence of the country’s territorial integrity as its primary job and didn’t see itself as the guardian of its ‘ideology’. Even then a succession of military leaders demonstrated

Takfiri terrorists’ attacks on naval officers in Karachi: Excise this cancer or else – by Abbas Nasir: Related post: Will Pakistan Navy care to protect its Shia officers from ASWJ-LeJ terrorists? RECENT events have been a reminder of what journalist Saleem Shahzad reported on May 27, 2011, even though he feared what was lurking round the

#ShiaGenocide in a dysfunctional state – by Abbas Nasir: WHO knows what a failed state is? Such definitions are for the academics and experts. But what one can easily ascertain is a state that is dysfunctional. For what would you call a state that has neither the power

Defy the odds, Mehzar – by Abbas Nasir: Related posts: Pakistan’ Anne Frank: Mehzar Zahra, a victim of Shia genocide Shia Genocide Database: A detailed account of Shia killings in Pakistan from 1963 to 2012 FIRST Malala Yousufzai was targeted. Now it is Mehzar Zehra. One was

Semantics of Hazara genocide or Shia genocide: Why no unity in outrage?: Related posts: Shia Genocide Database: A detailed account of Shia killings in Pakistan from 1963 to 2012 Is Shia genocide an adequate term to describe the plight of Pakistan’s Shia Muslims? Semantics of Hazara genocide or Shia genocide: Why

A comment on Abbas Nasir’s ‘Terminology of mass murder’: First of all I thank Abbas Nasir for writing on this much needed topic in Dawn newspaper, responding to at least some of the concerns expressed by rights activists, including Shia activists, on the coverage of Shia genocide (or