Montesquieu was a sociologist and political scientist of the eighteen century who believes that geographical location of an area will have implications for its habitants. Pakistan is the country located in the geographical line with having security challenges and a chronic crisis in its neighbour. Newly independent countries at the end of World War II had no option but to […]
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Pakistan’s political crisis and the imperatives of economic reform
Pakistan continues to reel from uncertainty as its political transition — ill-timed during a period of domestic and global economic tumult — has yet to consolidate. Political volatility during the new governing coalition’s first two months in power has led to policy paralysis. But this paralysis has begun to ease as the army has signaled support for the government and […]
Read more ›Pakistan: Resurgence Of Suicide Attacks
On May 30, 2022, two soldiers and as many children sustained injuries when a suicide bomber struck a vehicle of the Security Forces (SFs) parked at a checkpost in the Dosali area of the Razmak subdivision in the North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Officials said that the vehicle was parked near a checkpost in the Dosali area when […]
Read more ›Pakistan’s Ceasefire With TTP: A Step Towards Regional Peace
After the incident of 9/11, US has declared its Global War on Terror (GWOT) and Pakistan became a frontline state in this US-led war against terror. Pakistan decision to join US led war on terror was in the larger global interest of defeating terrorism in the region. Pakistan was the main country which have direct effects of US invasion in […]
Read more ›Pakistan renews support for Afghanistan sovereignty
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok Pakistan has renewed its commitment to a peaceful and sovereign Afghanistan, saying it is not playing the role of a spoiler in the neighbouring country. Pakistan was constantly raising its concerns over rising terrorism and cross-Durand Line attack, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed said. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Friday, he said the objective behind […]
Read more ›Pakistani Taliban extend truce with government in Islamabad
The Pakistani Taliban said Thursday they have indefinitely extended a cease-fire with the government in Islamabad, following two days of talks with a delegation of Pakistani tribal elders that were hosted by the Afghan Taliban. According to Mohammad Khurasani, a spokesman for the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan group or TTP, the decision was made after “substantial progress” in the talks with […]
Read more ›Pakistan sends 50-member team to Kabul to discuss cease-fire
Pakistan’s government on Wednesday sent a 50-member delegation of tribal elders to Kabul to negotiate an extension of a truce with the Pakistani Taliban that expired this week, two security officials said. Talks between the two sides that led to cease-fires in the past have been mediated by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Pakistani Taliban — known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan […]
Read more ›Pakistan Sponsored Terror Next Door. Now, It’s Back to Roost
The United Nations Security Council has confirmed the resurgence of al Qaeda, the terrorist group behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that is closely tied to the Taliban and is using their return to power in Afghanistan to find safe haven, attract recruits, and boost fundraising for their never-ending jihad. Al Qaeda’s leader, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin […]
Read more ›Pakistani Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Muhammad Asif: Pakistan’s Former Spy Chief General Hamid Gul Predicted History Would Credit Pakistan With ‘Defeating The U.S. With The Help Of The U.S. During The First Quarter Of The 21st Century’
Late Lt.-Gen. Hamid Gul, who died on August 15, 2015, had been chief of the Pakistani military’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), which, using U.S. arms and Saudi money, supported the Afghan mujahideen who fought the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s, and who were the predecessors to today’s Afghan Taliban, under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban jihadi organization). Gul […]
Read more ›Peace In Afghanistan: Vital To Pakistan And Region – OpEd
For progress and stability of any country, peace is must in its neighboring countries. Otherwise you can never ignore the threats coming from neighboring war torn country. If peace comes to Afghanistan, Pakistan will be the most beneficiary than any other country. Pakistan’s future economic policies rely on peace in Afghanistan. Pakistan government and military both are trying their best […]
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