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December 27, 2010
Remembering Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto 21 June 1953 — 27 December 2007 Benazir Bhutto was a politician and leader who left an indelible mark on the country she loved, and the country she died for. Below are a few stories and interviews from…
December 15, 2010
Book Review: The Scorpion’s Tail
Following his widely appreciated study, Frontline Pakistan, Zahid Hussain has produced a timely and authentic work on the rise of Islamic militants in Pakistan and the threat they pose to the US and Pakistan — and, one might add, to…
June 30, 2010
All Roads Lead to the TTP?
On May 26, Baitullah Mehsud made headlines again. The former Tehrik-i-Taliban leader was fingered by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) as the mastermind behind Benazir Bhutto’s murder. The accusation was presented in a supplementary investigation report submitted to an anti-terrorism…
May 20, 2010
The Taliban Strike Back
The militants are striking back, just when most people in Peshawar, elsewhere in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the rest of the country were beginning to believe that they had been dealt a decisive blow by the ongoing military operation.…
January 13, 2010
Parting Ways
Remembering those with left us in 2009. January 01 Nizar Rayan Nizar Rayan acceded to a position of authority in Hamas after the death of one of its founding members, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in 2004. Known for his fierce criticism…
December 22, 2009
The Enemy Within
Imtiaz Gul is a well-known and highly respected journalist who has covered Pakistan in general and the North West Frontier Province in particular for almost two decades. His book The Enemy Within is the outcome of his personal observations and…
November 30, 2009
The Long Haul
More than two weeks into the battle for South Waziristan, the armed forces have made some important gains on all three fronts leading to the Taliban strongholds of Srarogha, Kaniguram-Ladha and Makeen. The militants put up resistance at some points…
November 30, 2009
The Fear Factor
“It was the severest hail of bullets I have been under in my career as a soldier. They seemed to come from all directions, intense and unending. It felt like being in the siege of a whole battalion.” This is…
November 14, 2009
Money Matters
From where do the Pakistani Taliban and other extremist groups get billions of rupees to bankroll their huge terror network, which has tentacles from the Khyber Pass to Karachi and from Chaman to Lahore? After all, billions of rupees are…
October 13, 2009
Funny People
News coming out from Pakistan often reads like it was culled from Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Our politicians blunder along, secure in the knowledge that the public is apathetic. In any other country, heads would roll. But not in…