Evaluating the National Action Plan

It is very time­ly to ana­lyze the exist­ing Nation­al Action Plan (NAP) meant to erad­i­cate extrem­ism and ter­ror­ism from the coun­try. At the begin­ning, I shall high­light that eval­u­at­ing both aspects – extrem­ism and ter­ror­ism in iso­la­tion will be a blun­der. Because extrem­ism, irre­spec­tive of its type and rea­sons, is the root cause of insta­bil­i­ty, […]

The Deadlock on National Action Plan — Editorial

As Pak­istan final­ly seemed to be in the process of tak­ing a final and deci­sive action to counter reli­gious mil­i­tan­cy in the coun­try, expect­ed­ly a num­ber of reli­gious par­ties have decid­ed to be a hur­dle in the process. They have start­ed with a decep­tive­ly prin­ci­pled stance of oppos­ing the 21st Amend­ment. Indeed the 21st Amend­ment […]