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, […]
Standing up Against Taliban is still Dangerous in Pakistan: Rights Activist Facing Death Threats
Finding a threatening hashtag on social media is enough to give anyone sleepless nights. But for civil society activist Jibran Nasir the #HangJibranNasir on Twitter only made him more determined to stand up and be heard. After December 16, 2014 which has become the darkest day in Pakistan’s history, when terrorists allegedly members of Mullah […]
طالبان اور پاکستان
خیبر پختونخواہ کے تعلیمی ادارے شدت پسندوں کے نشانے پر
طالبان سے مذاکرات: ماضی سے سبق سیکھئے

Beyond Talks or Operations
Saif Ullah Nasar With the recent rise in tide of terrorism, we are again in the maze of whether to fight the militants or to get into talks with them. The way both ‘talk or operation’ positions are framed, a starker reality is ignored: unless the role of our army and intelligence agencies is properly […]
Pakistan: A Society in Perpetual Turmoil

Today Pakistan’s image on the international scene is everything but positive…
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احمد فرہادمیں حکیم اللہ محسود ہوں کیا تم نہیں جانتے؟ جانتا ہوں۔ میں تحریک طالبان کا امیر ہوں کیا تم نہیں جانتے؟۔ جی میں جانتا ہوں۔ تو پھر میں یہ اقرار کرتا ہوں کہ یہ دھماکہ ہم نے کیا ہے۔ ہاں یہ دھماکہ ہم نے کیا ہے۔ یہ تیس فوجی،سات بچے،دو عورتیں اور پانچ مرد […]