The application of an appropriate strategy for addressing internal security challenges while dealing adequately with external pressures has become a major problem of Pakistan, and a topic of immense importance for the international community. The existential threats of ethno–religious strife from inside have inaugurated a critical debate globally on Islamabad’s contemporary standing in the region….
Pakistan and China enjoy an all-weather friendship that has endured the test of time. Pakistan was one of the first three countries that recognized Peoples Republic of China in 1950 and since then relations between our two countries have been on an upward curve. Beginning with establishing diplomatic ties in 1951, both countries have–over the…
Recently Quetta was again the venue of a suicide attack with more than 75 innocent people, most of them lawyers brutally killed. Sentiments of grief, sadness and anger overcome logic which hindered result oriented investigations. A blame game was again activated and conspiracy theories were spread like wild fire. A war of tug became supreme…
Three consecutive days of deliberations and the result was abysmal creation of another High Level Task Force to monitor the progress on implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP). This additional Task Force will comprise of senior representatives of all concerned departments and agencies of the Federal Government and the Provinces—another bickering forum. The Government…
Dear Readers, The two central pillars of good governance are transparency and accountability; unfortunately both are in very short supply from our political culture. Had this been any other country, governments would have fallen for such incompetence but this is Pakistan. Lack of accountability, ineffective and/or corrupt governance is the head of the fountain from…
ContextAs the global campaign against extremism progresses along, there is a need to understand the evolving dynamics of this fight that got initiated after 9/11. Although a lot has been written about the circumstances that persisted in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the matters have gotten a lot more convoluted ever since. Now, there appears…
