It’s the time of the year when institutions involved in deciphering the political, security and economic affairs of the world, produce short and long-term forecasts. Obviously, the primary purpose of developing a forecast is to better plan. And at a more sophisticated level, to help shape a future that is conducive for ones interests. It’s…
Peshawar bleeds and the whole of Pakistan awakes from its deep slumber. Political parties, military brass, media, businessmen and common people strongly condemned the tragic incident of Peshawar where our beloved angles were brutally massacred. It was an attack on our heart as Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif said. An All Parties Conference…
The Peshawar APS terrorist atrocity struck an emotional chord through the broad swath of the country, the unspeakable crime against humanity succeeding in what our leaders across the board have failed to do for decades, unite the nation. The mass revulsion for the terrorists themselves and their acts notwithstanding, their known sympathizers came under severe…
Buttressed by the deep rooted anger of the people of Pakistan and the seething fury of the Pakistan Army, visibly on display after the Peshawar APS by the body language of Gen Raheel Sharif, the PM Mian Nawaz Sharif moved quickly to harness the mass popular will for taking concerted action against terrorism. He symbolized…
The official World Economic Forum (WEF) handout confirmed that over 2000 leaders, including heads of 1000 of the world’s largest and most successful businesses, heads of state or govt, the heads of the world’s foremost international organisations alongside leaders from civil society, labour unions, the world’s major religions, civil society, labour unions, media and the…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Bomb/IED BlastsAtOne eight-year-old girl named Beena was killed when she stepped on an Improvised explosive device (IEDs) near a rainwater nullah (stream) in Badni khel area of Tank District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on November 2, reports Daily Times. Two Policemen were injured after their Police mobile was bombed in Asiabad…
Dear Readers,When PM Sharif visited India last May to attend Narendra Modi’s inauguration as Prime Minister many believed this could lead to a lessening of tensions but this was not to be. Pakistan has always taken the first step towards reconciliation hoping for meaningful change; this time around too, Sharif’s visit was another attempt to…
Dear Readers, Imran Khan’s PTI came to Karachi on Dec 12 as part of its plan to shut down major cities and eventually the entire country “to pressurise the government into meeting its demands”. Contrary to all apprehensions the protest went off quite peacefully with the Sindh Government showing maturity in allowing lmran freedom to…
General Raheel Sharif’s first visit to the US came on the heels of a Pentagon report alleging that Pakistan uses proxies in Afghanistan. Visit was not burdened by undue prospects. It will also be an overstatement to call the visit a watershed; however a cautious optimism may be in order. Afghanistan dominated the meetings, with…
From the inception of the twenty-first century there have been risings of economic discontinuities, shifting balances of power, and ever increasing cultural and religious confrontations and terrorism. We are engulfed in a state of chronic insecurity and deepening gloom. Old techniques of force and domination are still being employed to resolve problems, which belong to…
