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Posts published in “Day: March 20, 2015

Another barbaric act of terrorism: by Abdul Waris in daily times, March 20, 2015

The author is a freelance columnist The country has been facing an unabated wave of terrorism for over a decade. The military operations in Waziristan were considered indispensable in delivering a significant blow to the hardened criminals, who have taken refuge in those tribal areas considered to be safe havens. Ever since the military operations began, these groups have dispersed and changed their strategy to start targeting densely populated areas and places of worship, inflicting…

Trampling people’s basic needs: by Dr Muhammad Yaqub in The News. Mar 20, 2015

The writer is a former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan During the last four decades, every government that came to power pretended that it was there to serve the people of Pakistan. Every finance minister boasted of introducing a people friendly budget in the National Assembly each year and every chief executive claimed to have managed the economy better than the others for the welfare of the people. But in reality they all…

Pakistan’s inequality trap: by By Syed Mohammad Ali in The Express Tribune, March 20th, 2015.

The writer is author of the book Development, Poverty and Power in Pakistan The need for a reasonable level of social mobility, where individuals have the chance to change their social status over time, is vital to motivate people to work hard in any society. The problem of declining social mobility is a problem which many developed countries also struggle with. In developing countries like our own, however, the lack of social mobility is much…

The politics of minorities: by M A Niazi in The Nation.

The writer is a veteran journalist and founding member as well as executive editor of The Nation. The raid on Nine Zero Azizabad marked a lot of things, but one of the issues it threw into relief was that of the importance provincial identity had assumed under the constitutional dispensation provided by the 1973 Constitution, while the Yuhannabad church attack reinforced the message of the pitfalls of being in a minority.At the time of the…

Hit man: edit in daily times, March 20, 2015

Condemned prisoner Saulat Mirza has hours before his excution been reprieved, at least temporarily, on the basis of a video released showing him confessing to various crimes and naming MQM chief Altaf Hussain and other leaders of the party as the ones who gave him instructions to carry out target killings. Mirza said he was a MQM worker and received direct orders from party leader Babar Ghauri to assassinate KESC managing director Shahid Hamid, his…

Fight against terror: edit in daily times, March 20, 2015

During his visit to the newly established National Counter Terrorism Training Centre at Pabbi Hills, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has reiterated the army’s resolve to continue counter-terrorism operations both in the urban and rural areas of the country. While expressing his commitment to purge Pakistan of all kinds of terrorism, he sought the cooperation of the people in pointing out suspects. It is obvious that the war against terror cannot be…

Terrorists may strike on Pakistan Day warns interior ministry :Report in The Nation, Mar 20, 2015

Islamabad- The Interior Ministry has warned that terrorists could strike at any part of the country on March 23, to disrupt Pakistan Day celebrations. On the basis of intelligence report, the Interior Ministry has dispatched a letter to all the provinces cautioning that, terrorists could resort to disruptive activities by carrying explosives or explosive devices in ambulances, motorcycles, rickshaws or any other vehicle. The letter has said that some groups may uses ambulances, stuffed with…

20 more militants killed in Tirah shelling: by Munir Khan Afridi in The News. Mar 20, 2015

BARA: Twenty suspected militants were killed and five others sustained injuries when the Pakistan Army helicopters targeted their hideouts in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency on Thursday, sources said. The sources said gunship helicopters targeted the hideouts of the proscribed militant organisations, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) in Sandapal, Takhtakai and Nari Baba areas of Tirah Valley. They said at least 20 suspected militants were killed and five others sustained injuries in the…

Four arrested in connection with check post attack

By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, March 20th, 2015. GILGIT: Security forces have arrested four men suspected of sheltering militants who attacked a Rangers check post on the Karakorum Highway near the site of Diamer-Bhasha Dam. Suspected militants opened fire on the post during the early hours of Sunday, leaving five Rangers personnel injured. Security forces launched a manhunt in the mountainous areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohistan district and Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district following the assault.…