by Inam Ul Haque in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2022.The writer is a retired major generalThe inevitable is happening consequent to a faulty understanding given to the criminals of TTP by interlocutors during failed negotiations. The negotiators sadly lacked a deep socio-psychological understanding of the dynamics; and their principal motivation seemed elevation in rank and prestige by grabbing a deal at all costs. The ‘feather in the cap’ syndrome in such complex environment can…
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Over a thousand schools have been attacked by militants and other criminal elements in just the past three years, which should be a matter of far greater concern for Islamabad and the provinces. Even Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa has criticised the state’s failure on this count, reminding attendees at a recent seminar in Islamabad that education is supposed to be a fundamental right under the constitution, yet such attacks continue — strongly implying…
By Ram Kumar Kamat in The Himalayan Times, Dec 13, 2022.KATHMANDU: The government has sent an ordinance to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari proposing to amend the negative list in Section 116 of Criminal Procedure Code, whereby the government can withdraw cases filed against people who were involved in political agitations in the past but subsequently entered into agreements with the government to renounce violent methods and join the political mainstream. The government’s move drew condemnation…
By Samina Akhter in Pakistan Today, Dec 9, 2022The latest report of Bertelsmann Stiftung’s project ‘Shaping Change – Strategies of Development and Transformation’ for 2022 about Pakistan confirms that the state’s monopoly on the use of force is contested by terrorist organizations, sectarian groups, ethno-nationalist insurgencies, and criminal gangs involved in the smuggling of goods and narcotics. The report says that much of the violence committed by these non-state actors is concentrated in the province…