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…
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by Amir Wasim in Dawn, Dec 1st, 2022ISLAMABAD: The coalition government has been asked to convene a joint sitting of parliament immediately to discuss the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) fresh claim about a breakdown of negotiations with Pakistani authorities and instructions to its militants to carry out terrorist attacks across the country. As the TTP announcement to call off the ceasefire indicates that people of Pakistan were being kept in dark, a clear policy is…