Editorial in Dawn, December 5th, 2023PERHAPS even more challenging than countering terrorism in urban areas is the threat posed by militants in remote regions of Pakistan. This is especially true in the rugged terrain of Gilgit-Baltistan and adjacent regions of KP. Here, in the shadow of towering peaks, tracing the perpetrators is arguably more difficult than it is in the cities. However, terrorists cannot be given a free hand to stomp through the mountains, killing…
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Editorial in Pakistan Today, Dec 01, 2023The proposal to set up Performance Monitoring Units in loss-making electricity distribution companies under a serving brigadier, with representatives from the FIA and the Intelligence Bureau is debatable. The caretaker government may have the legal right to take a decision on this proposal, but it should not. The purpose of caretaker governments are twofold; one, to conduct elections; two, to keep the motor of government chugging away in the…