While it is a terifying thought that terror has returned to the country, this is now becoming an undeniable reality. From Bannu to Chaman, the past week has seen scenes of all-too-familiar violence play out, both inside the country and on the border. Delegations from Afghanistan and Pakistan have tried to chalk out strategies to avoid border skirmishes and to prevent cross-border terrorism but it is no more a question of resolving issues through engagement…
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Editorial in The News, Dec 22, 2022The Afghan Taliban are leaving little to imagination about a complete and unadulterated return to policies of their dark past – especially when it comes to women. The Afghan woman has not had it easy for decades, whether under the 90s’ Taliban regime or during the ‘war on terror’ that wreaked havoc in the country. But the Afghan Taliban seem to have a special anti-women agenda, one that is…
Report in Dawn, December 18th, 2022LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested 12 terror suspects during operations across Punjab. The CTD spokesperson said the law-enforcement agency conducted operations in several districts, including Lahore, and arrested 12 suspects belonging to proscribed organisations. The suspects were identified as Muhammad Arif, Zakirullah, Khurram Ali, Awais Khan, Akmal Shahbaz, Jannat Khan, Jalaat Khan, Irfan Khan, Javaid Khan, Baseer Khan, Adam Khan and Zahid Khan.…
report in Business Recorder, Dec 18, 2022ISLAMABAD: US Central Command (Centcom) Chief General Michael E Kurilla has said that Pakistan’s counter-terror operations remain critical to maintaining stability and security in the region. The Centcom chief, who has concluded his two-day visit to Pakistan from December 14-16, said that he was looking forward to continuing efforts with Pakistan’s new army chief General Asim Munir in combating the shared threats to regional security. “I greatly look forward…
It seems to be a never-ending saga with repeated episodes being played in front of our eyes. Pakistan has been involved in the ‘war against terror’ for over two decades now. December is already a gruesome reminder of the tragedies thoughtless policies and unrelenting terrorism have wreaked on our people – both in the APS tragedy of 2014, and in the 1971 war that led to the country losing one part. The scars left behind…
EIGHT years ago today, the trail of terror and destruction wreaked across this country since nearly a decade before reached its apotheosis in the Army Public School, Peshawar, attack. As the horror unfolded on television screens across the country, distraught parents could be seen milling at the school gates, their children at the mercy of pitiless assailants on a rampage inside the premises. By the time the sound of gunfire and explosions from within had…
report in Dawn, December 13th, 2022SWABI: The police have issued an alert about the plans of the banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan to attack ‘soft targets’ in Swabi and Nowshera district and ordered measures to protect the people’s lives. A police letter issued by the provisional and regional police on Sunday and available with Dawn reads, “Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has detailed a terrorist tashkeel [group] to Swabi and Nowshera from Marawara Markaz in Kumar province of…
Editorial in Dawn, December 8th, 2022IN the brutal world of militancy, there are few rules, and the most blood-curdling of methods are applied to spread terror. The reported beheading of a Frontier Constabulary soldier in Bannu is an instant red flag for the authorities, who need to act fast to contain the terrorist threat. According to the chilling account of the martyred soldier’s wife, Rehman Zaman and his son were gunned down while they slept…
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…