by Raheed Ejaz in Prothom Alo, Aug 25, 2023Exactly six years ago on this day (25 August), thousands of Rohingya men and women crossed the border over from Myanmar’s Rakhine state into Bangladesh, in a bid to save their lives. Over the next few months, at least 700,000 Rohingya crossed the Naf river and took shelter in Bangladesh, fleeing from the atrocities of the Myanmar armed forces. Even back then it had been feared that…
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Report in The News, June 03, 2023RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed two terrorists in an exchange of fire in Dossali, North Waziristan (NW). According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), a fire exchange took place between terrorists and security forces in Dossali on Thursday. Troops effectively engaged terrorists’ locations and sealed all possible escape routes. During the ensuing fire exchange, two terrorists were killed. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the hideout. Sanitisation of the…
Editorial in Dawn, February 1st, 2023A RECKONING is called for, a reckoning unlike that which this nation has ever seen. It must happen now — or, as surely as night follows day, more bestial acts of violence like that which took place in Peshawar on Monday will continue to claim the lives of innocent Pakistanis. And it must come from those who sowed the seeds of a disastrous policy that is once again reaping a…