The challenge of managing violent mass protests comes back to haunt in Ramban as the BSF firing kills four
Evidently, the anxiety within the establishment in Islamabad has been pushed to a new level, and the series of terror attacks just two days after the first round of polls only underlines it
The attack at Wagah re-emphasises the deepening anarchy across Pakistan, with terrorists operating at will, even within Pakistan’s 'stable' Punjabi heartland.
While Pakistan "continues to be a safe haven for terrorists", further strengthening of the destabilizing military-mullah combine can only compound the vulnerabilities of the Sharif government.
The attack on the airport in Karachi is just another in a long chain of devastating terrorist strikes against Pakistan's critical infrastructure and security establishments.
Sharif's rhetoric on improving relations with India clearly fails to match up with developments on the ground.
The latest attack intended to target the Indian Consulate at Jalalabad brings the spotlight on New Delhi once again, as the world watches how it responds to protect not only its own interests, but, crucially, the fragile order that has been establis
The US faith in Pakistan and a 'peaceful' Taliban is wishful thinking, and will only plunge Afghanistan, and the wider South Asian region, into a deeper and lasting chaos.
The ‘restoration’ of democracy has done little to impede Pakistan’s hurtling flight into chaos in the past, and it would be delusional to believe that the present election has produced any magical solution to its enduring afflictions.
The complicity of some J&K policemen in militancy-related activities has now become an issue of major concern, as modules operating with their help have been particularly difficult to identify and neutralize.
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