For once, Pakistan’s state has spoken with a single, coherent voice. The federal government’s formal ban on the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), following the Punjab government’s decisive crackdown, signals an overdue realignment in the country’s relationship with violent religio-political power. It is a moment that belongs as much to the writ of the Constitution as to […]
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Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s warning that any act of aggression from Afghanistan will violate the Doha agreement captured Pakistan’s wary optimism. The ceasefire between Islamabad and the Taliban-led Afghan administration offers respite after a year of punishing violence, yet it still remains a fragile pause in a conflict that has tested Pakistan’s endurance and the […]
Escalation on the Durand Line
The tension that was brewing between Islamabad and Kabul over the cross border terrorist attacks on Pakistan by TTP from its sanctuaries located close to the Duran Line, flared up into serious clashes. Pakistan carried on airstrikes on the residential quarters of Noor Wali Mahsud the leader of TTP. Afghanistan retaliated by launching ground attacks […]