Parachinar blasts a clarion call for reforms in FATA on July 9, 2017The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is afflicted by the scourge of terrorism, and at the forefront is Parachinar. While the terrorist outfits have penetrated the local populace to a considerable extent in other tribal areas, Parachinar’s dynamics remain distinct, because of its peculiar demographic and sectarian features. Parachinar has stood against Taliban formidably, and […]
Qadris revolution and the IDPs on July 7, 2014Revolution means a fundamental change in political organisation, particularly the overthrow of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed. However, in the contemporary world of the ‘Islamic Republic’, the word revolution has become a synonym for the word ‘gag’. The Canadian cleric Tahirul Qadri is back after a span of […]