Review 2020: Decline in Terrorism while Militants Regrouped on January 13, 2021Pakistan has witnessed a sharp decline in the number of terrorist incidents and consequent casualties in the year of 2020 The country has recorded 86 per cent reduction in terror attacks since 2013 and 45 per cent decrease in 2020 compared to the previous year (2019) In former FATA, there is slight upward tick has […]
The Survivors of Terrorism on December 31, 2020The country has witness prolonged war and terror which caused irreparable damage to the people living across the newly merge tribal districts with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The long wave of terrorism where effect people economically and socially, the militant hit tribal district also received the highest number of people with physical disabilities across Pakistan In Pakistan, […]
Health Care on Wheels Hope in Militancy Hit Region? on December 21, 2020The health infrastructure in the tribal district has been one of the biggest casualties of the war on terror in Pakistan. After merger, the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa decided to strengthened health care system in militancy effected area of the country. Last year, the provincial government has lunched mobile health unit across the newly merged […]
The cage of death on December 16, 2020Pakistan’s largest zoo is again in the limelight due to the death of three years old giraffe inside the Peshawar zoo. This was the fourth case of African animal death reported in the zoo, situated in the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa This year, only two giraffes remain at the zoo out of the six […]
Dubious State Cause Dwindle in Repatriation of Afghan Refugees on November 11, 2020Pakistan has witnessed a sharp decline in the voluntary repatriation of registered Afghan refugees to their home country Afghanistan. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), only 1000 people have been returned to Afghanistan, following 1,597 individuals last year The UN agency usually suspends voluntary repatriation process in October every year due […]
Fighting Unique Form of Child Labor on Border Terminals on November 5, 2020Women, elders and especially underage people involvement in transporting smuggled goods in recent years has expanded dramatically across the bordering gates of Pakistan with Afghanistan. Through, the hide and seek between teenage smugglers and border police are become routine on the official crossing points between the two neighboring countries. After the announcement of resuming trade […]
Digital Terrorism – New Threat to Tribal Areas? on October 6, 2020Social media remains an issue of concern for police in order to minimize cybercrimes across Pakistan. Aiming, the Police department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has established Police Background Check Unit (PBCU) in the tribal district of Pakistan. The first of its kind desk is functional in Parachinar area of upper Kurram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa It is the […]
The Changing winds from Pakistan towards Afghanistan on October 3, 2020Government of Pakistan has announced new visa policy for afghan nationals; living or visiting across Pakistan. In a revised policy, the government of Pakistan has relaxed visa policy for Afghan citizens specifically for students, businessmen, investors and medical patients. The decision came at the time when the Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation […]
Tribal District Still Limbo After Three Years of Merger on September 29, 2020The situation over three years in former FATA, after it was merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, still lack basic faculties. The merge was meant to empower millions who lived there. Instead it has left the masses of former FATA uncertain and worried about their future After pace of reforms in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas […]
TTP – Challenge for Afghan Taliban? on September 17, 2020The peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents are underway in the capital of Qatar. The start of negotiations aimed at ending two decades of war that has killed thousands of combatants and civilians. During peace deal, the Afghan Taliban have several time lauded on media that they will not let anyone to […]