Akbar Jan Marwat

Talks with TTP: Legitimising terrorism risks

REPORTS have started appearing mostly in Urdu newspapers indicating that our government has decided to reinitiate negotiations with the terrorist outfit TTP. According to these…

Chances of expansion of the Russo-Ukrainian War

THE two-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine shows no signs of ending soon. Rooted in Russian irredentist claims and Ukraine’s hobnobbing with NATO and the…

Resurgent IS-K: The greatest global threat

THE most dangerous transnational terrorist group which is threatening world peace today is the IS-K or the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State. Besides Al-Qaida,…

Poor performance by religious parties in 2024 polls

THE performance of religious parties in the 2024 elections witnessed a significant decline, marking one of their weakest showings in electoral history. The last instance…

Religious parties’ electoral underperformance

THE performance of religious parties in the 2024 elections has been one of its worst in their electoral history. The last time, the religious parties…

Pakistan’s unresolved problems with Afghanistan

WHILE interaction and engagement between Pakistan and Afghanistan continue at different levels, the main issue of contention between the two powers is nowhere near resolution.…

Dealing with heightened terrorist threats

AN eminent security and terrorism specialist, Muhammad Amir Rana, has described the present precarious security situation in Pakistan as resembling the security climate just before…

The Palestinian issue in its historic perspective

A bloody threshold has been crossed in Gaza. More than 12,000 Palestinians have been martyred by incessant Israeli bombing. More than four thousand of them…

Religious parties in the line of fire

OUR readers must have noted that, more than any other national leader, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the Amir of JUI-F, is reluctant about having elections towards the…

Uncertainty about election & discontent of the PPP

RECENTLY، the President of Pakistan invited the Chief Election Commissioner to the President House, so that he the (President) could give a date for the…

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