Analysis

Pakistan’s Simulated Terror Crackdown

Islamabad is all set to stage an elaborate drama in preparation for the on-site visit by the officials from the global terror financing watchdog...

Why did the Pakistan Army Chief choose to stay low-profile in his recent visit to France?

The Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Bajwa visited Paris, France this month to attend the Eurosatory International Defence and Security Exhibition from June 13th...

20 years of “the Karachi affair” and worsening Pak-French ties

This May marks the 20th anniversary of the tragic terror attack in Karachi that left several French engineers dead in a bombing believed to...

Banned Islamist extremist party in Pakistan wants to expel French ambassador following FATF meet in Paris. Coincidence? Not really.

A banned Islamist extremist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) agreed to suspend its long march to Islamabad from Lahore on Sunday after the Pakistani government...

This “Defence Day” Pakistan must stop militarizing the public and spreading hate.

Every year on the 6th of September, Pakistan celebrates ‘Defence Day’ in which it commemorates its “victory” over India in the 1965 ‘Indo-Pak War’....

Can China trust Pakistan to keep it safe?

Just last month, a Chinese national was shot and wounded in Karachi, when two men opened fire on the car that was carrying them....

Is Pakistan Army trying to kill exiled Pakistani dissidents in the West?

Following last month’s arrest of Muhammad Gohir Khan in London, who was charged with conspiring with other unknown individuals, to murder an exiled Pakistani...

Has the Pakistani spy agency ISI infiltrated ISIS in Afghanistan?

   Fri 25 Dec, 2020 By Taha Siddiqui PARIS, France Afghanistan has seen a sharp rise in violence, particularly of terrorist attacks, in recent months as the Afghan...

Is religious extremism on the rise in Bangladesh?

There has been an increase in the religious extremism in #Bangladesh. This trend saw a rise in the aftermath of the #CharlieHebdo related killings...