Extortion incidents on the rise in KP, say PTI traders

PESHAWAR: The traders wing of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) wrote a letter to Imran Khan on rising incidents of extortion in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), particularly in Peshawar. On behalf of the Insaf Traders Wing, the let...

Attending Balochistan Politically

Years ago, the Centre used to appease Balochistan by extending offers such as the Aghaz-e Haqooq-e Balochistan package of 2009 – to be implemented in three years. This is no longer the case. The Centre is now least interested ...

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United against terrorism

On March 18, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Asim Munir stressed the need for better governance and transforming Pakistan into a hard state to eliminate terrorism. “For how long shall we continue to fill the governance gaps wit...

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SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE BLA RECKONING

In August 1974, one Abdul Majeed Baloch hid himself in a tree with a grenade in hand. The tree was located just outside a venue in Quetta where the then prime minister of Pakistan, Z.A. Bhutto, was holding a public rally. At the...

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NAP it in the bud

Despite the media focus on the reported ‘hard state’ remarks by the army chief at the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) meeting earlier this week, the huddle also saw agreement on a renewal of comprehensive...

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Countering insurgency

The growing intensity of the Baloch insurgency has led to a debate on how to tackle it. Security institutions vow to address it with force, and want to see Pakistan as a “hard state”. On the other hand, sections of the int...

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