Peshawar: An important Jirga was held at the headquarters of Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North, Bala Hisar Fort, Peshawar, where jirga members from Tirah Maidan, tribal elders, senior government officials, and security representatives participa ...
YOUTH RADICALIZATION VS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
THE BATTLE FOR NARRATIVE IN KP ALI AFRIDI Walk into any university campus in Peshawar or Mardan, and you will find students constantly exchanging videos, comparing ideas and debating issues in ways their parents never did. Some of the content they ...
KP’S FISCAL STRESS IN 2026: WHEN THE WALLET IS THIN BUT THE PROMISES ARE THICK
DR BASHIR AHMAD In the quieter corners of Peshawar, in the steady, unhurried hum of a Mardan chai dhaba, or beneath the open sky of Abbottabad's parks, conversations rarely begin with questions of policy or public finance. They start with everyday m ...
KP’S COUNTER TERROR GAINS: A RESILIENT MARCH TOWARDS SECURITY AND STABILITY
BY: LAILA SADAF Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), long perceived as the frontline of Pakistan's fight against terrorism, is steadily scripting a narrative of resilience, reform and strategic recalibration. While the province continues to grapple with the res ...
HYBRID WARFARE AGAINST PAKISTAN
DISINFORMATION, PROXY NETWORKS AND DIGITAL RADICALIZATION ZEESHAN HOTI In modern conflict, the battlefield is no longer limited to land, sea or air. Information, perception and digital space have become powerful instruments of strategic competition ...
CLOSING THE GAPS ON THE PAK-AFGHAN BORDER
DR. SAHIBZADA MUHAMMAD USMAN The Pak-Afghan frontier, stretches approximately, is roughly 2,600 kilometres long. What used to be a problem of smugglers, informal crossings, and militant movement is now being pulled into a harder security era. In lat ...
HARNESSING THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF KP’s YOUTH
Zeeshan Hoti Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has always been a land of cultural richness and variety. For centuries, it stood against the furore of empires and ideas. The Silk Road wound its way through the solid rocks of its mountains, carrying merchants, ...
KP ECONOMIC POTENTIAL BETWEEN WHAT EXISTS AND WHAT IS DONE (2025)
Dr. Bashir Ahmad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has spent years being marketed as a province of promise. In policy speeches, budget documents and development forums, it is repeatedly described as “resource-rich,” “strategically located”, and “demographic ...
PEACE EFFORTS IN KP THROUGH JIRGAS
Hassan Sajid Across the world, every community has its own way for the resolution of conflicts. Among Pashtuns, one tradition has stood firm for centuries, “the Jirga”. For generations, the Jirga has been the heart of Pashtun society, a respected fo ...
CORRUPTION IN KP AN ANATOMY OF A SYSTEMIC CRISIS
Engr. S.Khan Corruption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is widespread and multi-form. Phantom or ghost projects, fake invoices and forged Cheques, procurement manipulation (over-pricing, single-sourcing, kickbacks), payroll/HR fraud, unauthorised retenti ...









