SHAHZAD MASOOD ROOMI Afghanistan is strategically an important geography for Pakistan's geo-economics policy which takes center stage in Pakistan's National Security Policy 2022-2026. Landlocked Afghanistan provides Pakistan with a land bridge to co ...
Role of Tribal Youth in actualization of FATA merger
JUMA KHAN SUFI Old habits die hard. The area under discussion had been outside the state parameters for centuries. Only the advent of British imperialism imparted some formal status to these tribes in the view of their history, tradition of independ ...
Social Media as propaganda tool: Challenges & way forward
SALMAN AHMAD Social Media (SM); the platforms of social interaction, instituted for sharing ideas, knowledge, awareness, and infotainment have transformed into a kind of battlefield that has blurred demarcation. As a tool of propaganda and dis ...
State – TTP Truce
JAWAD YOUSAFZAI The negotiations between government of Pakistan and Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) for peace are in progress mediated by a 50-member tribal Jirga and Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan (IEA). So far, a number of meetings held resulting in ceas ...
J-10CE Induction into PAF
Pakistan has acquired J-10CE multirole, 4.5 generation fighter aircraft, from China, as part of its ongoing modernization. PAF’s decision to induct this fighter jet is to counter the Indian acquisition of the French Rafale fighter. French machine is ...
New School Leaders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
It is an undeniable fact that education is the backbone of a country economy. If a country has a splendid education system then the rest of the institutions such as transportation, telecommunication, industry, health, trade, transportation, defense, ...
Lack of crematorium forces Peshawar Hindus, Sikhs to bury dead
By Mansoor Bakhtiar The Hindu and Sikh Community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Peshawar in peace and harmony in a Muslim neighborhood. Peshawar overall is a safe pocket for the religious minorities. Since partition, there has rarely been any case of vio ...
Lesser known facts about APS tragedy
The deadly attack on Army Public School Peshawar is still considered one of the most gruesome terror attacks in Pakistan, rightly so because over 120 innocent Pakistanis mostly children lost their lives to this attack. Few days back the honourable Su ...
From Guns to Roses the story of Erstwhile FATA (Part-II)
From Guns to Roses the story of Erstwhile FATA (II) By Kashmala Yousafzai 911 had changed the world after the US and allied attacked Afghanistan, the number of Afghan refugees increased as well as extremism in these areas. Incidents of terrorism al ...
From Guns to Roses the story of Erstwhile FATA (Part-I)
From Guns to Roses the story of Erstwhile FATA (Part-I) By Kashmala Yousafzai Federally Administered Tribal Areas Federally Administered Tribal Areas, once called, have become part of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province. The journey from the tribal areas to ...