Muhammad Raza Shah Formally established in 2007, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) remained a largest and most active militant organization in Pakistan. Members of this ethno-centric armed group are mostly Pashtuns belonging to former FATA(Federa ...
Water scarcity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)
PROF. AMJAD HUSSAIN SHAH According to International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan stands third in the world among countries facing severe water shortage that is likely to reach its peak by 2025. Global warming has inflicted huge problems for Pakista ...
Pak Army’s efforts for development in newly merged districts (NMDs)
AMNA NOREEN Erstwhile FATA was a hotbed for the recruitment and training of terrorists after 9/11. Terrorists established their strongholds in this area as the state authority & governance was never extended to these lands since 1947. In absence ...
Ghulam Khan border crossing
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 ...