Osama’s Compound in Abbottabad

The Floor That Didn’t Exist The compound was a perfect place for a discreet yet comfortable retirement. It was to the placid environs of Abbottabad that bin Laden, half a decade after his great victory on 9/11, decided to escape. By the spring of 2011, the terrorist mastermind was in his sixth year of hiding [...]

Pakistan Helpless at the Hand of the Taliban Kidnappers

by Declan Walsh/ NYT A campaign of high-profile kidnappings has provided the Pakistani Taliban and its allies with new resources, arming insurgents with millions of dollars, threatening foreign aid programs and galvanizing a sophisticated network of jihadi and criminal gangs whose reach spans the country. Wealthy industrialists, academics, Western aid workers and relatives of military [...]

Pakistan Cannot Progress with Siphae Sahaba Given a Free Hand

Sipahe Sahab Pakistan(SSP, currently camouflaged as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ASWJ) is a banned extremist organization. Comprising radicalised Jihadi-sectarian assets of Pakistan army, the SSP-SWJ represents a tiny minority of the Deobandi sub-sect of Sunni Islam, and per se does not represent the majority of Sunni Barelvi, Deobandi or Salafi Muslims. Sunni Muslims inPakistanare divided [...]

A Steep Price to Pay for Nabbing a Terrorist

Shamsul Anwar served in the Pakistan Army as a ‘Lance Naik’ in 24-Baloch Regiment for over 17 years and got retired in 1992. He hails from Khasar Tang, Balool Khail, Tehsil and District Nowshera, and settled in Dhoke Gujran, Misrial Road, Rawalpindi, after his retirement as his father was running a construction business in Rawalpindi, [...]

Plight of the Parachinar People

Open letter and press release to National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Human Rights & Chief Justice Supreme Court We (the Turi Bangash tribes) of Parachinar, appreciate the step taken by National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights by calling Governor, Corps Commander Peshawar and other officials of Secrete Agencies to Parliament House on third week [...]

Total Collapse of the State & Rule Of Law

The Militants Exercise Their Nefarious Designs Whether They Are Religious Groups Or Lawyers  The increase in the government’s tolerance of the actions of the militants and fundamentalists and the subsequent insecurity this causes has put the citizens in a state of wilderness and chaos. The failure of the state to provide security to its citizens [...]

ISI’s Secret Pakistan: BBC2 Documentary

ISI provides weapons and training to the Taliban fighting US and British troops in Afghanistan, despite official denials, a BBC documentary quotes some people it claims to be Taliban commanders as alleging. A number of middle-ranking Taliban commanders, it said, revealed the extent of Pakistani support in interviews for the BBC Two documentary series, `Secret [...]

When Will Pakistan Control Laskare Jhangvi & Sipae Sahaba?

Poisoned minds-fuelling the massacre of Shias inPakistan by Saba Imtiaz  On September 19, 2011, 26 people were shot dead in Mastung, Baluchistan, after a bus carrying pilgrims toIrancame under fire from militants later claimed as their own by the anti-Shia sectarian group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. According to the bus driver, the pilgrims were told to step out [...]

North Waziristan & the Haqqani Network

Located between the Khost province of eastern Afghanistan and KP of northwest Pakistan, North Waziristanis the second largest tribal region of FATA. According to security experts, the area is considered today to be the epicentre not only of violence inAfghanistanandPakistanbut also a major source of International terrorism. Along with its geographic isolation, difficult terrain and [...]

Why is Shiv Sena in Bombay Supporting the Tabligi Jamaat?

Targeting Tablighi Jamaat Ayub Khan deliberately sought to court the Tablighis to counteract the influence of the Jamaati Islami. Maulana Kandhwalvi, penned a tract bearing the revealing title of ‘Finta-i Maududiyat’. InIsrael the TJ has been allowed to freely function. Shiv Sena actually went out of its way in order to arrange for a massive [...]