Data on the number and location of terrorist attacks in Pakistan show a concentration near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Since the Afghan Taliban reclaimed power in Kabul, there has been a gradual increase in insecurity in Pakistan, with a rise of terrorist acts. 2022
The assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on 31 October 1984, led to a massacre of Sikhs — still remembered as one of the darkest chapters of history by Sikhs. Tracing the background of the anti-Sikh riots, in June the same year,
“The root of the problem lies in a milieu where there is no hope, no jobs, no justice and no opportunities of social or political advancement for the educated youth in Pakistan” With help of social media, a political protagonist has polarised
The rise of populists around the globe has often dealt significant blows to democratic governance. Institutional strength and political messaging are key to defeating populists at the polls. We are living in a post-truth age, where lies are peddled as coherent narratives,
The undeniable fact is that the Taliban are in control of Afghanistan. However, the international community still deals with the country like a pariah state, adding to the vows of ordinary Afghans suffering from acute poverty. The US withdrew from the country
Eradicating Pakistan from the world map to create a greater India is no conspiracy theory. In fact, it’s been part of India’s ruling BJP/ RSS’s political manifesto since many decades. RSS is acting as an ideological torch bearer for the Hindutva raj
Over 60,000 Indian Australians of the Sikh faith defied the Hindu supremacist Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party government in Melbourne which is once again a prime example of how the Khalistan movement is gaining momentum. From subjecting Punjabi farmers to oppression to
General Pervez Musharraf’s life and legacy bear a close imprint of one of his retorts to an angry young officer who had accosted him with a question during one of the planned interactions with senior and junior officers in the GHQ auditorium.
The scourge of terrorism has returned with a vengeance, a stark reminder of the tenuous security foundations over which the edifice of our national security is erected. According to Italian extremist ideologue Carlo Piscane, an act of terrorism is “propaganda by deed”.
A recent opinion piece by Pervez Hoodbhoy argued why TTP could not be defeated. He ascribed this failure to lack of clarity in establishment about good and bad Taliban and the ideological confusion in the minds of soldiers and the citizens about
