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Resolving Balochistan’s Multidimensional Crisis: Reconciliation and Reforms
Pakistan is a fragile democracy, and the treatment of Balochistan by the Pakistani military and civilian establishment exposes its democratic facade. Federal and provincial governments have failed to address separatist elements in Balochistan, improve human rights conditions, prevent democratic backsliding,…
Is the Taliban a New Problem for Pakistan?
On November 30, a suicide bomber associated with Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked a police vehicle in Quetta, killing four, underscoring the resurgent threat of the group. On November 28, the TTP formally declared an end to the ceasefire…
Assumptions in Counterterrorism: Understanding the Case of Shari Baloch
On April 26, as reports circulated of a suicide bomber killing a Pakistani driver and three Chinese teachers near the Confucius Institute in Karachi University, waves of anxiety crippled much of the collective Pakistani consciousness. The attack was carried out…
ایس اے وی سوال و جواب: افغانستان، طالبان اور ٹی ٹی پی پر اسماعیل خان کے خیالات
۶ ستمبر ۲۰۲۱ کو پاکستان کے سینیر صحافی اور ڈان پشاور کے موجودہ ایڈیٹر اسماعیل خان نے ایس اے وی کی مینجنگ ایڈیٹر برگیٹا شوکرٹ سے افغانستان میں طالبان کے اقتدار پر حالیہ قبضے کے بعد وہاں پاکستان کے کردار،…
SAV Q&A: Ismail Khan on Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the TTP
On September 6th, 2021, Pakistani senior journalist and current Editor at Dawn in Peshawar Ismail Khan spoke with SAV Managing Editor Brigitta Schuchert on issues related to Pakistan's role in Afghanistan after the Taliban's recent takeover of the government, militancy…
Sealing the Durand Line Undercuts Pakistan’s Support for Democracy in Afghanistan
As the U.S.-withdrawal from Afghanistan is expected much earlier than the September 11 deadline, Pakistan has been actively publicizing its fears about a “protracted civil war” ensuing in a post US-withdrawal Afghanistan. In a June interview with the New York…