Himalayan Affairs : Articles

LAND-MINING NASCENT BRAINS

2015-01-06T05:24:06.0000000+00:00

We, as a nation, have been hit by a deadliest and nastiest crescendo of doom. The death and destruction is going on unabated, but wi

MULLAH FAZLULLAH : CHALLENGES TO THE “ELIMINATE OR EXTRADITE” APPROACH

2015-01-06T05:21:17.0000000+00:00

Hundreds of militants have been killed ever since the military in Pakistan launched an offensive against the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakist

NAWAZ SHARIF ON PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN

2015-01-05T06:59:20.0000000+00:00

Perhaps it is much na?ve to hope that change will happen in the region, even after a biggest disastrous incident like the Peshawar school bloodbath on 16th December, Pakistan didn’t change its

ANTI-TALIBAN SENTIMENTS SIMMERING

2015-01-05T06:57:41.0000000+00:00

Terrorism is a disease. What happens when terrorists come for you, or refuse your worth, sometimes kill you at your very own home when you are armless, you are a common man, sometimes when you are i

EDITORIAL : ARREST OF FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER IN HELMAND

2015-01-02T05:04:47.0000000+00:00

Terrorism in any shape, stage and society, is not only a tale of death and destruction, which is worth condemnation; but, unfortunately, there has been no culture of delving deeper into the causes that give birth to terrorism. Th

AFGHANS IN SYRIA : TEHRAN, KABUL AND HOW TO CORRECT MISTAKES?

2015-01-02T04:56:37.0000000+00:00

Perhaps, there is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. This is quite implementable on the ruthless Taliban and the unaccountable coalition forces. But, what happens when some of Afghan citizens reac

PM PLEDGES TO TARGET TERRORISTS OF ALL HUES, COME WHAT MAY

2014-12-24T06:08:17.0000000+00:00

ISLAMABAD: For the second time in two days, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced his resolve to take on terrorists of all hues, wherever they may be in the country. But there were many confused faces at Tuesday’s meeting a

DEATH ROW CONVICTS FILE PETITION AGAINST ‘DOUBLE PUNISHMENT’

2014-12-24T06:05:59.0000000+00:00

ISLAMABAD: After the government lifted a moratorium on executions, two men convicted of gang rape have approached the Supreme Court in a bid to halt the carrying out of the death sentences awarded to them, on the plea that they h

VIRTUAL TERRORISM

2014-12-23T03:55:50.0000000+00:00

While no definition of terrorism has been still not been accepted, the US had come up with the term “violent terrorism”. Even within the US hate crimes have been brought into the ambit of terrorism just recently. But

ANP FOR FULL-SCALE CAMPAIGN AGAINST MILITANTS

2014-12-23T03:42:38.0000000+00:00

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali has welcomed the government’s decision to end death penalty moratorium, saying it will the pave way for execution of terrorists in the country.