Manzoor Ali Shah The situation in NWFP is gradually slipping away from the control of government in the face of mounting militant’s attacks in the province and FATA. Amid the fears that the Peshawar too could fall to the militants, authorities have launched an operation in the neighboring Khyber Agency against a militant organization Lashkar-e-Islam […]
Raza Rumi THE enthusiasts for the long march towards Islamabad are justifiably feeling let down by the grand posturing, thundering rhetoric and the subsequent retreat from agitation outside the dreary citadels of power in Islamabad’s dark heart. A Bastille, which was not meant to be? Interpretations abound and explanations are flowing in from the motley […]
Owais Mughal The long march which started at Karachi and Quetta on June 9, 2008 is near Islamabad now. It is scheduled to reach Islamabad on June 13. The map on the left, from Dawn, shows the Islamabad Police’s plan to “manage” the march. It highlights the roads that the lawyers and other people living […]
