Pakistan in anticipation of withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
In January 2014, in anticipation of the withdrawal of coalition troops from Afghanistan, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, the head of the Pakistan Federal Cabinet, announced the establishment of a new permanent military base in the Swat valley...
Pakistani Province of Baluchistan at Cross-Roads of Geo-Political games
Baluchistan, the energy rich western province of Pakis- tan, has been experiencing violence and conflict in the form of insurgency for many decades. Although this insurgency has partly resulted from the socio-economic deprivation...
Emerging Dynamics of Russia-Pakistan Relations
The US’ decision to effect “pivot” to Asia has also stimulated some major powers of Asia to build their strangleholds across different countries. The underlying logic for this policy shift is the threat perception they have from this and many other strategic moves of the US. In a...
“Drone War” Casualties – an Ugly Symptom
The killing of Hakimullah Mahsud on November 1, 2103 in a drone attack is said to have derailed the peace process, however fragile it was, between Pakistan and the Taliban (TTP and that serious resentment is being observed among the Pakistani authorities over the US strategy...
New phase of the Taliban Movement of Pakistan
The election on November 7, 2013 by the TTP Shura (council in North Waziristan of Maulana Fazlullah, as the new leader of the Taliban Movement of Pakistan (TTP makes significant adjustments in the activities of the organization, and the political situation in Pakistan...
Negotiations with Pakistani Taliban Postponed
In a mid-November address to Pakistan's national assembly, the country's interior minister, Chaudhry Nisar, stated that the government ought to put off its efforts to negotiate with the Pakistani Taliban. His admonition came on the heels of the refusal of the group's new leader...
Western “help” in the fight against terror in Pakistan
The tragedy of September 11, 2001 shocked the whole world with its senseless brutality. These attacks resulted in the former U.S. President George W. Bush declaring war on international terrorism. Washington said that the enemy was “Al – Qaeda”, which found a safe haven...
Pakistan: Change in leadership of the Pakistani Taliban
On November 1, 2013, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed in a U.S. airstrike by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs in Pakistan's North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan. This event took place the day after a statement was made by Prime Minister...
Is it possible to undermine Pakistan’s stabilization? Part 2
Despite the many economic, social and partially political difficulties, Pakistan’s national economy is still able to “remain afloat”. The rate of economic growth in the 2012-2013 fiscal year amounted to 3.6% (compared with 3.7% in 2011-2012. It is important...