“Our homes, our markets, our mosques were destroyed, yet we gave sacrifices for Pakistan,” declared Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in Khyber district as he demanded that the federal government settle the Rs 550 billion owed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and warned that no new operation would proceed without provincial consultation. The people of KP have heard […]
Thin
Thin Line
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s warning that any act of aggression from Afghanistan will violate the Doha agreement captured Pakistan’s wary optimism. The ceasefire between Islamabad and the Taliban-led Afghan administration offers respite after a year of punishing violence, yet it still remains a fragile pause in a conflict that has tested Pakistan’s endurance and the […]