Source: Daily Times
Policies for FATA and Balochistan are most important and should not be formulated as a reaction to previous policies but rather on the basis of having learnt from them
Post-9/11, when the US struck the Al Qaeda-Taliban combine in Afghanistan, Pakistan became the anvil for the US-Northern Alliance hammer. While the attack was largely […]

[Read more →]

Source: Reuters Blog
The United States, beginning with President George W. Bush himself, has this past two weeks trained its crosshairs on Pakistan, warning that another Sept. 11, if it were to happen, would most likely not be plotted out of Iraq, Afghanistan or even Iran, but Pakistan.
Like the steady drumbeat that has often preceded major […]

[Read more →]

Source: Daily Times
Staff Report
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Day was celebrated issued on Sunday with national fervour and enthusiasm in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and cantonment areas in the province.
According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, tribesmen from all walks of life joined the Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps, and the Political Administration (PA) […]

[Read more →]

Source: Globe and Mail
New government must mend deteriorating economy and tackle Islamic extremists in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan
SAEED SHAH
ISLAMABAD — The challenges facing the new government in Pakistan can be summed up as FATA and atta.
FATA is the acronym for the federally administered tribal areas - the badlands on the Afghan border that are reputedly […]

[Read more →]