Pakistan, a predominantly Muslim country is under threat by a conglomerate of local and alien non-state actors spearheaded by the TTP. Their rallying cry is the overthrow of the current system of governance and replacing it with an Islamic Emirate Caliphate modelled after the Khulefa e Rashideen era of early Islam, with the caveat that only their (TTP’s) version of the Islamic Sharia will be enforced. Their narrative declares that they are the true followers of the Islamic tenets as enshrined in the Holy Quran and Sunnah and the current leadership of Pakistan has strayed well away from the chosen path. The salvation of the nation and its people in their judgment can only be achieved by waging a holy war (armed Jihad) against the existing...
September 18, 2014 at 2:23 am | News Desk
Saad Shabbir The Afghan presidential elections have taken yet another turn after the first round led to a run-off between the two candidates - former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani. The announcement of preliminary results on Sunday indicate a clear margin of 1.3 million votes in favor of Ashraf Ghani. Just before the official announcement of preliminary vote count, Abdullah Abdullah raised concerns over the impartiality of the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan with his followers engaged in countrywide protests. With the final results of the presidential elections already causing unrest and ISAF pulling out its troops culminating a decade long war, Afghanistan is on the brink of...
July 12, 2014 at 9:42 pm | News Desk