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Stabilizing Pakistan Through Police Reforms A Report by the Asia Society Independent Commission on Pakistan Police Reform Hassan Abbas (Editor) For complete Report click here Move over military: Police and counterterrorism in PakistanBy Hassan Abbas, AfPak Channel, Foreign Policy, July 24, 2012 It is generally believed in the West that military action can resolve the terrorism problem in

Stabilizing Pakistan Through Police Reforms Report by the Asia Society's Independent Commission on Police Reforms in Pakistan Launch Event at Asia Society in New York July 24, 2012: 6:00-8:00 pm Register at: http://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/police-reform-pakistan-0 Launch Event at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC July 25, 2012 - 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (organized

Canada’s Afghan legacy: Shoddy school buildings and sagging morale By Paul Watson, The Star, July 15, 2012 BAQI TANAH, AFGHANISTAN—The Pakistan border is a short walk through the desert from this village, and the rutted road that winds past it is a main thoroughfare for smugglers, Taliban insurgents and corrupt Afghan border police. They all compete for the villagers’ loyalties, which shift as

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s Urs ends amid a call for more research on his life The Express Tribune, July 12th, 2012. HYDERABAD: After devotees whirled and prayed for three days at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, his Urs celebrations ended on Wednesday.  .... The main events during the three-day Urs comprised Sugharan Ji Katchery (folklore discussion), an international literary

What if Bulleh Shah were alive today?By Raza Rumi, Express Tribune, July 12, 2012 The chilling news of a man burnt alive in Bahawalpur on alleged charges of blasphemy has escaped the national media as well as our collective conscience. Other than a token condemnation by PresidentAsif Ali Zardari, no major political leader has bothered to talk about this ghastly incident. After the brutal

Clinton’s ‘Sorry’ to Pakistan Ends Barrier to NATO By ERIC SCHMITT, New York Times, July 3, 2012 WASHINGTON — Pakistan told the United States that it would reopen NATO's supply routes into neighboring Afghanistan after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she was sorry for the deaths of two dozen Pakistani soldiers in American airstrikes in November, officials from the two countries

What's Wrong with Pakistan?Why geography -- unfortunately -- is destiny for South Asia's troubled heartland. By Robert D. Kaplan, Foreign Policy, JULY/AUGUST 2012 Perversity characterizes Pakistan. Only the worst African hellholes, Afghanistan, Haiti, Yemen, and Iraq rank higher on this year's Failed States Index. The country is run by a military obsessed with -- and, for decades, invested in --