The Quetta Shura
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on October 1, 2009 · 21 Comments
Many people are asking me these days about the Quetta-Shura. Washington has threatened to expand its drone attacks to Balochistan. In the wake of these developments, I would like top reproduce an article of mine, “Threat to secular Balochistan”, which was published in Pakistan’s leading English language newspaper, Dawn, in March this year. This article … Read more
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Threat to secular Balochistan?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 9, 2009 · 3 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Monday, 09 Mar, 2009 | 09:04 AM PST | Nothing embarrasses and irks Pakistani spymasters more than the issue of Talibanisation in Quetta. Over the years, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly protested against the alleged protection provided by Islamabad to Mullah Omar, the one-eyed spiritual cleric and reclusive leader of … Read more
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