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Supporters of Hafiz Saeed, head of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa, protest in Lahore recently after the Pakistani authorities took him into custody after rising international pressure. (Photo: AP)

Will Pak re-examine the way it persecutes Ahmadiyyas, others?

This perforce ensures that the Ahmadiyyas do not sign it and therefore are debarred from visiting Mecca to perform the...

17 Feb 2017 2:27 AM IST

Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Inter-Service Intelligence of Pakistan by Hein Kiessling HarperCollins, Rs 599

Book review: A first-rate study of Pak's spook headquarters

The ISI's resurrection and golden hour came in the 1980s, after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.

26 Feb 2017 1:35 AM IST

Pakistani para-military soldiers stand alert after a deadly suicide attack at the shrine of famous Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

On terrorism, some points for Pakistan to ponder about

This is not the first Sufi shrine they have targeted, and it's unlikely to be the last.

23 Feb 2017 6:03 AM IST

Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed (Photo: AP)

Saeed arrest': Just smoke & mirrors?

The ISI kept a large chunk of the inflows to itself and channelled the rest to loyal Islamist Afghan groups.

4 Feb 2017 12:13 AM IST

File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. (Photo: PTI)

With Zia's boys' in charge, Jadhav's fate appears bleak

There is almost no common ground in India-Pakistan relations today.

24 April 2017 1:21 AM IST