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June 1 – 7, 2015

June 1: ASWJ member gunned down in Islamabad A senior member of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), Maulana Ilyas Khan was targeted while travelling in his car. Multiple gunshots caught the attention...
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May 25 – 31, 2015

May 25: Christian locality attacked in Lahore Christian residents of the Sanda neighbourhood in Lahore fled after being attacked by a charged mob. The incident occurred after a Christian was accused of defiling the Holy Quran. Express...
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May 18 – 24, 2015

May 19: Three injured in attack on Mardan polio team Three persons were injured after a polio team administering vaccines in Tambulak was ambushed this week. The attacker was immediately shot and...
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May 22, 2015

A Friday rundown of Pakistan's top policy headlines on JI's radar this week Intelligence Sharing An agreement this week between Pakistan and Afghanistan to devise a mechanism to share intelligence is a...
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May 11 – 17, 2015

May 12: One killed, seven injured in Quetta A member of the Hazara community was killed and seven others injured in two separate firing incidents in Quetta. The second incident...
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May 4 – 10, 2015

May 6: One killed in Kurram ambush One person was killed and at least three others injured ​when two suicide bombers detonated their vests after they tried to enter a school in the ​Alizai area of ​l​ower Kurram Agency,​...
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April 27 – May 3, 2015

April 27: Three Hazaras killed in Quetta At least three members of the Hazara community were killed in a targeted attack on a local bus stop in Satellite Town. The...
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Five Flashpoints for Strategic Planners by JI President Sherry Rehman

by:  Sherry Rehman

For a country navigating multiple internal and external challenges, Pakistan’s economic, governance and policy-delivery deficits have been a constraint on strategic resource-allocation and decision-making. Continued economic fragility has also seriously...
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April 17, 2015

A Friday rundown of Pakistan's top policy headlines on JI's radar this week Lakhvi and Indo-Pak Ties Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, leader of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa and commander and alleged planner of the...
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April 10, 2015

A Friday rundown of Pakistan's top policy headlines on JI's radar this week Pak-Iran Developments While this week’s visit to Islamabad by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was ostensibly geared...