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January 20 – 26, 2014
Date: January 26, 2014
January 20: Shia scholar shot dead in Peshawar Unknown gunmen shot dead a prominent Shia cleric in the historic Kissa Khwani market of Peshawar. Allama Alim Al-Musvi was a locally...
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January 19 – 25, 2015
Date: January 25, 2014
January 19: Policeman escorting vaccinators gunned down in Karachi A police official escorting polio vaccine workers in Karachi’s Orangi Town was left critically wounded in a gun attack. ASI Tabassum...
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January 13 – 19, 2014
Date: January 19, 2014
January 16: Blast at Peshawar Tablighi seminary At least ten people were killed and more than 60 injured when a bomb exploded at a religious centre in Peshawar. The explosion...
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January 6 – 12, 2014
Date: January 12, 2014
January 6: School bombed in Bannu Unidentified persons blew up a Government Girls Primary School in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province by planting explosives at the site. However, no casualty was reported...
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Books to Remember from 2013
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: January 6, 2014
Apart from the staple of American foreign policy page-turners such as Confront and Conceal by David Sanger, Little America by Rajiv Chandrasakeran, and Vali Nasr’s incisive Dispensable Nation, for me...
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December 30 – January 5, 2014
Date: January 5, 2014
December 30: Two killed outside Rawalpindi Imambargah Two police officials were gunned down while another policeman and a passerby were critically wounded at Dhok Syedan when four gunmen riding two...
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December 29, 2014 – January 4, 2015
Date: January 4, 2014
December 30: Two schools torched in Kurram Militants set fire to two government-run schools in Kurram agency, leaving both buildings completely destroyed. Security officials in the area responding to the...
Second Opinion
Heading into 2014: Challenges Ahead
Date: January 1, 2014
The foremost challenge to Pakistan remains extremist creed and violence and concomitantly socio-economic development. Addressing these twin challenges will require clear commitment and perseverance. 2014 is a year of transition...
Infographics
Pakistan timeline 2013
Date: December 31, 2013
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In the Service of Pakistan: The Politics of Living Dangerously
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: December 2, 2013
Karachi – October 10,2013: Sherry Rehman, Executive President of Jinnah Institute and former Pakistan Ambassador to the US, said that the service of Pakistan is the principle lens through which she...