Voices

Protests Against Army Operations in FATA | Q&A

By M.A.
Jan 2013

Inspired by the Hazaras of Quetta, Pashtuns convened in front of the Governor’s House in Peshawar with the bodies of 18 people killed in an army operation carried out in Bara, a sub-division of Khyber Agency. The bodies have since been confiscated by the army and police, but the protestors continue their sit-in, this...
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A Legal Take on the Supreme Court Arrest Order | Q&A

By M.A.
Jan 2013

As news of the Supreme Court (SC) arrest order for Prime Minister (PM) Raza Pervaiz Ashraf unfolds, Tanqeed speaks to Supreme Court Advocate, Feisal H Naqvi, to understand the legal dimensions of the decision: Tanqeed: With the information you have at hand, what exactly has the court decided? Feisal H Naqvi: It’s not entirely clear but from...
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Abdul Khaliq Junejo | Voices

By M.A.
Nov 2012

Tanqeed spoke with Abdul Khaliq Junejo, the Chairman of the Sindhi nationalist party, Jeay Sindh Mahaz. Ever since the Sindh Assembly passed the Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO)—at the behest of the province’s two ruling parties, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)—the rest of the province has been up...
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Hasil Khan Bizenjo | Voices

By M.A.
Nov 2012

Tanqeed sat down with Balochistan’s Hasil Khan Bizenjo, member of the Senate of Pakistan, and vice president of the National Party (NP). As the debate rages on about Balochistan, mainstream commentators continue to point at its sardars or tribal leaders as a main cause of the province’s woes – and violence. Bizenjo challenges such...
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