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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicHafiz Saeed

Topic: Hafiz Saeed

Understanding Pervez Musharraf’s newfound love for India’s most wanted Hafiz Saeed

General Pervez Musharraf has expressed fondness for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and said he was the ‘biggest supporter’ of the group and its founder Hafiz Saeed.

Lesson from 26/11: Terror kills, not democracy

Our governance sucks but the solution is not to secede from it but challenging and changing the system from within.

Timeline: The numerous escapes of India’s most wanted man Hafiz Saeed

Despite multiple attempts to bring Jammat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed to justice, he's been released after another stint of house arrest.

In Peshawar bypoll, MML cannot display names of any banned group or leader

Liaquat Ali Khan, the independent candidate that MML has nominated in Peshawar, says he is patriot with a strong belief in the ideology of Pakistan.

The lone global consensus is on terrorism, and Pakistan is at the centre of it

The world is agreed on a new, polarising stand to take on terrorism. It is good news, and a challenge for India.

Pakistani military welcomes extremists into parliament

Army is working with a deliberate strategy get extremists and militants into the mainstream democratic process, but analysts say it’s a catch-22 situation.

Khwaja Asif’s comments on Haqqani network & LeT is no sign of a paradigm shift

Khawaja Asif’s comments do not portend a paradigm shift in Pakistan. He may believe it to be true but it risks inflaming the already tenuous ties with the military

Mainstreaming terror: Extremists bag 11 per cent of votes in Lahore bypoll

Posters of global terrorist Hafiz Saeed and hanged assassin Mumtaz Qadri were publicly displayed during the Lahore NA-120 bypoll, which was ultimately won by Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif.

Terror shadow on Lahore bypoll: Hafiz Saeed’s man in fray for NA-120 seat

The byelection will be held on 17 September to elect disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s replacement in Pakistan’s National Assembly. For anyone interested in...

The state may be hedging that mainstreaming JuD will wean its cadres away from militancy

JuD’s decision to form a political party is intriguing as its literature and rhetoric in the past has rejected Western democracy.

On Camera

India’s gallantry awards system needs reform in standoff era. Operation Sindoor shows why

The casualty list of the personnel killed or wounded during Op Sindoor has not been formally published. The public has been denied the opportunity to stand by and honour the families of the fallen.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.