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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

Why Hyderabad restaurants don’t make it to the top. Obsessed with comfort food, no PR

Most of the fancy or high-end restaurants opening up in Hyderabad these days are pretty much stuck on the same blueprint—big space, and inauthentic menus.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.