Articles by Amir Mir

Two years later: Pakistani Taliban still resilient despite Waziristan military operation

ISLAMABAD: (Asia Times): Two years after the Pakistan Army launched a massive military operation in the trouble-stricken North Waziristan region…

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Jehadi penetration of Pakistani armed forces may be deeper than feared

ISLAMABAD: (Asia Times): A Pakistani Navy tribunal’s recent awarding of death sentence to five officers for the September 6, 2014…

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Sharif govt powerless as banned terror group runs parallel courts in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: (Asia Times): Jamaatul Daawa (JuD), a Pakistan-based militant organization active in India and Afghanistan, is running a parallel judicial…

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Five years later: Saleem Shahzad’s unsolved murder case further weakens press freedom

ISLAMABAD: (Asia Times): Five years down the road since the May 2011 brutal killing of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad,…

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Afghan Taliban to step up fight against Kabul under new ameer

ISLAMABAD: (Asia Times): Even though the selection of Mullah Akhtar Mansour as the Taliban amir after the death of Mullah…

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Taliban chief’s death raises questions

ISLAMABAD: (Asia Times): The killing of Afghan Taliban’s leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a US drone strike in Pakistan has…

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US wants to recover remains of hostage killed by Al-Qaeda

ISLAMABAD: (Asia Times) Almost 16 months after the tragic death of Dr Warren Weinstein – a US national who was…

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How the abducted son of Gilani was rescued

ISLAMABAD: (Asia Times): The miraculous rescue of Ali Haider Gilani, the abducted son of a former Pakistani Prime Minister Syed…

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Of Mumtaz Qadri’s Dawat-e-Islami link

ISLAMABAD: (The News) The self-confessed assassin of Salman Taseer, who is all set to face the gallows after rejection of…

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Four Benazir attack plotters remain missing after arrest

ISLAMABAD: (The News) Eight years after the October 18, 2007 Karsaz suicide bombings targeting Ms Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming procession in…

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Suspect in Bhutto attack freely pursues jehadi agenda

Islamabad: (The News) Eight years after the October 18, 2007 Karsaz suicide bombings targeting Benazir Bhutto Shaheed’s homecoming procession in…

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Gen Beg keeps defying apex court orders

ISLAMABAD: (The News) Ex-army chief General (retd) Mirza Aslam Beg has refused to record his statement with the FIA in…

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Musharraf’s threats to Bhutto: More evidence on hand

ISLAMABAD: (The News) Mark Siegel is not the only American journalist to have made public Ms Benazir Bhutto Shaheed’s security…

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Khanzada’s assassination an open and shut case

ISLAMABAD: (The News) While Interior Minister Ch Nisar Ali Khan has said the murder of Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada…

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Hunt for key surviving LeJ leader intensified

NEW YORK: (The News) Following the July 29, 2015 killing of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) chief Malik Mohammad Ishaq, his two…

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