U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wound up a bridge-building visit to Pakistan on Friday leaving a sharp question ringing in my ears; ‘If she can go to such many places in Pakistan not only to approach Pakistanis hearts but facing tough questions and answering them herself (either satisfactory or not), why our leaders are reluctant to follow her foot steps?  Read more... (306 words, 1 image, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)

The brazen attack on one of the most secure areas of the country in the middle of the day, and the taking of hostages, shows a new level of audacity from the militants. It is the third major militant strike in Pakistan in a week and was carried out as the army prepares a major offensive against the militants in their northwestern stronghold of South Waziristan on the Afghan border.  Read more... (524 words, 2 images, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

The Taliban in Pakistan have released a video confirming that their former leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead. Mehsud was killed on August 6 in the tribal region of South Waziristan in a missile attack by a suspected US drone.  Read more... (266 words, 2 images, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)

I can’t aggregate words to describe what this image says. It is a Martyr Certificate, Sanad e Shahdat awarded by Tahreek e Taliban to Mr. Haji Sheer Ahmed Shaheed who was martyred during the insurgency in South Waziristan in September 2004.

What kind if interpretation of Islam is done by the TTP?

Pakistan’s interior ministry has a top ten most-wanted list, according to Amir Mir, the journalist for The News. According to Mir, the top ten list is as follows:

1. Mullah Fazlullah – the chief of the Taliban in Swat.  Read more... (628 words, 1 image, estimated 2:31 mins reading time)

The mystery of Pakistan Taliban Commander Baitullah Mehsud’s death is still unresolved. The reports are getting confused day in and day out. Pakistani agencies are ‘claiming’ that ‘he is dead’ while international media is not clear in its proclamation. Commander Hakimullah Mehsud had declared reports of the Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud’s, death three days ago in U.S Drone attack on a house in South Waziristan were “ridiculous”.  Read more... (364 words, 2 images, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)