Category: India & Its Neighbours

The demise of “Pashtunwali”…

Has the much-vaunted Pashtun tradition fallen by the wayside in the face of Taliban (pl. see last sentence of the extract below)? From a report in The Hindu (dt Apr 30 ’09):  …Islamabad (PTI): Taliban militants have...

Did someone say it is “election season”?

Connect the dots. …The Interpol has removed the red-corner notice issued against Ottavio Quattrocchi, an Italian businessman who is being sought in India  for criminal charges for acting as a conduit for bribes in...

Sharia does not permit us to lay down arms…

Excerpts from an eye-opening report in The Dawn (emphasis mine)  ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Taliban will not lay down their arms in a northwestern valley as part of a deal that included the introduction of sharia law but...