Syed Irfan Ashraf

The swelling ranks of exiled Afghan journalists are going to be a serious challenge for the Taliban rule. Updated 17 Mar, 2022 09:16am

Cultural terrorism symbolises and extends a space which thrives on real violence. Updated 17 Feb, 2022 01:24pm

‘Which Taliban are you asking about? Inside our houses or outside?’ Updated 21 Jan, 2022 07:21am

Dictators have loyally defended US regional interests at the cost of local Pakhtuns. Updated 06 Jan, 2022 07:36am

Internet services in ex-Fata are still considered a ‘security risk’ and are, therefore, denied. Published 10 Dec, 2021 07:22am

Unpaid for months, professors, doctors and engineers are selling edibles and household items by the roadside. Updated 26 Nov, 2021 08:33am

The lethal interplay of ideology and technology has a role in Afghanistan’s turf war. Updated 11 Nov, 2021 09:01am

The fencing of the Pak-Afghan border is causing economic and social devastation. Updated 29 Oct, 2021 08:35am

They have lost the most in the ‘war on terror’. Why then is the PM painting Pakhtuns as a nation of holy warriors? Updated 15 Oct, 2021 08:31am

Just as an imperialist war brings its own culture and economy, so too does it create its own journalism. Published 27 Sep, 2021 07:41am

Journalists are caught between the TTP and the state. Updated 16 Sep, 2021 09:21am

IS the turf war within the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan an outcome of muscle-flexing or a shift in the militancy... Published 19 May, 2014 06:50am

AFTER several days of sustained air strikes against militants’ hideouts in the tribal belt and adjacent settled... Published 10 Mar, 2014 07:49am

WHY would the Taliban try to recruit insiders from the ranks of journalists? This was the first question that came ... Published 15 Feb, 2014 06:37am

THE Dera Ismail Khan jailbreak was alarming. But the government’s response was equally embarrassing. Over 100... Updated 17 Aug, 2013 07:57am

ON television, a couple of celebrity anchors were discussing the rising tide of conspiracy theories in Pakistan. One... Published 23 Jul, 2013 07:19am

TO borrow an idea from sociologist Victor Burner, terrorism in Pakistan has become a social drama. Almost every... Published 08 Jul, 2013 04:54am

IN his first press conference after winning the elections last month, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Pervez... Published 18 Jun, 2013 05:02am

WITH a congressional hearing in the United States on the drone issue set for April 23, some groups in that country are making efforts to create a consensus for bringing an end to drone strikes in Pakistan and elsewhere. Published 22 Apr, 2013 05:10am

FOLLOWING an embedded visit to the terrorism-hit Waziristan last December, an Islamabad-based journalist broke a story about cracks appearing in the leadership of the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Published 12 Feb, 2013 02:46am