Articles By Aparna Rawal

JeM: The resurgence of Pakistan’s Hydra
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2023
On November 15th 2023, it was reported, Dilawar Iqbal an important aide of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief, Maulana Masood Azhar and another individual, Mohammed Ubaid Malik were charge sheeted by...

Pakistan’s Albatross, its growing insurgency
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2023
On 7th November, two policemen were killedwhile three others were severely injured in an attack which targeted an Oil and Gas Exploration Company’s camp in Dera IsmailKhan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws: strengthened and weaponised against the minorities
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Oct , 2023
“They have been burned to death, hanged by mobs, shot dead in courtrooms and hacked to death on the side of the road, among other forms of extrajudicial executions”, reported Al Jazeera in...

India flags US envoy's visit to POK
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Oct , 2023
“Respect our sovereignty”, as New Delhi recapitulated and reiterated these words post the US Ambassador Blome’s visit to Gilgit-Baltistan in POK recently. This was the second visit of Blome to...
Hypocrisy of Pakistan at UNGA
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Sep , 2023
For years, Pakistan has been tumultuous at raking issues with regards to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) before the world leaders. On September 22nd 2023, the present interim Prime Minister of Pakistan...

Operation Chitral: Pakistan’s TTP Threat
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Sep , 2023
On September 6th 2023, Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) launched an extensive operation in Chitral district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).The operation commenced on the day, when Pakistan was celebrating its...

Baloch Liberation Army Revs up its Activities
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Aug , 2023
Post the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) attack on a convoy of Chinese engineers in Gwadar on August 13th, the rebel outfit has issued a 90 days ultimatum to the Chinese citizens. The BLA has asked...

Baloch resentment against Chinese 'colonisation' runs deep
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 25 Jan , 2019
The continual subjugation and marginalization of the Baloch people by the Pakistani government has left the province of Balochistan in a chaotic milieu. The Baloch strife for self-determination...