Author name: Cyril Almeida

By Cyril Almeida EIGHT years since 9/11 rendered debate on whether Pakistan needed a policy against militancy or not moot, the secondary question has still not been answered satisfactorily: what is the state’s policy against militancy? Despite notable successes against militants in Bajaur and Mohmand tribal agencies and the Malakand division over the past year,

By Cyril Almeida* The February 2008 elections were not supposed to be a death knell for the Musharraf era. The former general and Pakistan’s president had made clear his intention to stay in office and guide Pakistan’s transition to democracy for at least another five years. But the electorate had other ideas and the PML-Q’s