Author name: Muhammad Azam Khan and Aiysha Safdar

By. Muhammad Azam Khan and Aiysha Safdar[1] Abstract Perhaps no other country in the world will have so many private armies-lashkars, sipah, jaish-as one can witness in Pakistan today. The perennial and deadly mix of mosque and politics, much despised by the founding father, has resulted in a steep rise and an endless cycle of