Nationalists are Pakistan’s main worry in Balochistan

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Islamic State ◽  
Eastern Province ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

Subject Parallel insurgencies in Balochistan province. Significance Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for a January 10 blast in Quetta, saying it was targeting an Afghan Taliban mosque; the attack was probably retaliation for a Taliban offensive that late last year pushed IS out of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. Quetta is the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, where IS, the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and ethnic Baloch nationalist insurgents are all active. Pakistan’s key ally China is investing heavily in Balochistan under the rubric of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Impacts The main threat to Pakistan's security will be in Balochistan, especially as insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is much reduced. Tensions between Pakistan and IS will likely increase. An alliance between IS and the TTP would lead to a considerable upsurge in violence in Quetta.

Lahore blast augurs uptick in India-Pakistan tensions

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Intelligence Agency ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Foreign Intelligence ◽  
Tribal Areas

Significance Pakistan last week accused India’s foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), of orchestrating the attack. Delhi denies the allegation. Meanwhile, there are widespread suspicions that responsibility may lie with Islamic State (IS) or the Pakistani Taliban Movement (TTP). Impacts The TTP will try to strengthen its presence in Pakistan, eyeing control over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s tribal areas. IS attacks in Pakistan will continue to focus on the Shia minority. Delhi and Islamabad will each try harder to mobilise international opinion against the other.

Pakistan’s Pashtun movement faces struggle to survive

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Racial Profiling ◽  
General Election ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Practical Support ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province ◽  
Tribal Areas

Subject Pakistan's Pashtun Tahafuz Movement. Significance The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) is reshaping Pakistani politics ahead of the general election later this month. The non-violent movement seeks greater rights for ethnic Pashtuns. It protests against what it regards as military abuses in tribal areas, racial profiling by state authorities and internal displacement. Impacts PTM rallies will continue through election campaigning, and counter-rallies could increase the risk of violence. The new government will expedite the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Afghan government will further express sympathy for the PTM but will not extend any practical support.

scholarly journals Researching a sensitive topic in an unstable environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-258
Author(s):  
Muhammad Saeed ◽  
Gabriele Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Critical Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Unstable Environment ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Hostile Environments ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore fieldwork dilemmas for a Pakhtun researcher, educated in the West, to research family or domestic violence in the unstable, hostile environment of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach A gender studies approach is here combined with masculinities studies, and a critical qualitative research methodology is used in this study. Findings The paper argues that unstable regions dominated by certain forms of masculinity require specific research approaches when conducting research and addressing a topic that is culturally taboo. Practical implications The paper suggests how the insider–outsider dynamic plays out for researchers who come from a particular field and return to it under changed circumstances. It also indicates how a taboo topic in a context where direct questioning is not possible might be approached through the use of vignettes. Social implications The paper suggests how the contradictory position of a masculinity, simultaneously bearing traces of the hegemonic and of marginalization, may be negotiated in the field. Originality/value Social research on the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan is rarely conducted and reported due to the unrest in this region. The paper thus contributes original insights from fieldwork carried out there. It also contributes to the limited but growing literature on conducting fieldwork in hostile environments.

Integrating Pakistan’s tribal areas may reduce terror

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
Drone Strikes ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province ◽  
The Government ◽  
Tribal Areas

Subject Proposed merger of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Significance A multi-party conference on October 3 in Peshawar called for the merger of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and an end to the draconian special laws governing FATA. A large demonstraton staged in Islamabad on October 9 by parliamentarians from the FATA demanded that the government push through the plans. Impacts Integrating FATA with KP may help curb weapons and narcotics smuggling. Pakistan may face protests from tribal communities over the fence it is building along the border with Afghanistan. The United States may be less inclined to threaten drone strikes in Pakistan.

Terrorism financing and money laundering: two sides of the same coin?

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 962-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic Compin
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Financial Crimes ◽  
Terrorism Financing ◽  
Utilitarian Approach ◽  
The Cost

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how terrorism financing can be assimilated with money launderning when the amounts ofmoney involved differ so markedly. Not only is the cost of financing terrorist attacks minimal compared to the huge sums often at stake in financial crimes, but also the psychological profile of terrorists, who are reclusive by nature, contrasts starkly with that of financial criminals, who are usually fully integrated members of society. When terrorism financing is equated with money laundering this represents a utilitarian approach in that it facilitates the creation of a security strategy and stifles criticism of criminogenic capitalismthat turns a blind eye to tax evasion. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is conceptual, focussing on the assimilation of terrorism financing with money laundering. There is an interview with a French magistrate, specialized in the fight against corruption and white-collar crime, and data have been collected from international organizations and scholarly articles. Findings The fight against money laundering and money dirtying has clearly sparked numerous controversies around evaluation, scope, criminal perpetrators and a lack of vital cooperation between administrative and judicial services. Social implications This paper raises questions about the reasons behind the linking of money laundering and money dirtying by states and players in public international law and why the fight against money laundering is very much overshadowed by their focus on terrorist financing in dealing with the growing threat of Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS or ISIL, in the Middle East and West Africa. Originality/value The paper enables the reader to raise the question of similarities between the fight against money laundering and the fight against terrorism financing.

scholarly journals Schools’ Flood Emergency Preparedness in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashfaq Ahmad Shah ◽  
Jingzhong Ye ◽  
Lu Pan ◽  
Raza Ullah ◽  
Syed Irshad Ali Shah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

Well funded and dangerous: assessing the Islamic State’s financing operations

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tierney
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Community Support ◽  
International Community ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Terrorist Financing ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
The Future ◽  
Transnational Network ◽  
Base Of Support

Purpose The existing literature on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has thus far focused on the group’s contemporary or previous financing activities. However, there has not been an analysis of the ways in which ISIS’ funding is likely to change moving forward now that it has come under international scrutiny. The purpose of this paper is to assess the ways in which ISIS’ funding is likely to evolve in the future and to also suggest methods for combating its financing activities. Design/methodology/approach The paper is theoretical in nature. By assessing the existing literature on terrorist financing, it is apparent that terrorist organizations alter their funding sources and methods after coming under intense international scrutiny. Therefore, two hypotheses are put forth for the future of ISIS’ funding activities: the group will become more effective at building social support among its local population, thereby consolidating is funding sources and methods within Syria and Iraq; and the group will increasingly branch out, searching for sources from a transnational network, as its base in Syria and Iraq begins to deteriorate. Findings Community support is essential for sustaining a terrorist network. As a result, it is likely that ISIS will increasingly seek funding from a transnational network as its base of support in Iraq and Syria begins to deteriorate. There is also a distinct third possibility that the group will be able to consolidate its base while also moving abroad for financial support. This third option presents the most complicated outcome for the international community in its fight against ISIS. Originality/value This study fills a gap in the literature on terrorist financing, particularly with regards to ISIS, to assist the international community in its fight against the group both now and moving into the future.

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