Agenda for Fata reform
	Before presenting the case for reform in Fata an analysis is presented regarding a weakness within the basic design of the Pakistani state which is responsible for the periodic crisis endangering her security. The principle cause of Pakistani difficulties lies in the existence of large physical spaces of land in which more than 40 million people of Fata and NWFP live. They are stripped of identity and their land is considered as a geo-strategic space with names that resemble formulas from a chemistry text book – Fata, NWFP – rather than places where people dwell! More » Posted by Khalid Aziz on 10th July, 2008

	The significance of the Khyber operation
	An ambiguity developed in law enforcement when they played the guard and the supervisor during long martial law regimes – by doing so they compromised their procedures when transacting socially with the warlords. For example a Corp Commander visited Nek Muhammad in Wana in 2004 and anointed him with official approval. Or more recently the commandant of a scout unit attended a school function in the company of Namdar. No good has ever come out of collaborating with evil. More » Posted by Khalid Aziz on July 7th, 2008

	Fata: Internal Security and Pakistan’s International Obligations
	This report has misgivings about the ultimate success of the peace deals without building a monitoring capacity which scrupulously follows the implementation of the peace agreements on a daily basis. It should be ensured that the peace deals do not transfer militancy to Afghanistan. Secondly, it is argued that simultaneously a comprehensive peace plan needs to be launched so that the economic and social causes of militancy are addressed in a holistic manner. Such a plan may last for 10-15 years. This report questions the personal approach which was followed for confronting militancy from 2001 to 2008. It is argued that Pakistan must immediately articulate a comprehensive counter insurgency strategy. Its absence has led to ignoring the monitoring of obligations by Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US. This has amongst other shortcomings encouraged cross border raids. More » Posted by Khalid Aziz on June 20th, 2008

	Has Waziristan stabilized?
	Pakistani efforts at reducing pressure on her embattled institutions, through the peace deals has been criticized by allies and termed as a policy of appeasement adversely affecting the security of foreign troops in Afghanistan. NATO states that the rise in insurgent attacks between March and April this year is due to the peace deals. The recent establishment of a parallel Taliban court system in NWFP districts would naturally fuel such concerns. More » Posted by Khalid Aziz on June 7th,2008

	Impact of 9/11 war on tribal society
	Therefore, does it make sense to demand the revival of political administration of the type prevalent in December 2001? The answer is in the negative. The dynamics of war has made the old system irrelevant and it cannot be resurrected. More » Posted by Khalid Aziz on June 1st, 2008

	The march of folly
	Pakistani leaders, public and the media are so engrossed in the politics of the PCO that sight is lost of other ominous developments on our north western border. Events are moving rapidly towards an imminent denouement of what began with so much promise after the February 18 elections. More » Posted by Khalid Aziz on May 18, 2008

	The only solution for FATA
	Clearly peace in NWFP can only come if FATA is peaceful. However, NWFP cannot negotiate with elements in FATA, nor can it hold TeT accountable for peace violation committed in NWFP, since the agreement with them is likely to be signed in Fata by the federal government. This example clearly illustrates that the advantage lies with TeT and it will be impossible to monitor a peace agreement in different jurisdictions due to administrative anomalies. It also indicates the need for an early merger of FATA into NWFP. More » Posted by Khalid Aziz on May 10th, 2008

	Pakistan’s security and the NWFP peace plan
	The forthcoming debate on the peace plan provides an opportunity to positively influence the security policies of US in this region. If global security requires Pakistan to remedy a socio-political crisis emerging from an Islamist movement in Pakistan, then in all fairness, it must be ensured that an indigenous Pakistani plan is used for solving the problem. More » Posted by Khalid Aziz on April 28, 2008

	SHOULD WE BE WORRIED?
	The War on Terror has generated forces that have perhaps exceeded the Pakistani social and institutional system’s ability to respond in a manner consistent with good policy making. Bad decisions will abound because this is a decaying model of governance. More » Posted by Khalid Aziz on Feb 1st 2008

	THE EXTENT OF OUR TROUBLE
	There should be an agreement between the military and the major political parties based on an understanding that the war on terror can only be won if conducted both by the political and the military organs. The premise is that both have a role to play for the protection and revival of the state. It cannot be done single handedly by any one organ alone. More » Posted by Khalid Aziz on Jan 18th, 2008