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A Case Study of Mahsud Tribe in South Waziristan Agency
RELIGIOUS MILITANCY AND TRIBAL TRANSFORMATION IN PAKISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF MAHSUD TRIBE IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGENCY By MUHAMMAD IRFAN MAHSUD Ph.D. Scholar DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR (SESSION 2011 – 2012) RELIGIOUS MILITANCY AND TRIBAL TRANSFORMATION IN PAKISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF MAHSUD TRIBE IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGENCY Thesis submitted to the Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (December, 2018) DDeeddiiccaattiioonn I Dedicated this humble effort to my loving and the most caring Mother ABSTRACT The beginning of the 21st Century witnessed the rise of religious militancy in a more severe form exemplified by the traumatic incident of 9/11. While the phenomenon has troubled a significant part of the world, Pakistan is no exception in this regard. This research explores the role of the Mahsud tribe in the rise of the religious militancy in South Waziristan Agency (SWA). It further investigates the impact of militancy on the socio-cultural and political transformation of the Mahsuds. The study undertakes this research based on theories of religious militancy, borderland dynamics, ungoverned spaces and transformation. The findings suggest that the rise of religious militancy in SWA among the Mahsud tribes can be viewed as transformation of tribal revenge into an ideological conflict, triggered by flawed state policies. These policies included, disregard of local culture and traditions in perpetrating military intervention, banning of different militant groups from SWA and FATA simultaneously, which gave them the raison d‘etre to unite against the state and intensify violence and the issues resulting from poor state governance and control. -
An Act to Provide for the Maintenance of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Levies Force and to Enable Its Transition to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police
An Act to provide for the maintenance of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Levies Force and to enable its transition to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police. WHEREASafter Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2018 (Act No.XXXVII of 2018), the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas have been merged in the Province of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Federal Levies Force, established under the Federal Levies Force Regulation, 2012, working in the said areas,has lost its legal status for working in the merged districts and sub-divisions; AND WHEREAS it is in the best public interest to allow the Federal Levies Force to continue its functions in the merged districts and sub-divisions and to regulate and maintain it under the administrative control of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; AND WHEREAS to achieve the objectives it is expedient to give legal status to the Federal Levies Force in the merged districts and sub-divisions and to re-visit its institutional structure and functional assignment for effective discipline, better performance and optimal utility; It is hereby enacted as follows: 1. Short title, application, extent and commencement.---(1)This Act may be called the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Levies Force Act, 2019. (2) It shall apply to all the members of Levies Force. (3) It shall extend to the districts and sub-divisions of the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as provided in the Schedule. (4) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.---In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) “Code” means the Code of Criminal -
Media Construction of Tehreek-E- Taliban Pakistan
Örebro University School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences Date 12 May, 2013 MEDIA CONSTRUCTION OF TEHREEK-E- TALIBAN PAKISTAN: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the News Reports of the FATA Conflict Published in Pakistani newspapers, The Daily Jang and Daily Nawa-i-waqt MA Thesis Global Journalism Supervisor: Leonor Camaüer Author: Abdul Qayyum Bhatti Abstract Pakistan allied with the US in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) between late 2001 and early 2002. Being the US’s ally, Pakistan launched military operations in the semi-governed Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) to drive out the jihadists who sought refuge in the areas after conducting guerrilla operations against NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Pakistani security forces (SFs) met with considerable resistance by the tribal insurgents, who in 2007 named themselves the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The FATA conflict related news reports often make headlines in the most-read Urdu-language newspapers in Pakistan. As news media is regarded as an important element in influencing public opinion, this study focuses on the news reports published in The Daily Jang and Daily Nawa-i-waqt in order to figure out how the newspapers effect the public opinion by constructing the actors (Pakistani security forces and Pakistani Taliban) and the action (the military operations). As I was not able to find any research conducted on the conflict which analyses Pakistani newspapers, this study is an addition to the literature available on the FATA conflict and the GWOT. This study fills the gap by analysing 30 news articles which are systematically selected from the newspapers published in the last ten years. -
Counterinsurgency in Pakistan
THE ARTS This PDF document was made available CHILD POLICY from www.rand.org as a public service of CIVIL JUSTICE the RAND Corporation. EDUCATION ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Jump down to document6 HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit NATIONAL SECURITY institution that helps improve policy and POPULATION AND AGING PUBLIC SAFETY decisionmaking through research and SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY analysis. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY TRANSPORTATION AND Support RAND INFRASTRUCTURE Purchase this document WORKFORCE AND WORKPLACE Browse Books & Publications Make a charitable contribution For More Information Visit RAND at www.rand.org Explore the RAND National Security Research Division View document details Limited Electronic Distribution Rights This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law as indicated in a notice appearing later in this work. This electronic representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for non-commercial use only. Unauthorized posting of RAND PDFs to a non-RAND Web site is prohibited. RAND PDFs are protected under copyright law. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of our research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please see RAND Permissions. This product is part of the RAND Corporation monograph series. RAND monographs present major research findings that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND mono- graphs undergo rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity. Counterinsurgency in Pakistan Seth G. Jones, C. Christine Fair NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIVISION Project supported by a RAND Investment in People and Ideas This monograph results from the RAND Corporation’s Investment in People and Ideas program. -
Rise of Taliban in Waziristan Khan Zeb Burki ∗
Rise of Taliban in Waziristan Khan Zeb Burki ∗ Abstract Waziristan is in the eye of the storm since 2001. After the US invasion of Afghanistan and the overthrow of the Taliban government in 2002, Al-Qaeda and Taliban elements slipped into this region. The existing ground realities like terrain, tradition, administrative system, lack of political power, religious feelings, and socio-economic deprivation prevalent in Waziristan provided favourable and feasible ground for the rise and spread of Talibanization. The Pakistani troops moved into FATA to expel foreigners and check their further infiltration into the Pakistani tribal land. Military actions developed a sense of organization among the local Taliban in order to protect their friends and fight defensive jihad in Waziristan and hence Taliban groups emerged. NUMBER of groups emerged, and some prominent groups are Naik Muhammad Group, Abdullah Mehsud Group, Baitullah Mehsud Taliban Commandos, Mullah Nazir Group, Jalal-Ud- Din Haqani Group, Hafiz Gulbahadur Group. In 2007 a coherent group, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) came on the horizon. Soon a split occurred in TTP and Turkistan Baitanni Group and Abdullah Shaheed Group headed by Zain Ud Din stood against TTP. These groups remain dominant and have established their own regulation and Sharia in their area of influence. Keywords: Taliban, Waziristan, FATA, Pakistan Introduction The seed of Talibanization in Pakistan lies in General Zia-ul-Haq’s Afghan Policy. The support of Mujahideen and recruiting the Pakistani youth for Jihad in Afghanistan has proven to be a headache for Pakistan. Pakistan provided sanctuary to the Jihadis against the Soviet Union. The later formation of Taliban as an organized force with the help of Pakistani Intelligence Agency the ISI has become now a threat to ∗ Khan Zeb Burki, M. -
Domestic Barriers to Dismantling the Militant Infrastructure in Pakistan
[PEACEW RKS [ DOMESTIC BARRIERS TO DISMANTLING THE MILITANT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PAKISTAN Stephen Tankel ABOUT THE REPORT This report, sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace, examines several underexplored barriers to dismantling Pakistan’s militant infrastructure as a way to inform the understandable, but thus far ineffectual, calls for the coun- try to do more against militancy. It is based on interviews conducted in Pakistan and Washington, DC, as well as on primary and secondary source material collected via field and desk-based research. AUTHOR’S NOTE:This report was drafted before the May 2013 elections and updated soon after. There have been important developments since then, including actions Islamabad and Washington have taken that this report recommends. Specifically, the U.S. announced plans for a resumption of the Strategic Dialogue and the Pakistani government reportedly developed a new counterterrorism strategy. Meanwhile, the situation on the ground in Pakistan continues to evolve. It is almost inevitable that discrete ele- ments of this report of will be overtaken by events. Yet the broader trends and the significant, endogenous obstacles to countering militancy and dismantling the militant infrastruc- ture in Pakistan unfortunately are likely to remain in place for some time. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Stephen Tankel is an assistant professor at American University, nonresident scholar in the South Asia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and author of Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar- e-Taiba. He has conducted field research on conflicts and militancy in Algeria, Bangladesh, India, Lebanon, Pakistan, and the Balkans. Professor Tankel is a frequent media commentator and adviser to U.S. -
Militancy in the Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Afghanistan
Militancy in the Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Afghanistan Militancy inthePakistani Federally Administ MAGNUS NORELL (ED.) ered Tribal Areas(FATA)and Afghanistan FOI, Swedish Defence Research Agency, is a mainly assignment-funded agency under the Ministry of Defence. The core activities are research, method and technology development, as well as studies conducted in the interests of Swedish defence and the safety and security of society. The organisation employs approximately 1000 personnel of whom about 800 are scientists. This makes FOI Sweden’s largest research institute. FOI gives its customers access to leading-edge expertise in a large number of fi elds such as security policy studies, defence and security related analyses, the assessment of various types of threat, systems for control and management of crises, protection against and management of hazardous substances, IT security and the potential offered by new sensors. FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency Phone: +46 8 555 030 00 www.foi.se FOI-R--2727--SE User Report Defence Analysis Defence Analysis Fax: +46 8 555 031 00 ISSN 1650-1942 February 2010 SE-164 90 Stockholm Magnus Norell (Ed.) Militancy in the Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Afghanistan Cover picture: Scanpix FOI-R--2727--SE Title Militancy in the Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Afghanistan Rapportnr/Report no FOI-R--2727--SE Rapporttyp/ Report Type Användarrapport/User Report Månad/Month Februari/February Utgivningsår/Year 2010 Antal sidor/Pages 133 ISSN ISSN 1650-1942 Projektnr/Project no A12004 Godkänd av/Approved by Maria Lignell Jakobsson FOI, Totalförsvarets Forskningsinstitut FOI, Swedish Defence Research Agency Avdelningen för Försvarsanalys Division of Defence Analysis 164 90 Stockholm SE-164 90 Stockholm FOI-R--2727--SE Sammanfattning Det primära syftet med denna rapport är att identifiera några av de militanta organisationer, samt ledande personer inom dessa, som är aktiva i de s.k. -
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project (KPIAIP)
Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project (KPIAIP) Public Disclosure Authorized INTEGRATED PESTMANAGEMENTFRAMEWORK March 2019 Public Disclosure Authorized Directorate of On-Farm Water Management Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Agriculture play key role in the livelihood of the people in rural area especially in the remote and underdeveloped areas as majority of the population in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa depends on agriculture directly or indirectly for their living. Among the different limiting factors in the successful agriculture production, pests play a vital role while pesticide contaminants play key role in decreasing quality of the products and posing threat to the public health and environment. The current assignment is aimed to develop an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Plan for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. IPM Plan is part of the Component –C of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Irrigated Agriculture Input Project (KPIAIP). The IPM plan will help to mitigate the use of pesticides in the agriculture system in the Province. It will lead to minimize the potential adverse impacts of pesticides on human health and on environment. IPM packages for crops and pests will be developed to improve the livelihood of the farming communities as well as that of the indigenous people in the target areas. This assignment will be based on Education, Research, Outreach and policies for IPM for Agriculture sector of the Province, however initially intervention will be focused on areas / Districts with great potentials and later it will be extended to the rest of the districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where project activities shall be executed. Farmers have been using Agro-chemicals for the crop production as well as for crop Protection since long. -
ADP-2020-21.Pdf
PROPOSED ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2020-21 GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT http://www. pndkp.gov.pk Annual Development Programme 2020-21 Table of Contents S.No. Sector/Sub Sector Page No. 1 Abstract-I i 2 Abstract-II ii 3 Abstract-III iii 4 Abstract-IV iv 5 Abstract-V vii 6 Abstract-VI viii 7 Agriculture 1 8 Auqaf, Hajj 41 9 Board of Revenue 51 10 Districts ADP 63 11 DWSS 65 12 E&SE 93 13 Energy & Power 121 14 Environment 137 15 Establishment & Administration 139 16 Excise, Taxation & NC 143 17 Finance 146 18 Food 148 19 Forestry 153 20 Health 165 21 Higher Education 196 22 Home 216 23 Housing 234 24 Industries 235 25 Information 254 26 Labour 258 27 Law & Justice 260 28 Local Government 268 29 Mines & Minerals 281 30 Multi Sectoral Dev. 285 31 Population Welfare 305 32 Relief and Rehab. 308 33 Roads 317 34 Social Welfare 399 35 Special Initiatives 407 36 Sports, Tourism 409 37 ST&IT 441 38 Transport 446 39 Urban Development 450 40 Water 463 41 Annex-I - List of Foreign Aided Projects - 42 Annex-II - List of Division Wise Roads - Proposed ADP 2020-21 Sector-Wise Overall Portfolio (Million Rs.) S.No. Sector Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Merged Areas AIP Total Sector Local F.Aid Total Local F.Aid Total Share (%) 1 Agriculture 4,766 5,357 10,123 777 738 1,515 2,677 14,315 4.5 2 Auqaf, Hajj 372 - 372 145 - 145 185 702 0.2 3 BOR 507 - 507 564 - 564 600 1,671 0.5 4 Districts ADP 44,571 - 44,571 10,286 - 10,286 54,857 17.3 5 DWSS 3,548 10 3,558 1,926 - 1,926 1,407 6,891 2.2 6 E&SE 10,766 7,921 18,687 2,647 1,110 3,757 7,759 30,203 9.5 7 Energy & Power 527 8,211 8,738 1,000 - 1,000 1,699 11,437 3.6 8 Environment 30 - 30 10 - 10 40 0.0 9 Estab. -
Afghanistan and Pakistan
UZBEKISTAN Dushanbe TAJIKISTAN CHINA TURKMENISTAN Kunduz Mazar-i Sharif GILGIT- BALTISTAN (Administered by Pakistan) Kabul SWAT Mardan Srinagar Herat Abbottabad Jalalabad JAMMU & Swabi Islamabad PAKTIA Peshawar KASHMIR Ghazni (Administered by Khost Rawalpindi India) AFGHANISTAN Administered by Pakistan Jammu Federally PAKTIKA ZABUL Administered Lashkar Tribal Areas Lahore Amritsar Gah Kandahar PAKISTAN PUNJAB Quetta Multan Delhi IRAN INDIA Jaipur RAJASTHAN 0 kilometres 200 0miles 100 Hyderabad Karachi Disputed border Line of control Arabian Sea Main roads Afghanistan and Pakistan 44357.indd357.indd vviiiiii 118/03/148/03/14 55:12:12 PMPM TAJIKISTAN Federally Administered Tribal Areas Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province NORTHERN H Mastuj S U AREAS K U CHITRAL N D Gilgit H I Chitral Kalam AFGHANISTAN SWAT Dir KOHISTAN DIR BAJAUR SHANGLA Naran AGENCY BATTAGRAM MOHMAND MALAKAND MANSEHRA Jalalabad AGENCY AGENCY BUNER INDIA Kabul Khyber Pass MARDAN Mansehra CHARSADDA Landi Kotal SWABI ABBOTTABAD Peshawar KHYBER PESHAWAR Gardeyz Parachinar AGENCY NOWSHERA HARIPUR KURRAM ORAKZAI AGENCY Islamabad AGENCY Kohat Khowst HANGU KOHAT Rawalpindi ceasefire line Miram Shah Bannu KARAK NORTH WARZIRISTAN BANNU Kalabagh Razmak AGENCY LAKKI Mianwali THE PUNJAB MARWAT Jandola SOUTH WARZIRISTAN AGENCY TANK Wana PAKISTAN Dera Ismail Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN Zhob 0 kilometres 80 050miles Former North West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan 4357.indd ix 25/03/14 8:05 PM 1 Operations by British and Indian troops against the hostile Mahsud and other tribes on the Waziristan section of the Indian North West Frontier, 1937. 2 A hero of the anti-Soviet Afghan Jihad years, and persona non grata of today, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar remains hopeful about his future role.