menu_open
Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

The Express Tribune

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Two wars

FOLLOWING 9/11, the ashes of the World Trade Centre in New York ignited fires in different parts of the world. Even now, 23 years later, those fires...

previous day 200

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

After independence

FOLLOWING independence and until the passage of the 25th Amendment in 2018, the tribal areas in Pakistan’s northwest were federally administered....

09.10.2024 200

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Ungoverned areas

THE war against terrorism has put ungoverned and weakly governed spaces into the limelight, and governance in such areas is being debated. Globally,...

30.09.2024 200

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

The VNSA threat

MODERN states are faced with numerous traditional and non-traditional security challenges, including threats from Violent Non-State Actors (VNSAs)....

02.09.2024 100

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Australia’s recipe

WITH more than 100 different faiths and over 300 languages, Australia is one of the world’s most culturally and linguistically diverse nations....

13.08.2024 200

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Extremism virus

MANY societies affected by extremism mistakenly believe that countering and preventing extremism is the exclusive domain of government agencies. This...

27.07.2024 200

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Policing the police

THE establishment of dedicated Police Complaints Authorities has been a long-standing demand in the discussion on police reforms in Pakistan and...

01.07.2024 100

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

The making of HuT

IN January 2024, the British government labelled Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT) as the 80th proscribed terrorist organisation, raising significant questions...

16.06.2024 100

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Moving bombs

IN the post-9/11 scenario, suicide bombing emerged as the deadliest and most popular terrorist strategy adopted by various groups around the world....

27.05.2024 100

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Street safety

THE Sindh chief executive’s resolve to address street crime is encouraging. This commitment raises important questions: are these crimes organised...

11.05.2024 100

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Stirring monster

LAST month’s attack on a Moscow concert hall garnered global media attention, highlighting the rapidly expanding capabilities of the militant...

29.04.2024 200

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Finnish recipe

FINLAND has been ranked as the wor­ld’s happiest country for the seventh strai­ght year. It is also the 13th safest in the world. In the Global...

16.04.2024 200

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Turbulent Sahel

THE Sahel, a vast stretch of land below the Sahara and extending from Burkina Faso to Eritrea, has become the global epicentre of terrorism. The...

25.03.2024 80

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Waves of terrorism

HISTORICALLY, terrorism has evolved in its aims, forms, frequency, lethality, targets, and operation methods at various intervals. The changes...

04.03.2024 200

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Tribal transition

HISTORICALLY, Pakistan’s tribal areas have long stood at the crossroads of governance, culture, and geopolitics. These areas have navigated the...

14.02.2024 100

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Al Shabaab threat

AL SHABAAB (‘the youth’) is Al Qaeda’s subsidiary in East Africa. It is active in much of southern Somalia and a few pockets in Kenya and...

22.01.2024 100

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

New challenges

IN Pakistan, technological innovation has altered the nature of crime, yet law-enforcement remains mired in an outdated organisational structure,...

30.12.2023 100

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Norwegian recipe

NORWAY’S ‘Action Plan against Radi­ca­lisation and Violent Extremism’ epitomises its commitment to effectively counter viol­ent extremism....

09.12.2023 100

Dawn

Mohammad Ali Babakhel

1d009f9a4de6c2286c8a50e89d7aef84