[Dhaka Tribune] The decline and fall of the loathesome Khaleda Zia Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... , the former two-time prime minister and the former leader of the opposition, has an element of Greek and Shakespearian tragedy. Khaleda Zia's defeat in her desperate fight against the loathesome Sheikh Hasina ...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums.. for the restoration of the caretaker government to oversee free, fair, and inclusive general election, has a truly tragic character.
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The editorialist has interviewed over four hundred terrorists, their associates and close family members and their hostages in various countries around the world, and wrote the book "Talking to Terrorists".
Meanwhile, DEBKA has a report from the region to take with as many grains of salt as you wish.
[DAWN] THE discovery of mass graves in the restive Khuzdar district of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... late last month opened an ugly new chapter in a long-running and sordid tale. With a Supreme Court-mandated inquiry committee to present its findings at the next hearing in Islamabad on March 7, the details are still quite scarce. Whose bodies were found and how they were killed and by whom is yet to be officially determined. But the mere existence of mass graves suggests that the long alleged policy of kill-and-dump by the security agencies of Baloch nationalists is far bigger and more pernicious than perhaps previously understood in many quarters. And therein lies the ongoing tragedy and seemingly impossible conundrum of Balochistan: how to wrest security policy in the province from the army-led security establishment?
Unhappily, the early promise -- or maybe it was just hope -- shown by the National Party-led coalition government in Balochistan is dissipating. As ever, the language used by the provincial and federal governments is unimpeachable and hewn to common sense and the genuine national interest. But words have rarely, if at all, been backed by action. Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch may want to reach out to Baloch separatists and in that he may have the support of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... , but no provincial government can get anything done -- let alone something so fundamental and seminal as a grinding of the peace processor -- if it is at war with itself. And, despite the acute tensions being papered over repeatedly, there is no doubt that Sanaullah Zehri, the PML-N provincial chief who was asked to sacrifice his ambition to become chief minister for the greater good as Mr Sharif saw it, and the supporters of Mr Zehri, are simply unwilling to let the Balochistan government function at all. Having said that, however, neither has Mr Malik shown the kind of leadership that the National Party long pledged it would bring to government.
Meanwhile, ...back at the game, the Babe headed for second base. He almost made it. Then Sheila slapped him.... while the Supreme Court has doggedly pursued the case of the missing persons and put pressure on the security establishment to end human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. abuses and gross violations of the law, the courts are really not the vehicle that can achieve a state policy turnaround on their own. The only viable road to peace is known to one and all and, with the obsessive pursuit of dialogue with the TTP, should hardly be controversial: the separatists have to be brought back into the mainstream through dialogue and negotiations. But for that to happen, there has to be serious political will demonstrated by the provincial and federal governments. That will simply is not apparent at the moment. The problem is, let a problem fester for too long and a conflagration becomes more likely.
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[DAWN] THE forces of Evil keep changing their targets and tactics, making it difficult for law enforcement agencies to combat them. The strength of the forces of Evil lies entirely in their operational strategies. It is a real challenge for law enforcement agencies to keep one step ahead of them.
The recent variations in their operational strategies show that the forces of Evil have adopted fluid network structures that make it harder for law enforcement to infiltrate and disrupt. Al Qaeda and local forces of Evil have formed small terrorist cells for specific targets. The advantage of these cells is that they can breach surveillance covers and hit unconventional targets, intensifying the impact of their terrorist activities.
The Daimer terrorist attack last year brought more embarrassment for the country, compared to Taliban attacks in the tribal area and in the conflict-prone areas of KP. The TTP stated that the group responsible, Janud-e-Hafsa, was their subsidiary and that it had carried out attacks to draw international attention to drone attacks in Fata.
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...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as 
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