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Khalid Aziz is a former civil service officer, having more than 30 years experience with an outstanding service record in various jobs under the federal and provincial governments. He headed the NWFP Planning, Environment & Development Department for six years and played a major role in transforming NWFP. He also headed the province as its Chief Secretary. After government service he started his own development consultancy firm in 2003. He writes extensively on the region.

Robocop meets Baitullah Mehsud

// During the past week or so, militants have carried out serious attacks in Peshawar and nearby Jamrud in Khyber agency. It included the unfortunate murder of development worker Stephen Vance, the kidnapping of an Iranian diplomat, a botched kidnapping of two journalists one of them Japanese, a suicide attack at the gates of theRead More »Robocop meets Baitullah Mehsud

Obama’s AfPak dilemma on Wednesday, 04 Nov, 2009

// WHEN President Barack Obama took office he commissioned an inter-agency review of US policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan. The recommendations emerging from this review were issued in a white paper. The paper reflected opinions held by disparate groups in the highly saturated think-tank world of Washington, yet it lacked consistency and proposed contradictory policies,Read More »Obama’s AfPak dilemma on Wednesday, 04 Nov, 2009

Interview on 10th Oct, 2009

// Khalid Aziz is a former civil servant who has spent more than 30 years in various departments under the federal and provincial governments. He headed the NWFP Planning, Environment & Development Department for six years and played a major role in transforming the province. He also remained the NWFP chief secretary. After the governmentRead More »Interview on 10th Oct, 2009

Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trilateral Meeting in New Delhi 6th to 8th June, 2009

// Speech delivered by Khalid Aziz at the conference, How cooperation between Afghanistan, India & Pakistan can help in the stabilization of the region? I want to thank the DPG for giving me an opportunity to visit India once again. I also want to thank them for affording me the opportunity of having interaction withRead More »Afghanistan-India-Pakistan Trilateral Meeting in New Delhi 6th to 8th June, 2009

Approaches for dealing with insurgency in Fata is development the answer?

// Introduction Militants in Fata and NWFP remain fragmented and solutions to the problems posed by insurgents ultimately require political handling, which in turn depends on legitimate and capable civilian and military state institutions that provide services and governance to establish empowered communities able to deny space to militants. The al Qaeda and the TalibanRead More »Approaches for dealing with insurgency in Fata is development the answer?
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