Akbar Notezai

Akbar Notezai is a journalist with Dawn and is based in Quetta. He tweets at @Akbar_notezai.

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The Pakistani Taliban’s Reemergence in Swat

02.09.2023 Akbar Notezai

Since late 2022, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the “Pakistani Taliban,”—an alliance of jihadist networks that have fought the Pakistani state since 2007—has...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Afghanistan

The Female Suicide Bombing at Karachi’s Chinese Confucius Institute and the Paradigm Shift in Baluch Rebels’ Strategy in Pakistan

05.20.2022 Kiyya Baloch

Introduction Since 2018, the Baluch insurgency in Pakistan has become more lethal, especially for Chinese nationals, and the pattern behind such attacks is clear. In...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Pakistan

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Hits Bottom in Balochistan

01.28.2022 Kiyya Baloch

Introduction In early January, several hours of heavy rain exposed poor infrastructure and exaggerated claims of massive development in Gwadar. The largely deserted port city...

Publication China Brief China