Tayyab Ali Shah

Tayyab Ali Shah is a free lance political and policy analyst. He is a Pashtun from Pakistan and has Masters degrees in Political Science, Business Administration and Public Policy. He has extensive experience in community development, policy advocacy and political education with both Pakistani and Afghan Pashtuns. Tayyab moderates the Pakhtunkhwa Peace Forum and has written for Pakistan’s Frontier Post and Daily Times.

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The Death of Waziristan’s Mullah Nazir: An American Victory or a Pakistani Loss?

01.25.2013 Tayyab Ali Shah

News of the death of prominent Taliban leader Mullah Nazir in a drone strike hit the headlines in Pakistan earlier this month just as the...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Pakistan

Fresh Violence Threatens to Make Karachi the New Mogadishu

02.04.2011 Tayyab Ali Shah

Karachi, Pakistan’s most populous city and its commercial capital, is yet again in the throes of violence. With Karachi generating 68% of the government’s revenue...

Publication Terrorism Monitor South Asia

Suicide-Bomb Assassination of Prominent Cleric in South Waziristan May Incite Tribal Conflict

09.23.2010 Tayyab Ali Shah

While the Pakistani government and army were busy helping millions of Pakistanis reeling under the worst floods in the nation’s history, newspaper headlines flashed on...

Publication Terrorism Monitor South Asia

Pakistan’s Bajaur Agency Emerges as New Hub for Islamist Militancy

08.12.2010 Tayyab Ali Shah

The Bajaur Tribal Agency in northwest Pakistan continues to be a hotbed of militancy despite being officially declared a “conflict free zone” by the Pakistan...

Publication Terrorism Monitor South Asia