Tag: Afridi


  • KP CM Afridi Criticizes Behind-Closed-Doors Anti-Terrorism Decisions

    KP CM Afridi Criticizes Behind-Closed-Doors Anti-Terrorism Decisions

    KP CM Afridi Criticizes Behind-Closed-Doors Anti-Terrorism Decisions In a move signaling growing discontent with centralized policy-making, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has criticized anti-terrorism measures that were devised “behind closed doors” and subsequently imposed on the province. Afridi’s remarks underscore a pressing question facing many regional governments: how can counterterrorism policies be effective if…

  • KP CM Afridi: Behind-Closed-Door Anti-Terrorism Decisions Have Failed to Deliver

    KP CM Afridi: Behind-Closed-Door Anti-Terrorism Decisions Have Failed to Deliver

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under pressure to reform anti-terrorism strategy In a pointed critique of how security policy is crafted in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Chief Minister Sohail Zehri Afridi has said that decisions made “behind closed doors” and imposed on the province have not delivered the intended results in countering terrorism. Speaking in Peshawar, the provincial…