Reza Jan

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Karachi violence emblematic of Pakistan’s instability

Reza Jan | May 20, 2013, 5:36 pm

All is not well in the City of Lights, as Pakistan’s major metropolis, Karachi, is known. The murder of a senior political party worker on May 18 underscores the unrest wracking the city in the wake of recent elections, and … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Taliban violence mars Pakistan’s election

Reza Jan | May 17, 2013, 1:58 pm

On May 11, 2013, Pakistanis voted in an election that will mark the country’s first ever peaceful transition of power from one democratic government to the next, following the previous government’s unprecedented completion of its full five-year term. Pakistani voters … read more >

Thousands of Pakistanis queue for hours to cast their ballots at a polling station in Karachi

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Pakistan’s election: What the outcome means for Pakistan and the region

Reza Jan | May 13, 2013, 5:09 pm

Editor’s Note: For a more comprehensive account of the elections in Pakistan, please visit www.CriticalThreats.org. Pakistan voted on Saturday in a historic general election that marks the first full transition from one democratically elected civilian government to another in the … read more >

Image Credit: BRQ Network (Flickr) (CC BY 2.0)

Foreign and Defense Policy

Benghazi: The focus of numerous attacks and a clear soft target

Reza Jan | October 23, 2012, 9:22 am

The September 11, 2012 attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi and the deteriorating situation in Libya was once again a political talking point in last night’s presidential debate on national security. As the argument rages over exactly what happened … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Mapping the protests in Pakistan

Reza Jan | September 26, 2012, 9:17 am

Protests and violence have erupted across the Muslim world following the release on YouTube of “Innocence of Muslims,” a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. Nowhere has the violence been as intense as in Pakistan. read more >

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