Fighting Militants in Pakistan: Who Is In Charge?

A lethal attack on a Pakistani police academy in Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan, highlights the country’s power struggle over policy towards militant Saudi-backed Islamist groups nurtured by the Pakistan military and intelligence service. It also spotlights China’s willingness to acco...

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Main Author: James, Michael Dorsey
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84216
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41715
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:A lethal attack on a Pakistani police academy in Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan, highlights the country’s power struggle over policy towards militant Saudi-backed Islamist groups nurtured by the Pakistan military and intelligence service. It also spotlights China’s willingness to accommodate Pakistani ambivalence towards militants.