Pakistan Defense News

The Punjab Police played a significant part in handling the refugee crisis of 1947-48. It continued as a separate organization till 1955 when it was merged with the police of other provinces to create the West Pakistan Police.

A US-led coalition spearheaded the invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 because it said that the country was being used as a sanctuary by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden following the 9/11 attacks in the US.

The Taliban had vowed retaliation in Pakistan’s urban areas for the military operation against them. There is very little doubt that most of these attacks are part of this promised retaliation with the objective of opening up a...