Pakistan: The Jihadist Challenge in the Heartland

Despite the fact that Pakistan's military is engaged in clearing militants from Pakistan's northwest tribal areas, militants have clearly maintained the ability to strike in the more strategic Pakistani core of Punjab. A controversial attack July 1 against the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore is a case in point, representing a growing challenge for the Pakistani government, which doesn't seem to have a strategy for interdicting jihadists and preventing attacks in the country's heartland.