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A moment of shame

Raymond Davis, the American who got away scot-free after killing two young Pakistanis in Lahore and a third one by a hit-and-run vehicle coming to his rescue back in January…

In the cross hairs again

ONCE again as this paper and its team face a sudden spike in the pressure that they have learned to live with for the past three years, the inevitable question…

No One Killed Zain?

No one killed Zain?

On a day when Pakistan was lit by the lightning of separation between Imran Khan and Reham Khan, I was a bit thrilled by another headline that, of course, was…

Viewpoint: A Rotten VIP Culture

Viewpoint: A rotten VIP culture

Nine senators recently moved a resolution in the upper house saying that "the government may extend usual facilities of VIPs to all ex-members of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) of Pakistan, including the…

The Perfect Acquittal

The perfect acquittal

Last Tuesday, an anti-terrorism court acquitted Mustafa Kanju, son of former state minister for Foreign Affairs Siddique Kanju, of murder in a case related to the death of a young…

When Death Stands At The Door

When death stands at the door

Can countries commit suicide? Yes they can. We have proven that by becoming a nation that is killing its people in many different ways – one by one. We mourn…