The gates of hell
AS the US was about to launch its 2003 military invasion of Iraq, the then secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, warned presciently: “You will open the Gates…
Are they not Pakistanis?
It was unthinkable to believe that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his political government would go for a military operation in North Waziristan without having first exhausted all possible options…
Blocking the revolving door
The landmark agreement between Islamabad and Kabul to take action against all militants and their hideouts on either side of the border without any distinction signifies an important shift in…
The incompetence argument against democracy
Like drug addicts, we will endure almost any indignity for yet another hit from the bong of low-grade gossip that passes for national news. Tahirul Qadri’s travails on flight EK…
Questions worth asking
Political parties, mainstream media sources and several civil society groups have designated the army operation in North Waziristan as a strategically sound course of action, and support for it as…
On state terrorism
It is among the many wonders of this land of the pure that charlatans renowned for their closeness to state institutions can spout rhetoric about the use of ‘state terrorism’…
The big resource leaks
"Sale of loadshedding" means stopping power supply to the ordinary and selling it to the powerful in exchange for personal benefits to the Disco top brass - a "business" reflecting…
Maritime in limbo
The maritime administration can be defined as that branch, department or organ of the Government which deals with Maritime matters. The role and function can be categorised under the distinct…
Heroes and villains
LET’S play a little game. Call it alternate reality. There is a place called Pakistan. It has a power called the boys. The boys own everything, decide everything, do everything…
Understanding the threat
AT least two things are quite clear about the lethal terrorist assault that took place on the Karachi airport’s cargo terminal. First, more than one terrorist group was behind this…
