Internal security fault lines have assumed threatening proportions resulting in the weakening of state institutions and confusion developing in society. The belated but welcome development of the National Internal Security…
The mystery about the system of governance Pakistan is now following needs to be resolved as quickly as possible if the state is to be saved from suffering avoidable embarrassment…
Whosoever said "those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it" obviously did not realise that some, such as our rulers, cannot learn even from current history to…
BS: As to rules of behaviour, I see western behaviour as being largely of love and kindness toward others, while Islamic behaviour as being cold, arrogant, disrespectful and threatening towards…
The leaders in Pakistan seem possessed by magic. Is there another logical explanation for the deliberate effort of our rulers to nurture and strengthen the scourge of terror? The debate…
The recent acts of terrorism in Peshawar and Karachi cast a deep shadow over the ongoing dialogue process with the Tehreek-e-Taliban. As the TTP attacks increase in frequency and brazenness…
It would appear that the Taliban are broadcasting on a radio frequency most Pakistanis are not tuned into. And yet their message is loud and clear: our version of the…
How would a historian of the future – let’s say someone in 2114 – analyse and describe the present-day conflict and unabated religiously-motivated terrorism within Pakistan? Will the future historian…
Pakistan is facing an existential threat and our confused leaders seem to have lost their ability to understand and process the information being given to them by national security institutions.…
Senior Obama administration officials say our government is sharply scaling back its drone strikes in Pakistan. That’s a step in the right direction. It would be even better if the…
