Reaping a bitter harvest
This year has been very testing for France because, after the deadly January 7 attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo, on November 13, Paris witnessed the worst human tragedy…
Gaps in responses
THE wounds of last year’s terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar are still fresh and cause for renewing our resolve to finish the job of securing Pakistan’s…
An act of appeasement?
In a curious piece on these pages (January 10) Feisal Naqvi, normally the most clear-eyed of commentators, has declared the Federal Shariat Court a mere talk shop and an act…
And the nightmare unfolded…
The December 16 attack on the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar was the worst terrorist act in Pakistan's history that claimed the lives of more than 149 people, including…
Home-grown threat
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Imran Khan discussed the reasons why the number of terror attacks in the country had decreased. “When the Americans were pushing…
APS tragedy: forever etched
One year on, the horror of the Army Public School tragedy in Peshawar continues to haunt our conscience. Terror atrocities have killed thousands of people in this country and yet…
Knock knock, Pakistan, is anyone listening?
In the big global strategic picture, opportunity is knocking for Pakistan in two broad gradients – if not more. The only worry is that even if the knocks have woken…
VIEWPOINT: Now or never
Glowing tributes are being paid to the slain Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada for the ultimate sacrifice he made in the fight terrorism. Presiding over a special meeting of his…
Militancy in Punjab
The suicide attack on the Punjab Home Minister Col (r) Shuja Khanzada, in the backdrop of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) Chief Malik Ishaq’s killing, indicates the magnitude of the problem the security…
Implications of Iran’s N-deal
BY all accounts, a “framework” agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme is likely to be concluded by end-March between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, UK and US). A…
