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The Terror Within Us

The terror within us

The negotiations with the TTP will, possibly, result in a significant decrease in terror incidents. However, by then Pakistan would have moved several warm degrees closer to the Taliban embrace.…

Hanging In The Balance

Hanging in the balance

Pakistan’s overall balance of payment position has deteriorated sharply in the first half (July-December) of the current fiscal year (2013-14) as compared with the corresponding period of the last year.…

Dangerous Mall Culture

Dangerous mall culture

TO many, they are escapes, fluorescent havens of light when there is darkness at home, literal or metaphorical. Like the urban dwellers of most cities, the upwardly mobile of Karachi…

The Final Battle

The final battle

While the challenges the state of Pakistan is confronted with are many, the greatest is the insurgency that emanated from Balochistan and Fata, which, over the years, has enveloped the…

A Dictator Is A Dictator

A dictator is a dictator

Former Pakistan army chief Pervez Musharraf ousted an elected civilian government from power, and usurped power illegally, holding on to it for over ten years, but there are those in…

Talks With The Purveyors Of Terror

Talks with the purveyors of terror

The people of Pakistan have grown accustomed to soul-shattering tragedy, which has been their constant companion for more than a decade. The National Internal Security Policy 2013-2018 announced by Interior…

The Year Of Dialogue

The year of dialogue

THERE’S stuff they’ll tell you and there’s stuff they won’t. Usually, it’s what they won’t tell you that’s more interesting. Publicly, the army is all ‘we can fix this, let…