Madressahs and cash
The recently unveiled National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism is an important document. Important, because for the first time the government has created a comprehensive document detailing exactly what needs…
Unsung heroes
This is in continuation of my columns highlighting the invaluable services of my colleagues, without whom the success of our nuclear programme would not have been possible. In one of…
Unsung heroes
It is customary for countries keep records of important events and of the people who have played prominent roles. These records mention their achievements and contributions to the national cause.…
Displaced, disowned
It was all too hauntingly familiar. Scores of children, women and the elderly huddled together in whatever serves as refuge. Private hujras, public schools, factory storerooms, and even cattle enclosures…
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…
Enough
Pakistan has mollycoddled the TTP for too long. And it isn’t them alone; the banner and the umbrella seem to expand endlessly – taking in all who wish to plug-and-play,…
View Point: …reaping the whirlwind
Last Sunday night's terrorist strike at the country's largest airport in mega-polis Karachi overshadowed another horrific incident that took place the same evening in a remotely-located small border town, Taftan.…
Murder in the name of faith
The fate of 65-year-old Khalil Ahmed was sealed on the day he was accused of blasphemy. It was his death warrant. He was killed while in police detention hours after…
The dissension within
KHAN Said alias Sajna and Shehryar Mehsud, both from the Mehsud Taliban fighters, continue to engage in a bloodbath for turf and kitty. According to first-hand reports, dozens of fighters,…
The divides over drones
What the drone strike last week has achieved is that it has removed the recent confusion in the opposing camps in Pakistan and kicked off the latest ‘we-have-been-vindicated’ campaigns by…
