Resolutions to do nothing
The word “deweaponisation” is in vogue these days. The Senate has adopted a resolution to deweaponise Karachi, while the National Assembly – in a recent resolution – also aims to…
Will Khan make tribesmen’s dream true?
The dreams of Imran Khan have all come true. This is what he said in a speech at a public meeting in Karachi on Dec 25 quoting his success as…
Not the business of the state
On Aug 18, a letter from Citizen of Pakistan Naeem Sadiq of Karachi (naeemsadiq@gmail.com) was printed in this newspaper of record. The subject was a ‘Request for suo moto notice’…
Come clean, there is still time
It’s official: according to none other than this journal of record, the 12-year old child “left outside a house in Karachi [on Sunday, April 4, 2008] is the missing daughter…
Enough!
The increasing incidence of violence involving our state agencies, it hardly needs saying, is symptomatic of a systemic problem. The murder in cold blood of a young man in Karachi…
No room for reason?
Democratic minded citizens should be grateful to the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) for his outside-the-court address in Karachi wherein he has reminded them of the perils the country`s system…
Where are the peace women?
Is peace in Karachi on the mend? Quite likely. The political reconciliation that is in the air will hopefully lower the level of violence. But for how long? A positive…
Patterns of response
Counting a few major attacks claimed by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during the last three months in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata delineate three clear tactical patterns. (It must be noted…
State of the nation
The mobs venting their anger on Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on Dec 27, 2007, let loose an orgy of riot and mayhem. Many took to the business of violence not only…
Sector commanders on the defensive
With increasing desperation they are watching this drama unfold and their anger only grows because they don’t know how to respond. What is happening is new for them, outside the…
