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An Insidious Agenda

An insidious agenda

There can be little doubt Gen Raheel Sharif hasn’t put a foot wrong in the popular perception since being elevated to the position of the chief of army staff and…

One Country, Three Policies

One country, three policies

Stupid as it is, all you can do is shrug. After all, when India is an imbecile, Pakistan has to reciprocate. So now we have this dossier business. One each…

The ‘new’ Militants

The ‘new’ militants

The Peshawar school massacre points to the surfacing of a new generation of Islamist militants in Pakistan. The country, in the last 13 years, has suffered more than 13,721 terrorist…

Winds Of Change?

Winds of change?

How many rallies do a revolution make? Or is the change to be wrought through mid-term elections? Where, after all, are we headed? If these and similar questions reverberate in…

Changing Titanic’s Course

Changing Titanic’s course

Even if the current resolve to finally tackle terrorism is military-led, is that reason enough to doubt it or, in a more extreme case, reject it? The answer has to…

Glimmer Of Hope?

Glimmer of hope?

“Sir, we support democracy but aren’t we allowed to ask why in the six years of representative rule none of our elected presidents or the prime ministers have ever bothered…

The dead we grieve for

WHY is it that those who support enforcement of a regressive brand of Sharia, those who endorse a worldview that supports turning back the hands of the clock on human…

Fear & Loathing In Awaran

Fear & loathing in Awaran

It was a surreal setting. The ruins of a village in Awaran, Balochistan, bathed in the light of the nearly full moon. A tiny mosque was the only structure, it…

Militancy’s Steady Progress

Militancy’s steady progress

In a country plagued by terrorist attacks that have claimed the lives of leaders, ordinary people and the more vulnerable citizens, each tragedy is painful and emotionally draining. But every…

Fighting Sectarian Terrorism

Fighting sectarian terrorism

The PML-N finally faces the moment of truth for nurturing the banned sectarian terrorist outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. In Monday's parliamentary debate on Shia massacres in Quetta and Karachi, all fingers were…