Brothers in arms WE love the Afghan Taliban — the slayers of arrogant global superpowers — but not so much their brothers-in-arms... Published 14 Oct, 2013 07:27am
The foreign hand FISHING in troubled waters is the unfortunate rule and not the exception in strategic thinking. Add to that the... Published 07 Oct, 2013 08:04am
The revenge argument IN 2004 Corps Commander XI Corps decided to meet Nek Mohammad to seal a peace deal. The political agent responsible... Published 30 Sep, 2013 07:02am
Unconditional talks? IS it not extraordinary that the prime minister and the federal government assume they possess legal authority to... Published 23 Sep, 2013 07:06am
The peace delusion WHILE approaching our problem of terror and courting peace in earnest there is no room for false bravado. Why object... Published 16 Sep, 2013 07:02am
Giuliani for Karachi THERE were neighbourhoods in New York City in the 1990s that were no-go areas. Times Square hosted prostitution,... Published 09 Sep, 2013 07:56am
Angry impotence FIRST YouTube was banned. Now it’s late night telephone packages. What is next? Music, for it gives the... Published 02 Sep, 2013 08:17am
No cloistered virtue CHIEF Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry’s long-drawn-out term is winding down and in a few months we will have a new ... Updated 26 Aug, 2013 07:42am
Stockholm syndrome IN 1973 two robbers held four bank employees hostage for five days during the robbery of Kreditbanken in Stockholm.... Published 19 Aug, 2013 08:34am
The Emirate of TTP THERE is a businessman in Karachi who lives in one of those manors with barbed wires Updated 12 Aug, 2013 08:00am
Down to shameful? WHEN the US Supreme Court decided the outcome of their 2000 presidential election in Bush vs. Gore through a... Published 05 Aug, 2013 07:26am
Hubris as justice? THE Election Commission of Pakistan should not have abdicated responsibility. It should have definitively fixed a... Updated 30 Jul, 2013 06:46am
