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[28 May 2011 | One Comment | Salman Akram Raja]
A Foregone Conclusion?

Unless the stereotypical narrative of rape that governed Mukhtaran Mai’s case is not reconstructed, future rape victims will find that irrespective of the evidence in their cases, they have already been ruled against in the courts of law and public opinion.

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[26 May 2011 | One Comment | Nadir Hassan]
Till Expediency Do Us Part

Pakistan’s shifting political sands make for the strangest bedfellows.

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The Day After

With Osama gone, is Pakistan now Public Enemy Number One?

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Strained Bedfellows

Frosty CIA-ISI relations are unlikely to thaw anytime soon, especially after the unilateral raid on bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad and repeated US demands on Pakistan to crack down on the Haqqani Network in North Waziristan.

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[22 May 2011 | One Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Sleeping with the Enemy

Pakistan has been called terror central and a safe haven for Al Qaeda. The discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad has only confirmed that. Here is a list of some key Al Qaeda suspects captured or killed on Pakistani soil.

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[21 May 2011 | Comments Off | Aoun Abbas Sahi]
Man Eat Man

The investigation into the bizarre case of cannibalism in a Punjab village begs more questions than it answers.