It is not the enemy without, but the enemy within that is pounding on Pakistan’s door.

Journalism can be a dangerous business and a heady experience, says Mariana Baabar, the diplomatic correspondent for The News and the Islamabad correspondent for The Outlook.

On June 25, a confident Prime Minister Jamali, addressing a group of journalists at a reception, debunked media reports – for the umpteenth time – that he had been asked to relinquish his post.

Musharraf’s value to Washington is reflected in the extraordinarily congenial approach adopted towards his administration. But can one seriously expect any long-term good to flow from it?

“Are we reaching a stage when an on-camera beheading will be seen with a yawn?” asks human rights activist and media practioner Zohra Yusuf, as most channels race to show gruesome images to ostensibly increase their ratings.

Five weeks of bloody violence and anarchy, five bomb blasts, 60 plus people killed, hundreds injured, banks and private properties looted, several dozen cars gutted – and investigators are still groping in the dark.

From the My Lai in Vietnam, to prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq – the US has attempted to cover up its inhumane conduct..

Zulfiqar Ali Ramzi’s family has been involved in the film business since pre-Partition and Zulfiqar has been in the business since January 1975. Till recently, he was the Managing Director of the Star Cinema, Karachi.

If the MMA were allowed free rein in this country, it would ensure that not just every madrassa but also every school in this country, churn out jihadis – enough cannon fodder for all the jihads in the world.

Given it’s huge market, will China’s entry into SAARC trigger massive economic growth in the region, or prove otherwise?