To doff or not to doff the uniform – that is not the question.

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s increasingly bulky cabinet is not just the largest in Pakistan’s history, but also the most expensive to maintain.

Even though police are catching some of the deadliest terrorists in the country, including Amjad Farooqui and Eid Mohammed, more and more young recruits are joining Pakistan’s militant organisations

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.

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.

Did Pakistan gain anything substantial from the operation in Wana?

Each time the Pakistani media wrote about the existence of the Al-Qaeda network in the country’s tribal belt, General Musharraf and his spokespersons vehemently denied it and denounced the press for spreading false rumours.

With increasing vigilance on the air routes, militants check out the sea routes from Karachi.

“We were used by the agencies and became tools of their conspiracies,” says Mian Shahbaz Sharif,
former Chief Minister, Punjab.

If Dr Qadeer Khan’s admission of guilt on national television – and Musharraf’s subsequent pardon – were intended to firmly secure the lid on the nuclear proliferation scandal, the strategy had exactly the opposite effect.