Journalists should use their tools to bridge the gap between information and dissemination in one of Pakistan’s biggest hot-button issues.

The self-sustaining model of Indo-Pak rivalry has grown into its current state of egregious maturity, and as such, any person on either side of the border has the right to ask the countries’ leaders, “When you talk, why don’t you talk seriously?”

The peace deal in Swat appears to tacitly endorse the Taliban’s brutalities. The government and the military have surrendered the valley to the militants, who are responsible for the killing of hundreds of people. The flogging of a 17-year-old girl, which took place in Kabal district in January and surfaced only recently, is a stark reminder of where Pakistan is heading if the growing threat of Islamic extremism is not checked.

The Manawan Police Academy attack is further proof that the terrorists have extended their reach to the heart of Pakistan. Security officials believe that the brazen occupation of the Punjab training school by heavily armed gunmen is the latest indication that militants, once confined to the northern tribal belt, now have the capacity to attack targets anywhere in Pakistan.

Eighteen months of military operation has produced little results. The army achieved some significant successes last year, when they pushed out the militants from most of the areas, but an ill-fated peace deal signed by the provincial government allowed the militants to regroup and return to Swat.

Tweet Q: The new civilian government in Pakistan and the Indian government had made some headway towards normalisation through composite dialogue but that was disrupted by the attacks in Mumbai. How do we restore the confidence that’s been shattered and what are the long-term impediments to a sustained peace process?
A: The last six weeks prove that [...]

If both Indians and Pakistanis want peace, who is the real enemy?

Jamaat-ud-Dawa claims that it is a charity organisation that is being wrongly accused of fronting for their banned militant parent organisation, the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba.

It’s as if a switch has been pulled in the Muslim psyche. It’s hard to say whether something has been switched on or something else has been switched off. This urge to indiscriminately take the lives of others is, naturally enough, considered unacceptable outside the fold of Islam

A controversial land transfer for an annual Hindu pilgrimage stokes the fires of independence in the Kashmir valley once again.