A corrupt government and a people that are its beneficiary is a destructive combination.
For the same reason that corrupt rulers become blind to the consequences of their actions, a people hooked on cutting corners, cannot see the destruction beyond the tiny benefits that a corrupt system avails them. From settling personal vendettas to scoring ill [...]
I am at loss for words over the brutal murder of two teenage students in Sialkot. Students of Murray College, the alma mater of Allama Iqbal and Faiz Ahmed Faiz. These could have been my kids these could have been your kids. Murdred brutally in front of the mob, in front of the police in [...]
Change is manifesting across the nation. Change of minds. Maybe even change of hearts.
All parties conference came out with a unanimous statement supporting government action in Swat. This is a welcome move. The implications are obvious. The government can focus on the task at hand. And since every political leader has signed up to it, [...]
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The Taliban is a concept. Or more accurately, the reputation that a concept has. Without the concept, they are a loose militia band that can just as easily turn on each other. However, they are bound together by an extremist ideology that is a very strong unifying force for otherwise not unity [...]
People of Pakistan and people of the US operate in such different contexts that it is hard to imagine that their fates are somehow linked.
The people of Pakistan standing up to restore their chief justice was a history changing event. This reference point for people power, publicized properly, has the potential to snow ball. Remember [...]
No conspiracy against a country can succeed, if the country is not weak from within. Strong law enforcement can thwart any number of efforts on the part of individuals or militant groups to destabilize the country. Rule of law in the civilian population is enforced by the police. Judgement is the business of the courts.
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