Real challenge is maintaining consistency and unity in defeating violent groups and restoring the writ of the state

Employing of proxies by either side for decades in troubled times of the other has not worked and will never work

In a closed system like ours, economic and political power circulates within a limited section of society

Pre-requisite of good society is the good citizen who is willing to take responsibility for resolving local problems

We require pragmatic approach in seeking mutual benefits through vision of future than problems, grievances of past

Public action, with people standing up in organised fashion, asking questions can force change in behaviour of elite

Gravity of one kind of violence by one group shouldn’t blind us to other forms and groups operating in Pakistan today

Political parties, security establishment and govt are on one page. Let us hope they don’t play the old games again

As the Peshawar tragedy forces us to think of a way forward, we must also think backwards, for the two are connected

No power group, party or leader will behave responsibly until citizens present him or her with a real challenge