One must not allow any group to run Karachi as an exclusive domain or allow it to be carved into mini ethnic-states.

Whom Kabul negotiates with, on what terms, with what objectives will greatly influence its own post-war development.

In a nutshell, Jinnah wanted citizenship not religion as the founding principle of the new state.

Weaker parties are going to play the new province card as they feel it is likely to attract a great deal of voters.

All governments have justified their misuse of executive authority under the defence that parliament is sovereign.

We continue to give them power to lead us to chaos, disorder and maybe an impending collapse.

How Imran Khan will convert his popularity into a political advantage in the next elections. My gut feeling is he will

The structure of federalism has irreversibly changed, but taking new roots may take longer.

It has taken 10 years for the Taliban and the US to acknowledge that they cannot defeat the other party.

In their bid to cling on to power, ruling parties formulate policies which are popular rather than practical.