For any de-weaponisation plan to be effective, it will have to start at the top with complete stop to issuing licences

Whether this is going to be enough to persuade the MQM members to assume their seats once more remains to be seen

Market fundamentals in Pakistan have not changed and this upheaval should only be temporary

London and Tehran will never be bosom friends — but they are now able to at least be in the same room together

The talks did not happen and both sides are losers and the regional security environment just got darker

More effective complaint lines, promise of anonymity to those reporting and other measures widely used would help

The initiative is an excellent one, but requires meticulous investigation, planning and implementation

Punjab and Sindh simply do not want power to devolve down to the people

We now hope that the PTI does not once again go down the Dharna Road as is being trailed by Imran Khan

Conditions that allowed extremism to grow, spread are all still in place — not just in mountains of North Waziristan