The consensus behind the quantum of what Pakistan spends on its military is wearing thin.

The police force needs funds to expand its numbers to protect the people.

Saba Dashtiari, just 55 years old, becomes the latest victim of terrorist bullets.

That terrorists of all variety are hiding in North Waziristan is admitted on all hands in Pakistan.

While Ilyas Kashmiri is dead, the military-militant nexus isn’t yet.

In the West, where media is free, governments have been toppled and institutions exposed with no damage to the nation.

In a matter as sensitive as events of May 2, we need consensus so that the commission findings will have credibility.

The allocations in the federal budget for fiscal 2011-12 are more or less in line with those of previous years.

Military operations need to be accompanied by better defensive tactics.

Saleem Shahzad’s violent death in these circumstances leaves open a lot of very dark questions.