While India says it is keen to initiate talks, it has not demonstrated this in anything that goes beyond statements

Why SSP Junejo should be singled out to make an example of by the government is, therefore, something of a puzzle.

Media is not a robot to automatically change its tack just because war has been launched against all kinds of Taliban

Civil society must rediscover its voice and raise it against those that would drag us all backwards in time

No matter climate of disclosure, it does nothing to help this child who died alone apart from his murderers

The fear is that courts run by military officers could lead to a violation of basic human rights

Dramatic rise in the number of fires in Karachi in recent days has exposed the poor state of city’s fire department

The Modi government needs to rein in the hotheads that are stoking the fires, because symbols really do matter

Govt needs to focus on how to neutralise the perceptions that are allowing polio to have a stranglehold on Pakistan

The telling of truth to power always carries a risk. And power in Pakistan is often expressed in the form of a bullet