Al Qaeda is very much around while many institutions of the Pakistani state are struggling to fight it.

During his address, Mr Hussain said many things but most were not relevant or earth-shattering.

Warren and Shahbaz Taseer, investigators say, have been whisked away to an area beyond the reach of security agencies.

Army can’t pull off something that the civilians can’t, is right in staying away from the political morass in Karachi.

Killing enemies has just become politics by other means in Karachi.

Although the Taliban are Pakistani, they no longer care that innocent Pakistanis are suffering.

One wonders if it would have been better to increase focus on English language teaching.

If investigations do prove that it was the HuJi, then Pakistan could soon find itself in trouble.

Pointless to have hordes of policemen or forces on guard if they can do nothing to stop the killers.

Contrary to the advice of politicians, the Supreme Court should cast as wide a net as possible in its hearings.