What is upsetting is that Brigadier Khan was allegedly hobnobbing with an organisation opposed to democracy.

The militants have specifically targeted girls and that is just one more reason that they need to be stopped.

Commissions have not had a good innings in Pakistan.

The nation has other extremely pressing problems as well, the land we live in and fight for must be tended to.

The Taliban leaders worth talking to are mostly located in Pakistan; hence Pakistan should be approached.

It is important to remember that ending the de facto ban on women driving is only the start.

Zawihiri is the man who, by his own admission, wants to become the caliph of Pakistan, if not the entire Muslim world.

Pakistan’s loose hold on Bajaur is undermined by a loose hold of Kabul in Kunar, allowing al Qaeda to flourish there.

The pressure Shaikh is under is obvious. Agricultural interests are over-represented in parliament and get their way.

Investigations in to the murders of journalists have seldom been completed let alone reached an end to implicate ISI.