Balance to be found between requirements of coalition and question of offering people the government they voted.

Bajaur most inclined to resist TTP and al Qaeda, but the strength of Maulvi Faqir is more than they can fight.

Many rumours surround the killing of Benazir. Some may have been intended to inflict damage on certain individuals...

The Haqqani network marks the line of rift between Washington and Islamabad on policy against militancy.

It is ironic that the grandsons of the late Nawab Bugti should count among nationalists.

Raising victory cries can serve no purpose when defeat of the Taliban and their allies is still a distant dream.

The clerics' coming together could be destabilising for Pakistan, already under pressure to mend its extremist ways.

Legally, there is nothing the American courts can do if Pakistan is not ready to surrender its ISI chief to them.

Quite obviously Pakistan today is not the vision Jinnah had for the country he carved onto the map.

As judicial evolution has tended to favour strict ideology,extremism has gradually increased in Pakistani society.