This is the second time Guddu has fallen apart this week - perhaps a sign of the aging power infrastructure.

The talks with the Taliban issue is not one that can be taken lightly; all players to be on the same page.

The militants remain organised, efficient and quite capable of continuing the reign of death they have inflicted.

Only Iran finished behind Pakistan in the poll.

The government needs to get its house in order, before there is a sharp drop in the value of the rupee.

Long-term reforms in the energy sector would require swift, well-coordinated efforts by the new administration.

Notwithstanding the economics of using gas for cars, least that can be done is that safety standards be followed.

The rise of religious fundamentalism in the UK is due to many factors, one of them being lack of assimilation.

Terrorism appears to have become a feature in our lives that simply refuses to go away.

The truth is that had the state done an efficient job, the drone strikes may never have been necessitated.