Constituency politics is why it is difficult to get a median voter in Pakistan; nor does voting depend on issues.

One must congratulate Hina Rabbani Khar and her team for playing a good innings at a very difficult time.

If there's a blasphemy law, what right do people have to take the law into their hands and banish an entire community?

The people are angry and there's a cacophony of voices with much contradiction in what is being said.

When governments make alliances with terrorists these organisations are supposed to bust, they cannot be effective.

Armies like to pack a punch. But landing a punch requires a cheek. This enemy refuses to present a target.

If jaw-jaw they want, let the TTP first disarm and seek amnesty before holding negotiations.

Kargil requires closure because we need to identify structural flaws in decision-making now threatening to unravel us.

Empirical data does not support the theory that trade promotes peace nor assumption that vulnerability will snap ties.

India must realise full normalisation is a function of dispute resolution and engagement is not spelled...