Hardly a week into legitimate politics and champion of 'good clean politics' Pervez Musharraf seems to be throwing tantrums rather than projecting a manifesto.

The floods haven’t only provided the perfect chance for terrorists to regroup and attack now, but could also become the reason for a long term increase in terrorism.

Shabana, a victim of the floods, gave birth to baby boy on a charpoy kept beside a road, aided only by her mother-in-law. The new born only survived a few hours.

The funds for flood victims have been gathered by, have been going to and are being utilised by countless organisations. How does the NODMC plan to keep a check on all of these?

The footage of the murder of two brothers in Sialkot was played in court and the howls of the victims' family were as painful as the horrific scene itself.

I can imagine Taliban workers shouting "All those who adhere to our brand of Islam, line up for aid. Anyone who dares to defy us, can go drown in the raging waters."

Traditional Ramazan fare has fed the greed of hoarders and profiteers. But this year man made shortages have been eclipsed by a natural destruction of unbelievable magnitude.

Rawalpindi is home to a few doctors with amazing mystical powers, miracle cures for cancer... and huge advertising budgets.

Dozens of families decided to make a day of it and rushed to Daman-e-Koh, to look at the debris of fallen flight ED 202. A binocular man even charged Rs10 for a closer look.

When I wriote a tv report on the Airblue crash story I was reminded to not use the term 'bodies' but 'parts of bodies' as it was so much more effective, illustrative and inhumane.