It is naive of the US to expect Pakistan to open more fronts in North Waziristan.

Pakistan, US, got into ‘chicken and egg’ cycle, could not decide which first — audience with Obama or opening routes.

Do we wish to ‘humiliate America’ in Afghanistan, or ‘save Pakistan’ from becoming the epicentre of an expanded war?

Be positively engaged with the world; estrangement doesn’t help. Ghairat will have to take a back seat for now.

For war to stop Pakistanis and Americans must work together & that is only possible if they are talking to each other.

SC Gilani verdict was considered ‘smart’ because the court avoided becoming a party to the removal of a tainted PM.

Pakistan aims to avoid war with India by making it cost-prohibitive. Agni testing lays waste to any pretension.

Caught in a legal labyrinth, what may be morally right, doesn’t stand the test of legal scrutiny.

I hope I am right, that Pakistan may still have time — but it will need some effort to save it from itself.

Executive’s intent in ceding its own functions to a committee signifies parliament supremacy over other institutions.