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But, of courseThe Mehrangate scandal reveals what crimes can be committed in the name of “supreme national interest.” A president and a COAS had decided to get one set of politicians elected b

The list would be rather long They are both dead serious, Chaudhry Shujaat and Nawaz Sharif are. But their ongoing spat is rather hilarious. A case of the pot calling the kettle<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/03/05/anywhere-you-look/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dubbed “slapgate” by a depressingly unimaginative electorate, the Waheeda Shah case reinforces what the educated, urban middle-class already believes about the political class. And it is condemnable what the PPP leader did.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/03/04/slap-on-the-electorate/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Everyone needs to come clean Matters of state are never as simple and straightforward as one would like them to be. One statement may seem contradictory to another only to corroborate later<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/03/03/the-memo-commission/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The security apparatus slumbersSectarian terrorists who continue to be on a rampage killed 16 members of the Shia community travelling from Rawalpindi to Gilgit-Baltistan via the KKH. They segrega

Imran Khan’s pet project As was expected, those advocating against the war on terror see a sort of vindication in the American desire to engage the Taliban in dialogue. “I told the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/02/24/talking-to-them-2/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Why the procrastination? After advising Marc Grossman last month to put off his visit, Islamabad has now asked Centcom Chief Gen James Mattis also to delay his arrival till the parliament redefines<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/02/23/ending-the-stalemate/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Doing something would be the best responseThe resolution moved in the US House of Representatives underlining the atrocities in Balochistan and seeking the right of self determination for the peop

And knowing when to leave To be fair to the ISI chief, he has not himself asked for another extension. So the blame for propagating this dullard idea should not be placed<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/02/16/bowing-out/" title="Read more" >...</a>

No mean featDespite the various failures and shortcomings of the PPP-led coalition, it goes to the government’s credit that it has managed to take the opposition along in the passage of the 20th

About time tooThe over two month long tension between Pakistan and the US seems to be easing now. Domestic and American media reports indicate that while a parliamentary committee is to decide the

Heads high, but feet on the groundHow are the mighty fallen or, in its mocking Americanised version, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Since last year England was on top of the world, Rul