A macabre saga
Something happened to prevent the police from carrying out their legal obligations.
Tariq Khosa
Policing principles
The police have failed to gain the people’s trust.
Good governance roadmap
There should be serious introspection on the relationship between the Pakistani state and society.
Let us rise
Who carried out this criminal act and under whose orders?
Baloch nationalism
Balochistan suffers from many missed opportunities and unfulfilled promises.
Jinnah’s Pakistan needed
The Pakistan that we need must be more egalitarian and less authoritarian.
Baloch lives matter
The path of reconciliation lies within the Constitution.
War against virus
To do or not to do… that is the dilemma facing Prime Minister Imran Khan and he is not alone.
The anti-terror fight
We do not have a national security policy, and the internal security policy remains unimplemented.
Bounce back, captain
The journey from cricket to politics is not easy and the captain knows it well.
The right to govern
In order to ensure its legitimacy, a government must uphold three principles — liberty, equality and agency.
Reforms for progress
Turning wishes into reality depends on sound advice, legal reforms and abandoning the collision course.
Fragile states
What must states do to counter terrorism?
‘We the people’
Democracy is about duty and responsibility.
Hopes and fears
One expects the prime minister to choose the right people to head institutions.
This mess we’re in
Only an effective charter of governance can help us.
A road map for rule of law
The bottom line at the recent Judicial Conference was that the state cannot afford to falter further.
Inconvenient truths
Terrorists draw their strength from a state that follows their rules of engagement.
Securing the nation
The political and civilian leadership have allowed their authority to be eroded.
A prison of our own making
The deep state is like an unbridled horse, without the reins of constitutional oversight.