The right to govern
In order to ensure its legitimacy, a government must uphold three principles — liberty, equality and agency.
Tariq Khosa
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.
Overcoming the trust deficit
Both the US refrain of ‘do more’ and Pakistan’s irritated response of ‘no more’ are unwise.
Praetorian rule of law
It was sensible of the SSP Operations to ask the deputy commissioner to deploy a Rangers contingent.
The radical right
Divisive politics threatens to tear the world asunder.
Travel ban ruling
There is a battle over what is a ‘bona fide relationship’.
Plotting terror
There are flaws in the way the US handles terrorism cases.
Missing the larger picture
An ‘intense mix of envy and sense of humiliation and powerlessness’ seem to be driving extremism.
Speaking truth to power
The political will to strengthen the FIA is lacking.
Gwadar the tiger
The festering wounds that have given impetus to the Baloch insurgency should be healed.
State of amnesia
Where is the political will to reform the police into a modern, independent institution?
Power of hope
Delhi and Islamabad perceive Kashmir’s realities and interests as subservient to their own.