Fawad Kaiser

Which forces within Pakistan worked so that there was a sharp drop in terrorist attacks on its soil, and have brought much-needed relief from relentless destructive attacks of a decade-long militancy that kept the country in alarming unease and fear? Some give all the credit to the person of Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, […]

The Federal Investigation Agency has started a probe into alleged kidnapping of children and smuggling of their body parts in Punjab. Earlier, Justice Saqib Nisar had taken a suo moto notice on July 26 after it was reported in media that more than 600 children were abducted from the province of Punjab, approximately 300 from […]

A murder and the failure to convict is an affront to society. With ever-rising numbers of honour killings, quasi-suspected murders presented as suicides or natural deaths, it is a problem that is at the forefront of news and media channels. This reality is an important reminder, but it is an issue that falls on the […]

The principal focus of a political party is the effectiveness and populist associations of people from all walks of life, who care deeply and devote their time and passion, and not necessarily their chequebooks to participate in democracy. No other political party suffered as much as the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the last parliamentary […]

A United States congressional panel has demanded cutting off all US assistance to Pakistan to persuade Islamabad to act against the Afghan Taliban, and has also criticised important developments in Pakistan-US relations. A brief analysis of the current state of Pakistan-US relations were the main areas of contention and uncertainty. Vital US interests related to […]

 It is easy to feel dismayed, confused and anxious over what we are witnessing in the political sphere of our country at the moment. Not only is there a real sense of political vacuum but some have made a charge of moral vacuum as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is recovering from his cardiac ailment in […]

In one respect we are more unfortunate than the rest. We believe everything that we read in the newspapers and watch on television as nothing but the truth. We have to learn to read between the lines because truth is always open to interpretation. This acute scepticism, this skill of reading between the lines, is […]

Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus: The hero’s daughter Lavinia has been raped and mutilated, and Andronicus contemplates her “honour” killing. He slays his daughter with his own right hand because “she was enforced, stained and deflowered? /And with thy shame thy father’s sorrows die/But does the father’s sorrow die?” There is remorse, for sure. Families commit these […]

Pakistan’s army and intelligence services have for years waged a war against the Taliban and the Haqqani terrorist network, and sacrificed both civil and military men to protect Pakistani interests in Afghanistan and prevent India from increasing its influence there. Under American pressure “to do more,” Pakistan army recently waged a military campaign against the […]

We as a nation do not care about so much tyranny being perpetrated upon us, but we pride ourselves for being resilient — the right virtue at the wrong time. We deserve the political mafia ruling us and leading us to an abyss. With this preamble, just the same, if we wish to become a […]