Will the chickens come home to roost? on March 21, 2014There appears to be near unanimity among critics of the present government that it neither has the will nor the capacity to take major policy decisions. Yet, Nawaz Sharif has surprised all his critics with a significant policy shift on Pakistan’s stance about Syria’s internal conflict. The passionate and painstaking denial of the Foreign Office […]
Negotiating the meaning of difference on March 16, 2014Negotiators for the Pakistani government and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are meeting to formulate a peace deal aimed at finalising a truce. The TTP has delivered a set of conditions that put the negotiators’ plans to a real test. This time, analysts say that the conditions placed by both parties present potential pitfalls, as it […]
A taboo, a problem, a sin and a crime on March 14, 2014Child abuse is a widespread issue, which is growing at an alarming rate in our country and has largely been left unchecked because of its sensitive nature. Although Pakistan is a signatory of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and even though article 34 of the convention says,“The state partakes to protect […]