We have abroad agreed to be a part of the coalition. However, Sartaj Aziz was not able to fully defend it in the Senate. Civil society and lawmakers are skeptical of it. Its dimensions are vague. You may find my article on the given below link to be useful regarding your question. http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=283698

The Dharna politics going on in Islamabad and it being a very bad precedence for the future is a point of debate which the saner group of discussants, keep bringing up. However the utter blunders committed by the sitting government in their efforts to handle this particular crises from model town incident to the issue [...]

Nawaz Sharif visit to India was an act of positivism, had he declined the international community would have given it a bad connotation. However the Indians turned it into a winner for themselves by after giving red carpet welcome to Nawaz Sharif, pulled a fast one on Pakistan by harping on the usual terrorism theme. [...]

1 year of Nawaz Sharif government has unleashed a lot of disillusionment, largely because the strategy to buy off opposition all the time does not work. The vision and tight rope walking that is required to remain politically viable in Pakistan is completely missing. His kitchen cabinet is also not on the same page. Everyone [...]

It is interesting how a certain mind set will blame everything happening on their land because of their lack of ability and political will on outside forces, whether it is the abduction of girls in Nigeria or Polio in Pakistan. You may be right but when you have troubled waters, people will come to fish. [...]

Institutions must be developed by popular consensus which is inclusive of religion, culture and belief systems. At the same time in this globalized world international law, norms and practices also have to be a part of any institutional framework consensus. The first component identified has a lot of value because it allows indigenous concerns to [...]

Army is not just worried about controlling ISI, which of course is its very important strategic arm to both control domestic and foreign policy issues, the army wants to overtly or covertly control everything. In their eyes, the civilian set up are inefficient, weak and corrupt and can't be trusted with determining or taking care [...]

The role of men is in transition. It's not a question of better or worse, it is a question of changing societal, cultural, and political dynamics. What perhaps has catalyzed this change, is the changing economic paradigms. The recent studies have proven beyond doubt that the market is more open to women workers and women [...]

Lack of education, lack of education and lack of education. Invest in human resource, we need to revert to being a developmental state. We have been a security state for too long. The cost is too high.

He is a misguided missile, but the phenomenon is also indicative of the fracturing elite consensus, which can be a new beginning in the polity of Pakistan.

The Man surely has some kind of backing. He has been able to gain the trust of the masses and triggers the imagination of the youth and the educated urban elite. Even if he is not the establishment guy, his new found political standing, can be of great value to them.

The current memogate scandal is a direct reflection on Pakistan’s civil military relations. The PPP government has always had a very uneasy relationship with the security establishment of Pakistan. The recent concerns of United States viz-a-viz Pakistan’s regional role are also linked to the clout that the Pakistan military establishment has on its foreign policy. [...]

The recent spate of killings in Karachi is indicative of institutional breakdown and also the fact that Karachi is largely run by the informal sector. It is also about ownership of the city with all the stakeholders including those in the government using the street to demonstrate their power potential. It has ethnic, political, economic [...]

Countries that live under the shadow of looming threats will allow their security institutions to have a say in their foreign policy decisions. The most recent example is the rising role of the American military in policy making. However Pakistan’s case is different, here the threat perception of India did not allow other institutions to [...]

We in Pakistan are fighting our own indigenous war on terror. And we don’t have an option. It has impacted us negatively and will continue to do so. It is a decision we have to live with. The real war is of hearts and minds and saving our youth.

200 percent yes. War is not an option. We have tried all forms of confrontations and paid a very high cost of conflict. Lets invest in peace now.

No, we both hate each other and at the same time need each other. We will continue to see the swing model however the constraint and compulsions on Pakistan’s side remain high. And our options remain extremely limited.

Pakistan may survive the internal political chaos but what is bringing Pakistan down and may results in its collapse is its economic failure, unless something is done on a war footing.

Coalition…. Democracy should continue

You live with what you have got . Imran Khan can’t take a solo flight.

Education…. Education and Education. As for Baluchistan we should only be looking at political solutions and dialogue and moreover remember if we lose Baluchistan, Pakistan will be country without geography.

Conspiracy theories will always be there. Some of them are also at least partly true. But the reality is that the world functions under popular perceptions. Some people say 9/11 was also faked, but it has changed the course of world politics. The Osama incident will haunt Pakistan-US relations for a very long time to [...]