As Pakistan struggles to overcome a number of challenges to its existence and security, our society and some of our decision makers remain split whether to approach these with a touch of pragmatism and realism or continue along a path that some ideologues claim reflects “ideals” more important than national survival. If these anti-pragmatic ideologues [...]

In the last few weeks Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has reverted to ‘all or nothing’ politics of the years of yore. In this mode of politics popularity through media, immediate public applause and harsh barbs directed towards opponents remain the ever-dependable tactics. The public particularly in urban Punjab and media loves this play. Media in fact [...]