Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Saleem Safi
Pakistan is a security state - something that has led to many an ill in the country. It would have been acceptable if in the last 60-plus-years we had transformed our country into a real welfare state. However, the harsh reality is ...

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Saleem Safi
How can I buy an ideology of Pakistan that someone with Ayaz Amir’s intellectual calibre is considered to be flouting and someone like Pervez Musharraf is seen to protect? The question I then ask is: do Articles 62 and 63 fully ...

Friday, March 22, 2013
Saleem Safi
Unfortunately, external forces exercise an unjustifiable influence on Pakistan’s internal issues and politics. By external forces here I do not mean only the Unites States but also Britain, other European countries and the ...

Thursday, March 14, 2013
Saleem Safi
For the last six years I have struggled in vain to understand the logic of our policymakers and their spokespersons when it comes to dealing with extremism and terrorism. I see no sense and little consistency in their policy towards ...

Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Saleem Safi
No one can beat our present government in the art of insulting elected bodies. While the government constantly complains about others doing this, it doesn’t waste a single opportunity to do so itself. The latest example is the ...

Thursday, December 27, 2012
Saleem Safi
ISLAMABAD: The Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has made a conditional ceasefire offer to the Pakistan Government which envisages an end to Pakistan’s participation in the Afghan war and the reshaping of the Constitution and foreign ...

Thursday, November 15, 2012
Saleem Safi
Gen Kayani’s recent statement has been over-analysed for its content, connotations, and consequences. However, if we spend a little time in understanding the anxiety and concerns of Pakistan’s military, it may result in a more ...

Friday, November 02, 2012
Saleem Safi
The Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar has many idiosyncrasies. When he came to power, he did not live a single day in the President House in Kabul, but preferred to rule Afghanistan from his simple home in Kandahar. For the past ...

Friday, October 19, 2012
Saleem Safi
The day bullets were fired in Malala Yousafzai’s head, I appeared in the Geo News programme “Aapas Ki Baat”. As the programme ended, I received a call from the spokesperson of Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan, Ihsanullah Ihsan. He ...

Friday, October 05, 2012
Saleem Safi
The tribal areas of Pakistan are called “Bazo-y Shamsheer Zen” (an arm armed with a sword) due to their history and geopolitics. North Waziristan could rightly be termed the heart of these tribal areas, and South Waziristan their ...