The sun of 2008 has set leaving behind bittersweet memories. If seen in a broader context, the year 2008 was a period of many challenges for Pakistan.
Acts of terrorism and U.S. missile strikes in tribal areas kept the entire nation in a state of uncertainty. The peace process between Pakistan and India came to a standstill all of a sudden following the Mumbai carnage, fueling tensions between two nuclear states.
The people were particularly hit by gas and electricity crises as well as unprecedented price hike. However, dictatorship ended leading to the establishment of a democratic set up in the country after 2008 general elections, giving a new ray of hope to the nation.
The arrival of democracy was hailed a positive change for Pakistan. However, issues like restoration of judiciary, law and order, economic instability and political uncertainty kept creating ripples throughout 2008.
The year 2008 has left so much for our reckoning? What lessons the nation learnt and mistakes it made in 2008? Does the year 2009 augur well for Pakistan, and how can we rise as a nation?
India may have ruled out the military option against Pakistan in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks but the international intelligence community continues to believe that strikes in PoK and elsewhere could still happen.
Global intelligence service Stratfor, in its latest report, said, "Indian military operations against targets in Pakis
The Indian government has not allowed its national cricket team’s tour of Pakistan for playing three Tests, five One-day Internationals and a Twenty20 match.
BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla while talking with Geo News said that the Indian cricket board had sought the government’s permission but the government has refused saying that this to
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The sun of 2008 has set leaving behind bittersweet memories. If seen in a broader context, the year 2008 was a period of many challenges for Pakistan.
Pakistan’s star batsman Muhammad Yousuf has clinched second place in the latest Test ranking of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
India may have ruled out the military option against Pakistan in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks but the international intelligence community continues to believe that strikes in PoK and elsewhere could still happen. 
The Indian government has not allowed its national cricket team’s tour of Pakistan for playing three Tests, five One-day Internationals and a Twenty20 match.