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If any of those justifications are valid, those who made the decision to let him go must bear the responsibility for it. Why add insult to injury by trying to blow smoke up the proverbial orifice of the nation to pretend that all of a sudden all means will be used to bring him back?

A counterpoint: https://www.dawn.com/news/1580848/public-hangings-castration-are-no-solutions-and-bringing-them-up-detracts-the-debate-for-real-reforms As I have said before, laws without effective implementation are worthless. What good is "fresh legislation" when the existing laws are...

The confusion was created on purpose. What to say of NS's condition, these are the same people who approve treatment of ingrown toenails to be done abroad on taxpayer's expense due to lack of proper facilities in Pakistan, but only when it suits them.

But first please answer this simple question: Why were "all options as per the Constitution" not used to keep him here - while he was within the country - to complete the judicial process?!

May I please remind you that Pakistanis have refined the art of creating an alternative universe in defiance of all evidence provided by reality to perhaps the highest standards in the world, and no other society is as comfortable with its hypocrisy as we are. :D (Edit: Case in point, perhaps...

Let us worry about each Muslim country to develop as best as possible first, and only then will the direction of the followers of the religion take care of itself. Putting the proverbial cart before the horse doesn't work very well. :D

Interestingly (or nightmarishly,) there are several scenarios where the result can be a 269-269 tie. It is going to be a long election night, and then some. :D

The lesson is simple, in my view: Apartheid, in whatever shape or form or source, never works in the long run. Ubuntu is the best manifestation of human nature and we are better off with it than without.

Will need some time to digest enough to be able to comment ... ... but let me just say that truth is quite often harsh.

Laws, without effective and fair enforcement, mean nothing. Nothing at all.

Now do you see that I have enough white hair on my head - albeit rapidly thinning - to give me the experience to say that the Pakistani system is working as designed. To add to your horse's information, I can tell you that the distribution of such funds generated from the police "share" of...

I would be willing to wager that as long as the police get their cut, the robbers will not die in a police muqabla. A cozy arrangement, one could say.

So who cares if the people get robbed? Imagine the police response if the local MNA/MPA or Colonel Sahib is affected by such incidents. (I know you may laugh at this, but I would say that the system is working exactly as designed. :D )

Given that reality, why is it that the nature of policing has not really changed in all the decades since independence? I do not mean to be callous, but it will take a lot more than this one incident to make the government really change the use of police as a force to carry out its edicts to...

Before we consider the reforms needed, let us start at the basic question: What is the primary role of the police in Pakistan? Is it to "protect and serve" the people, or is it to enforce law and order according to the demands of the government in power at the moment? Lip service aside, the...

Hey, I am trying to be kind. :D

What is promoted as "Pakpositivism" is barely a hair's breadth away from outright fantasy these days.

Yeah, don't tell them, they are already full of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_in_the_United_States (Such petty remarks belong in some other forum, not here, one hopes.)

Who gets to decide what is "excessive" wealth and based on what criteria? Similarly, taxation needs to be progressive, but when 1% are paying 50% of the revenues, who decides the limits on the progression tables?

Discovering new supply sources domestically is always good, but the problems in the energy sector in Pakistan go far beyond short supplies. The distribution network is hopelessly outdated and the billing and management have failed utterly. Coupled with the rapid rise in unconstrained demands...