No noose is good news
April is a cruel month in Pakistan. Twenty one years ago, almost to the day, the charismatic and popular Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was led from his cell on Death Row in a Rawalpindi jail to the gallows.



Talking terms
The release of three Hurriyat leaders is as surprising as it is welcome. Until Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Abdul Ghani Bhat and Maulvi Abbas Ansari were freed from Jodhpur jail and brought to New Delhi.



A soldier's story
A smile no longer lit his face. Three years ago, this clean shaven, cheerful youngster with stars in his eyes, an AK-47 in his hands wearing and a maroon beret on his head was one of the smartest officers I knew.



Other headlines
Why blame the judges?
Thank you, Mr Home Minister
Having one's bread, and eating it too