This article first appeared in the July issue of the Herald, a leading Pakistani monthly covering domestic politics, society and culture

It was on May 7 that Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani went on air to inform Pakistanis that the country was now at war. "To restore the honor...

Pakistanis are in for a rude shock. $900 million, almost half of the $1.9 billion aid package that the US House of Representatives recently approved, has been earmarked for "a new secure embassy and consulates".

Why constructing secure housing and office space for American personnel in Pakistan - even...