With the power of people behind him, Imran Khan can carve his way right through the obstructions that are forcing him to make weak statements.

In a democracy, the elected representatives are humble servants of the nation. In Pakistan, they run about like mafia dons, surrounded by police and private guards, crushing civilians under their cars.

India and Pakistan don’t have to be enemies forever. The real question is: Will they ever become friends?

If anything, American warmongers would be left without a supply route to their forces in Afghanistan and without the 180 million Pakistanis fighting and paying the price for the war on a terror America began, but has not itself paid as dearly for.

Journalists have always felt that they are the torch bearers of change. They feel they can walk into a bomb-site or someone's bedroom because they have a press card, or have lunch at the Foreign Correspondent's Club. But is this how things should be?

The Express Tribune, a partner of The International Herald Tribune, which is the international version of The New York Times, takes a cheap shot at me, my wife Reema, and the martyrs of Pakistan. Their feeble attempt not just shameful, but characteristic of tabloid journalism.