EditorialThe TT Take

Pakistan’s Swiss success was bigger than one man

Pakistan’s role at the Lake Lucerne Summit marked a rare diplomatic success, placing Islamabad alongside Qatar as a mediator in the US-Iran process. Shehbaz Sharif gave the effort political direction, while Field Marshal Asim Munir added security credibility.

And we’ll keep on fighting til’ the end

From crisis, isolation and doubt, Pakistan has stepped into the diplomatic centre of gravity. If the US-Iran peace framework holds, Islamabad will not merely have brokered a deal. It will have reminded the world that nations are not condemned to the reputations others write for them.

Musharraf hospitalised

The general's debilitating physical and mental state seem to indicate the end of a saga.

Mental health kills

Former televangelist Aamir Liaquat's death is shrouded in secrecy. It needn't be so.