The Case for an Advisory Board

Pakistan is in the doghouse---a place it is familiar with but not because it likes being there. For the sixty one years of its existence Pakistan has been trying to be a democratic, moderate and tolerant Muslim state ---a model for the Islamic world and a bridge between Islam and the West. Talk to the street in Pakistan and you will find a consistency in this general urge. Pakistan is now at a crucial juncture in its long journey.