Judging Kayani
How will history judge Gen Kayani? Will he be remembered as a great army chief who was the soldiers’ soldier and improved the terms of service of the lower ranks?…
Successful visit
This week past the focus of Pakistani media's attention was on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's four-day scheduled visit to the United States and his meetings with several Obama administration…
Drones and deception
It was a case of the public statement versus the leak. After his meeting in the White House Nawaz Sharif said he had given Obama the clearest possible message: “I…
Getting beyond the trust deficit
Writing in these very pages back in September of 2005 (‘What Americans think of Pakistan’), I had recounted how an American scholar affiliated with a Washington think tank had asked…
2014: transition to what?
Committee room 10 in the House of Commons was packed to capacity. The audience was as international as it could get, with representatives from many embassies in London. MPs, diplomats,…
The empire of media and mind
The latest victim of the vagaries of the Wall Street is The Washington Post. Considered the voice of the US establishment, the Post has played a strategic role in influencing…
The next man
The rumours, assertions, denials and general gupshup regarding the appointment of the new chief of army staff – a most important decision to be made by the prime minister –…
Don`t do it, Prime Minister
KAYANI must go. No extensions, no sinecure, no new job with old powers, no old job with new powers. Home. And Sharif must be the man to do it. When…
Indian general plays with fire
Indians justifiably take pride in the robust durability of their country’s democracy, barring the Emergency (1975-77), and the relatively apolitical nature of its armed forces. Unlike in many third world…
The way to go
Just the right words in General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s retirement announcement. And it came not a moment too soon, for if the speculation around his going or staying had been…
