Engaging India
FTER an initially ‘mature’ response to the attack on the Pathankot air force base, the Indian government has reverted to its familiar stance and made the foreign secretary talks contingent…
A dialogue resumed
The India-Pakistan dialogue has picked up steam. Meetings have been agreed with impressive precision. Fingers must be kept crossed as to whether both parties are now in a truly negotiating…
The Nawaz and Modi show
WELL, who saw that coming? But now that we have seen it, there’s a big little question — does it make any sense? The reluctant, preliminary answer: it doesn’t really.…
Asia’s fragile heart
The Heart of Asia conference brought the only good news in months to a Pakistan hunkering down to critical fights, yet still faced with a soft power deficit at home…
A new diplomacy
“Jo beet gayee, so baat gayee” (what happened in the past, is over). When Sushma Swaraj, India’s minister for external affairs made this ominous remark at a news conference on…
India does it again
The much hyped dialogue between the national security advisors of Pakistan and India which was to take place in New Delhi on August 23-24 has been effectively scuttled by preconditions…
In cold storage
When the Indian foreign secretary arrived in Islamabad recently for a routine Saarc visit, it was hoped that the stalled bilateral dialogue between Pakistan and India would resume. However, the…
Without a paddle
On Feb 16, Pakistan released 172 Indian fishermen who had been serving prison terms at the Malir district jail for straying into Pakistan’s territorial waters. It may not be widely…
In Musharraf’s footsteps
The meeting on July 10 between Nawaz Sharif and Modi at Ufa on the sidelines of the SCO summit will go down as a major diplomatic retreat by Pakistan on…
Impasse impossible
NDIVIDUALS can sever relations for good. That luxury of self-indulgence is denied to states on a shared planet, especially to neighbours and, even more so, if they have a heavy…
