FATF: no respite for Pakistan
Once again, our efforts towards the fulfillment of the agenda of Finical Action Task Force (FATF) have fallen short to come out of the grey list. President of FATF, in…
Déjà vu
BEEN there! Done that! Or are we breaking new ground in India-Pakistan relations? Pessimism is never constructive. But with India-Pakistan relations, especially the Kashmir dispute, both history and the current…
The rocky road to peace
SOME 10 days after Pakistan’s Islamabad Security Dialogue saw Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa offering an olive branch to India amidst toned-down rhetoric on…
Fiery phoenixes
IN Indo-Pak relations, peace is less a bullet-ridden dove than a lacerated phoenix that rises periodically out of the ashes of experience. Its latest emergence has come in the form…
Reflections on Pakistan-India peace
PEACE is a fragile plant, which needs constant nurturing. This is especially true when two neighbours with a disturbed relationship attempt mutual reconciliation of differences. When their endeavours are weak,…
Imperatives for security
THE Islamabad Security Dialogue that coincided with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin’s India visit, where he praised New Delhi’s growing ties with ‘like-minded partners’, saw Pakistan’s leadership attempting to allay…
An offer and a reckoning
After the February 25 LOC ceasefire, agreed upon by Pakistani and Indian DGMOs, several exchanges followed between the two governments in the shape of letters and greetings etc, which left…
Corporate takeover
On Earth Day – a day that has been increasingly co-opted by corporations – President Biden is hosting a ‘Leaders’ Summit on the Climate.’ But who are these ‘leaders?’ The…
Analysing the ceasefire
Any move that can push Pakistan and India away from the dangers of war offers a sense of relief, even if temporarily. The unique feature of this positive development is…
A shared Nobel Peace Prize?
On February 25, 2021 the joint statement of the DGMOs of India and Pakistan regarding the restoration of the 2003 ceasefire along the LOC went into effect. Various questions are…
