For a better future
The best news in some time is that India and Pakistan are rising above their differences and joining hands for a humanitarian cause; they have agreed to exchange vulnerable prisoners…
The search for similarities
If there has been one particular week where international diplomacy appears to have been abandoned, it has to be the preceding one. Not only did British Prime Minister Theresa May…
Peace for a change
Wish they were on leave last Friday! But, alas, they were not. And a few hours of saber-rattling later, those helming India and Pakistan had ensured that the two South…
Offensive rhetoric
One of the biggest challenges facing the PTI government is Pakistan’s relations with India. In his first speech as prime minister, Imran Khan adopted a surprisingly diplomatic stance stating that…
Fifth column: Terroristan to mother of terrorism
The 72nd session of the UN General Assembly looked like a Bollywood-style drama that was full of emotive rhetoric as India and Pakistan fought a bitter battle of words to…
Will the twain never meet?
This year’s session of the UN General Assembly provided a springboard for Islamabad and New Delhi to take a dig at each other. The Indian foreign minister minced no words…
This divided world
Nothing could be a better depiction of the divided world we live in than the preceding week’s UN General Assembly session. On the one hand there were – as Foreign…
What one leaves behind
ATAL Behari Vajpayee’s ashes were immersed in the Ganga. Nehru had his scattered over the Himalayas from a plane. Theatre diva Zohra Sehgal desired no such fuss. She left a…
Missing out at the UN
Our nation has started embracing Naya Pakistan but the agent of change is still shying away from painting it on the global canvas. By opting to stay in Islamabad, Prime…
An Asia of cooperation
It was four years ago that Narendra Modi rose to power on the bandwagon of Hindutva and populist slogans like ‘development for all’. While the BJP government under Modi has…
