Time to look east
For perpetuity now, Pakistan has been caught up in a quandary in defining its policy priorities in context of it being a strategically-placed country in South Asia. The ailment dates…
No fear of accountability
The Victorian chimney sweep in Britain, the first industrial nation, was once an even bigger symbol of inhumanity than the bonded child labourer and sex-trafficked women of Pakistan and India…
Pak-US ties in 2012
A series of crises in 2011 set the tone for US-Pakistan interaction in 2012; these included Raymond Davis’ shooting of two Pakistanis and Bin Laden’s killing. However, it was the…
Security summitry
The Shangri La Dialogue has established itself as the premier inter-government security summit in the Asia-Pacific offering a unique opportunity for high-profile defence diplomacy. Named after its venue, the tenth…
A tall order
As we ring in the new year and waive off the last one, pain, anguish and disappointment top 2012’s chart. The year was dotted with death and destruction. No part…
East is best
Anyone who tells you that in Singapore spitting is a crime should be reported immediately to the Singapore authorities for bringing that city-state into disrepute. With almost 10 per cent…
Colonisation of a new kind
Pakistan’s geo-strategic location as a gateway to Central Asia and its emergence as a nuclear-armed Islamic state have made it extremely vulnerable to the power games of many countries, with…
Visiting Bangladesh
Shrugging off its traditional reliance for foreign-exchange earnings on jute goods and tea, Bangladesh has economically made giant strides, with home remittances and garment manufacturing giving momentum to a whole…
Kashmir in turmoil again
ONLY a couple of months ago, when the issue of Kashmir was mentioned at an international seminar, most of the participants tended to dismiss it as of little relevance to…
National security vs welfare
Should the priority and focus of the state be national security or the security and welfare of the people who live in it? This is an issue, which is being…
