The documents but not the will
The dilemma is troublesome, if not acute. America offered a reward of $10m for information leading to the arrest of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, leader of the Lashkar-i-Taiba, alias Jamaatud Dawa.…
Policy rethink needed
Political and security circles in Pakistan are abuzz with analyses of America’s failures in Afghanistan, appreciation for the Taliban’s resilience and concern for the sufferings of ordinary Afghans. It’s anybody’s…
The poor do matter
I am not concerned about the poor. I am concerned about the very heart, the 90 percent, 95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling”, said Mitt Romney of…
Xmas and the city
Only a Russian deputy foreign minister could insult with such diplomatic finesse, and leave no bruises. `You send delegations from Pakistan every few months to us. From your National Defence…
Spotlight:
In a most disturbing development early last week, our worthy Foreign Minister, on a visit to America to meet American officials, for what has been called the Third Strategic Partnership…
Rohingya want rights, not guns
No thank you, we don’t want Al Qaeda or the American guns in support of our peaceful cause, we want sympathy and moral support for our non-violent cause of getting…
The global fallout
In downgrading the US sovereign credit rating, Standard and Poors gave the following reason: “The political brinkmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America’s governance and policymaking becoming…
Afghanistan and the GOP
In my last article I had mentioned the virtual absence of Afghanistan and the ongoing war from the campaign rhetoric of the two major American political parties as they move…
Demystifying mysteries
The Pakistani media is playing its role by informing citizens about the threat posed by the American security contractor Blackwater. Every other day there is some news of suspicious cars…
Loud and clear
There has been a distinct change in the public tone of our exchanges with the Americans of late. The usual urbane and anodyne diplomatic to and fro has become increasingly…
