Moving out of Af-Pak
Tomorrow Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, will meet President Barack Obama in Washington, to signal Islamabad’s renewed interest in a broad-based relationship with the US. This will be the first…
Ironies that escape us
Musharraf’s trials and tribulations are of little concern to most of us. Indeed his name now evokes a sense of boredom…what, him again? He had a great time of it…
2014: transition to what?
Committee room 10 in the House of Commons was packed to capacity. The audience was as international as it could get, with representatives from many embassies in London. MPs, diplomats,…
The message of Malala
Malala is barely 16 years old but she has experienced more physical and mental stress than most people several times her age. At 11 years, she had to leave home…
No child’s play
The October 18 speech of Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has raised a lot of eyebrows – and brought frowns on many faces. The way the young Bhutto-Zardari scoffed…
Hunger fears loom in Malawi after poor harvest
Now that many families are eating mangoes to survive, the villagers of Lulanga, along the southern tip-off Lake Malawi, are sure they're facing a food shortage. Villagers say they exhausted…
This week past: of elections and selections
This week past, reports challenging the 11 May election results as well as appointments that would have to be made by the Nawaz Sharif cabinet surfaced - all except one…
China’s pioneers to drive recovery in solar equipment demand
As China's solar panel makers venture into uncharted markets, the handful of companies that supply equipment for their plants are dusting off their orderbooks to meet a revival in demand.…
Spinning a story
Has the media evolved its rules of covering dicey stories and unconventional conflicts as it keeps pace with a rapidly changing world? There isn’t an easy, let alone correct, answer.…
China deploys ‘charm diplomacy’ at ASEAN summit
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has been on a charm offensive at the annual leaders' summit at the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Brunei, seizing on the absence of…
