Higher than the Himalayas?
Over the weekend, Pakistan issued a commemorative coin to celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Islamabad and Beijing. What better way to snub Washington than to literally put…
US ‘democracy agenda’ in ME
The United States ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, expressed her government’s “disgust” at the uncooperativeness of Beijing and Moscow on the Syria Resolution that called for the ouster…
Future hangs in balance
NO doubt there has been peace and tranquillity in India after the judgment on the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute. But the credit for this must go to the Muslims. Although…
Palestine`s dead process
None should be surprised at the statement this month by the president of the Palestinian Authority and chairman of the PLO Mahmoud Abbas pronouncing the peace process with Israel as…
Where have all the angry youth gone?
Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." This was the historic…
Post-judgment measures
Better sense has prevailed — so far. According to the Allahabad High Court judgment, no one party to the conflict got enough to incite the sensibilities of the other in…
An evolving enemy
Three Chechens, one Uzbek, one Kyrgyzstani and one Dagestani. These are the nationalities of six of the 10 terrorists that attacked the Bacha Khan Airport in Peshawar on Saturday (the…
Bleeding the country dry
‘Each successive government of Pakistan will be worse than its predecessor.’ Thus predicted Mohammad Ali Jinnah to a confidant in mid-1948. How right he was — how prescient. In the…
The lure of the
Pakistan’s traditional political class dubbed him a lone ranger, condemned to wander in the wilderness of a fringe movement forever. The magnetic pull demonstrated by Imran Khan in recent months…
