The US confusion
The entire Afghanistan peace process is hanging between the optimism and pessimism! Whenever there is a bilateral, trilateral or multi-lateral negotiation process aimed at achieve a lasting peace and stability in the…
On Senate elections
The newly elected members of the Upper House of the Parliament will take their oaths this evening. Even with all the horse-trading accusations and shortcomings noticed in the election of the Senate…
Breakfast with President Hamid Karzai
Generally, it’s unusual for journalists to be out of the bed by seven O’ clock in the morning, and that too in freezing temperature that this part of the country is witnessing…
The peace in the region
Let us talk again. Talking can not only break the status quo but also ensure a change, mostly good and positive. However, declining such an opportunity coupled with doubts and blame game…
Good pipeline, bad pipeline
The country is in the middle of an energy crisis. The committed demand of the natural gas is around 6 billion cubic feet while our present generation is about 4.1 BCF per…
Unjustified criticism
There was much frustration and disappointment for all those who were looking towards the Supreme Court to pack up Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani’s government home on the issue of contempt…
Peace talks versus violence
The killing of 15 kidnapped Frontier Constabulary soldiers in the frontier region Tank last week by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is a great tragedy for those unfortunate souls, their families and the country. What…
No gas, no electricity but pay more
“Is there any light at the end of the tunnel,” a curious friend asked referring to continuous irritating power and gas loadshedding in the country. “Are we living in the Stone Age…
Back to business as usual
Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has replied in categorical terms to Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani’s warning of any takeover by military and reassured his support to the…
Condi’s revelation
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in her new book “No Higher Honor” has revealed the details of a deal between former Prime Minister of Pakistan Motarma Benazir Bhutto and former…