Tag: Hillary

Afghan conference to chart future after NATO exit

The US will warn against efforts to destabilise Afghanistan when it joins Pakistan and other key players in Turkey Wednesday to chart the war-torn...

Pearly smile diplomacy

A photo plastered on the front page of the newspapers shows two women with pearl strings around their necks and pearly smile on their...

US again calls for ‘unequivocal’ action on militants

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday renewed her call on Pakistan to close safe havens for militants, saying the uneasy partner must...

The ways of a superpower

Do we really think that if the US were to act against Pakistan, it would be in a traditional way? That they would attack...

Talking to the Taliban

The headline “Convince Taliban to talk, US asks Pakistan” of a leading English daily speaks volumes. Is this what the high powered delegation of...

Right assessment

That Pakistan has told the high-powered Hillary Clinton-led US delegation that “it is ready to facilitate its talks with the Taliban, but cannot become...

No ‘real’ gains from Hillary’s Islamabad visit

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to Pakistan was no doubt the most significant trip by any senior American official in...

In quest of new norms

Hillary Clinton’s visit to Pakistan on October 20-21, 2011 was a subtle attempt on the part of the United States and Pakistan to reduce...

Hillary’s sojourn

There you have it. The cat has jumped out of the bag, but not as conspicuously as one might have guessed. Without adding that...

Clinton presses Pakistan for joint covert action on militants

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Pakistan will suffer “dire consequences” if it fails to “contain” terrorists operating from its soil, and it...

In a quagmire

On Friday, the US told Pakistan peremptorily to either join it in fighting the Haqqani network or get out of the way to let...

JI lashes out at Hillary

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came to pressurise Pakistan to act against the Haqqani Network, JI chief Munawar Hasan said. Addressing the Friday...

Experts hint at improved Pak-US relations post Hillary visit

With the deadlock still persisting, tension between the US and Pakistan would certainly reduce after the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,...

An agreement?

The joint press conference by Clinton and Khar indicates that an understanding has been reached between the US and Pakistan on the divisive issues...

Cut and Run

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her high profile delegation’s (that includes CIA chief David Petraeus and Admiral Mike Mullen’s successor Chairman...

Pakistan has potential for regional leadership: Hillary

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said Pakistan has potential to play leadership role in the region. She said this during her meeting with...

US demands action in ‘days and weeks’

Understanding that military action was not the “only solution” to Haqqani Network and other Taliban groups on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the...