Tag: Pakistan Army

Worsening situation

Tolling bells fall on deaf ears It’s only so long you can keep a lid on a simmering pot. There will come a time when...

A flurry of denials

But how to make that smell go away? Conventional wisdom says that if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a...

Take-no-dictation moment?

Now, eyeball to eyeball Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani – usually soft spoken and compromise-seeking – thunderously declaring “there can be no state within a...

Our political puppeteers

They run the show still… That the armed forces and the ISI constitute a state within a state is no secret. That they intend to...

A political slumbering

No saviour in sight? The Kasur incident where people looted chairs is not something that should be laughed away. This is a very serious message...

Will democracy survive?

It still might Some political leaders and parties have been trying to dislodge the federal government from its earliest days. Many deadlines were given by...

Enough of standoffs

Time to back down While the common man in Pakistan is harassed by ever increasing economic woes, lawlessness and uncertainty about the country’s security after...

Not without an apology

How to bring relations back on track? In the 10-year US-led ‘war on terror’ there has been repeated criticism in Pakistan about its objectives and...

A Taliban manifesto

Policy guidelines for a new Pakistan WHEREAS Pakistan’s esteemed leadership has called for a review of the foreign policy and stated that we shall end...

Rumour mill overdrive

US birdies all around The readers will recall that last week I mentioned an analyst Spengler’s article in connection with American plans for the region...

Business as usual with India

Twins always end up on opposing sides of a fight: Bollywood After six decades of ups and downs, the people of India and Pakistan have...

Hash-bowls on the frontier?

Looking for a fictitious, blow-by-blow account of what happened at Salala? Look no further Disclaimer: The purpose of this fictitious reconstruction is to call attention...

The climax and the casualty

Something had to give On the surface, Memogate came as much a surprise to the government of Pakistan as that of the US. However, the...

Pakistan Army will train Afghanistan Army

A tripartite conference was held between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey in Istanbul, on Sunday. According to Afghanistan’s government, on the basis of the agreement...