Dec 23, 2009
Churchill characterized Soviet Russia in terms of riddles and enigmas. Pakistan today can be characterized as seemingly implacable contradictions and collisions between immovable objects
Dec 18, 2009
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has done what it was expected to do---struck down the time and purpose serving National Reconciliation Ordnance as being contrary to the Constitution of Pakistan.
Dec 08, 2009
With U.S. President Barack Obama’s announcement of his strategy in Afghanistan, the U.S.-jihadist war has entered a new phase. With its allies, the United States has decided to increase its focus on the Afghan war while continuing to withdraw...
Dec 07, 2009
Of all the things that President Obama said in his ‘critical, decisive and Presidency defining’ speech the part that is getting the most attention is the ‘beginning of the end’ July 2011 date and its obvious linkage to the 2012 elections.
Dec 04, 2009
Little three year old Imanae lived abroad. She came to Lahore Pakistan with her parents for the annual Eid festival. She will not be going back.
Dec 04, 2009
Osama bin Laden is an Arab. It would be foolish of him to leave the secure environs of Afghanistan and those sworn to protect him.
Dec 04, 2009
One of the recent flails in the Indian grapevine is the fear of Muslim extremist ideologues spiraling inside of India and eventually affecting the entire region.
Dec 04, 2009
Pakistan’s first priority should be to put its house in order. This means establishing parliamentary democracy with no deviations. This will be the starting point for many developments
Dec 04, 2009
The dilemma being faced in Pakistan is not unique by any means.. Politicians, by and large, tend to be unscrupulous and corrupt the world over, nowhere more so than in Italy .
Dec 04, 2009
Is Pakistan prepared to take the United States seriously and become a full partner in the conflict that continues to join Pakistan and Afghanistan in a web of violence and danger?