English Columnists
Correcting a false start by Praful Bidwai
24 July, 2010
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi Saturday, July 24, 2010 Praful Bidwai Both India and Pakistan damaged their international image during their foreign ministers’ meeting last week–the first ministerial since the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks–by demonstrating mutual antipathy and refusing to begin a productive [...]
Afghan transit trade by Nauman Asghar
24 July, 2010Saturday, July 24, 2010 Nauman Asghar Pakistan and Afghanistan are renegotiating their transit trade agreement which was signed in 1965. The revision is not only with regard to Afghan goods’ transit to the Arabian Sea but also for the definition of the terms for Pakistan to secure routes to the Central Asian republics through Afghanistan. [...]
The general consensus by Tallat Azim
24 July, 2010Agent Provocateur The earlier, innocuous statements made by Ahmed Mukhtar, the country’s Defence Minister, relating to how they were not going to extend General Kayani’s tenure as COAS have came to naught. One of the few things going right will be allowed to continue to do so. The general consensus on the PM’s announcement of [...]
In hope to awaken their conscience! by Dr Haider Mehdi
24 July, 2010“And what am I supposed to do about it? Toe the line, tailor my opinions….But what you’re really saying is, if I can’t conform in one area of life, then I have to conform in the others. Not just the surface things, everything. Even against my conscience. Well, I can’t live like that. Nobody should [...]
Lessons from Afghan imbroglio by Inayatullah
24 July, 2010A Personal View The international summit held in Kabul ended on a note of uncertainty. The pledge that the Afghan troops could takeover responsibility for military operations by 2014 has lost its edge. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said: “The transition to Afghan-led security would be based on conditions not calendars. Our mission will [...]
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