The general consensus by Tallat Azim
24 July, 2010
Agent 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 [...]
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 [...]
Special guest in town
23 July, 2010M A Niazi US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton paid her most important visit to Pakistan so far. It had three purposes: it not only proved to be another one of the measures to bring Pakistan within the ambit of American diplomacy, it also proved to be a preparatory visit for President Barack Obama’s expected [...]
The day after
23 July, 2010Tariq Osman Hyder After two years the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and India met in Islamabad on 15th July. Since the Mumbai tragedy in November 2008 the peace process dialogue begun in January 2004 had been frozen by India. At the SAARC Summit in Bhutan both democratically elected Prime Ministers agreed their Foreign Ministers would [...]
Basis for dialogue
22 July, 2010Atle Hetland Cultural arrogance and humiliation lead to hatred among people. Dialogue, recognition and fairness lead to respect and cooperation. Ordinary people understand this, but why don’t countries? Our world will become much more peaceful when they do – and extremism and violence will be reduced. Evelin Gerda Lindner is a Professor in Psychology at [...]
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