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According to our defence minister and the Western press, during the prime minister’s US itinerary President Bush shared his concerns regarding the alleged Taliban appeasement by some elements in the ISI. This is not much. Since the genesis of the Taliban owed quite a lot to the ISI’s manoeuvres it is natural for some elements [...]
For a while I have been critical of the Prime Minister and the cabinet’s inability to tackle the multifaceted crises. Yet I believe that my criticism will lose objectivity if I cannot appreciate the good things done. I have been following the premier’s US itinerary quite closely and had been expecting that the meeting will [...]
A couple of days ago Islamabad witnessed a mini coup. Yes everyone is talking of the star crossed notification to place the directorate of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) under the interior ministry which was apparently reversed a couple of days ago. Since I have a clear view on these matters I want to express them [...]
Recently yet another senior al Qaeda leader spoke up on television and took responsibility for all crimes done. Yet if you take special pains to read any Western work on al Qaeda or Osama you will essentially notice a clear attempt at mystification. An organised group of devoted fundamentalists that is [...]
Travelling in a tube, a train or an airplane how many times has it happened that some fellow traveller shocks you with his or her rash outburst or sudden movement? Does your pulse race? Do you feel nauseated by the possibility of a terror attack? You know many people do. This is the legacy of [...]
Everyone is now talking about a US invasion of Pakistani tribal areas. Those who used to laugh at my assessment that this is has to happen in the end are now parrotting the given lines on the television. The defeatist elements have already started parrotting that the country cannot and has no chance of resisting [...]
I am terribly bored. And this I say in spite of the fact that only a few days have passed since my own birthday, a newphew’s birthday and my father’s death anniversary. I say this despite the fact that the doctor has just informed us that we are expecting another baby. Again despite the news that [...]
I have told you a hundred times that my father was an army officer. We were raised to stand up when the national anthem played, to salute the flag, feel proud of the army that we hardly ever knew. I think I have told you earlier that there was a time when I would have [...]
The role of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the restoration of democracy throughout history has simply been heroic. It has sacrificed its leaders. It has often accepted humiliating terms in order to ensure transition to democracy and it has only too often forgiven its arch enemies. Yet there is no gainsaying that it has never [...]
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