Diplomacy Archive
War Stories: Taliban punish the family who helped escape an abducted Chinese engineer: Zhang Guo is back in China while Jamaluddin and Liaqat were killed by TalibanJamaluddin Khan – an unsung hero of Pakistan-China friendship It was on October 17, 2008 that the two young Chinese engineers made their move to escape
The high cost of ‘ghairat’: By Irfan Husain Saturday, 07 Nov, 2009 JUDGING from the heated bombast that passes for informed debate on our airwaves, it would appear that ghairat, or honour, is a virtue restricted to those who permanently inhabit our TV studios.
Pakistan-USA ties: From Liaqat Ali Khan to Asif Zardari: Life before Kerry-Lugar —Haider Nizamani Popular sentiment has always been wary of American influence in Pakistan. Successive governments while framing their relations with the US have tried to placate public mood by invoking notions such as ‘augmenting national defence’
Slaughterhouse in mad house – Taliban in Pakistan: Pagal khanay mein zabah khana – by Mohammed Hanif پاگل خانےمیں ذبح خانہ محمد حنیف بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، کراچی ’تو پھر کیا تمام پنجابی طالبان، وزیرستان ہجرت کر جائیں گے یا ایک چھوٹی سے خلافت ملتان
Frankenstein’s Monster and General Zia-ul-Haq’s jihadis: Frankenstein’s Monster revisited —William B MilamI was struck that the Pakistani government seemed unable to formulate or articulate a public argument for a bill clearly meant to strengthen Pakistan’s democracy and foster the many common goals that should unite
A perspective on anti-Americanism found in Pakistan today: Smokers’ Corner: Bogey nation Nadeem F. ParachaSunday, 25 Oct, 2009 (Dawn Blog) Anti-Americanism today is an obligatory part of populist rhetoric.— Photo from File Recently the monthly Herald published the results of an elaborate survey that it undertook to
Nawaz Sharif’s opportunistic politics and the Kerry-Lugar Bill: ایک سوال کے جواب میں نواز شریف نے تصدیق کی کہ وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب میاں محمد شہباز شریف اور قومی اسمبلی میں قائد حزب اختلاف چوہدری نثار علی خان نے گزشتہ
Thank you, PPP Government, for removing extraordinary privileges to visiting US officials: Rites of passage Thursday, October 15, 2009 A positive step has been taken by removing extraordinary privileges extended to
Bullying ‘bloody civilians’ over the Kerry-Lugar Bill: Bullying ‘bloody civilians’ By Kamran ShafiTuesday, 13 Oct, 2009 (Dawn) Our Rommels and Guderians are not about to alight from their top of the line BMWs and Mercedes and climb into Suzuki Mehrans. –File Photo I have read the
Kerry-Lugar Bill: what’s the hype and hysteria about?: Hype and hysteria over nothing By Irfan HusainSaturday, 10 Oct, 2009 Surely the Pakistani opponents of the Kerry-Lugar bill are not pretending that we are innocent on all counts? Or has the state of denial penetrated so deeply into
Shame on General Kayani for meddling into the Kerry-Lugar Bill. Leave politics to the politicians please.: Between the lines By Cyril Almeida Friday, 09 Oct, 2009 (Dawn) Memo to the Pakistan Army: don’t wait for the revolution in military affairs to get a high-speed Internet connection. Actually, the army could have spared the country a
Aid Package From U.S. Jolts Army in Pakistan: By JANE PERLEZ and ISMAIL KHAN Published: October 7, 2009 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In an unusual move, the Pakistani Army expressed public anger Wednesday at
Democracy in Pakistan is challenged by the champions of "National Security": Wise or unwise, the bill must not become the basis for fresh cleavages between the army and the political opposition on one side and the government on the other. Corps commanders express concern over Kerry-Lugar By Iftikhar A. Khan
Will PMl-N and Jamaat Islami protest against this case of foreign intervention in Pakistan?: US, S Arabia saved Nawaz from hanging: Inderfurth * US failed to eliminate Bin Laden during Clinton’s tenure due to lack of intelligence Daily Times Monitor LAHORE: The US administration made several attempts to stop Pakistan from conducting nuclear
Kerry-Luger Bill or Carry-Looter Bill? Fact versus Fiction: Here is an extensive archive on the Kerry-Lugar Bill debate in Pakistan: Wusatullah Khan’s critique on “intellectuals” such as Kashif Abbasi, Irfan Siddiqi and Dr Shahid Masood
Kerry-Lugar Bill – Is it good or bad for Pakistan?: We may be entering a ‘new phase’ in relations between the US and Pakistan with the passage of the bill, but the paeans to ‘fundamental change’ don’t jibe with reality. –Photo by AP Kerry-Lugar Bill: the fruition of 62
Zardari versus Siapa Group and "zananion ki bad-duayen": Abbas Ather’s analysis of the anti-democracy
Good instincts are not enough, Mr Zardari! – by Talat Masood: Good instincts are not enough Monday, September 28, 2009 (The News)Talat Masood The country faces an extraordinary situation. No one trusts its top political leadership. The print and electronic media is in overdrive to give it a bad name
What is the ideology of Pakistan’s military?: The military’s ideologyBy Ayesha SiddiqaFriday, 25 Sep, 2009 (Dawn) PAKISTAN observers often wonder what the Pakistan military’s
US Senate votes to triple aid to Pakistan, India protests: Published by: Noor KhanPublished: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 at 13:09 IST Lalit K Jha and Betwa Sharma Washington/New York, Sep 25 (PTI) The US Senate today voted unanimously to triple non-military aid to Pakistan to USD 1.5 billion dollars
Is America our friend? —Rasul Bakhsh Rais: Is America our friend? —Rasul Bakhsh Rais Our rational self-interest in this situation dictates that we help rebuild a stable Afghanistan, help end the war and deepen our relationship with the United States, taking it beyond the contingencies of
The Saudi Factor, Nawaz Sharif and Musharraf’s trial: Analyses by Asadullah Ghalib and Tanvir Qaiser Shahid
‘Pakistan saved China from embarrassment on Xinjiang violence’: * Both countries have not fully utilised political ties for economic gains * New Chinese embassy issue different from US embassy’s expansion By Sajjad Malik ISLAMABAD: Pakistan played a key role in dissuading certain Muslim countries from taking the
King Abdullah says that any step against Musharraf could affect Pak-Saudi ties: It is interesting to see that Musharraf’s meetings with Saudi king have been distorted and misrepresented by a member of the usual pro-Nawaz, pro-Taliban propaganda cell, i.e. Saleh Zaafir (of The News). It may be noted that Saleh Zaafir,
Pakistan’s Foreign Office: a subsidiary of ISI: BBC Urdu dot com: Pakistan’s Foreign Office has always been a subsidiary of ISI پاکستانی وزارتِ خارجہ: طفیلی ادارہ! بیورو رپورٹ اسلام آباد بے نظیر بھٹو اور نواز شریف نہ صرف بھارت سےبہتر تعلقات بلکہ افغان صورتحال سے بھی
A new Musharraf-Nawaz deal sponsored by Saudi Arabia: Musharraf reaches Riyadh as royal guest Daily Times Monitor LAHORE: Former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf arrived in Riyadh on Monday, where he will meet Saudi King Abdullah, a private TV channel reported. Musharraf’s legal adviser Chaudhry Fawad said
Stay away from the Wahhabi-Deobandi alliance in Pakistan, Ms Judith McHale: Ansar Abbasi is a much despised journalist in Pakistani. He is widely disliked by the majority of moderate Pakistanis because of his consistent support for the Taliban and Al Qaeda. In his distorted and inflammatory news reports, he persistently
An unlikely Indian admirer of Jinnah: Jaswant Singh of BJP: An unlikely Indian admirer By Jawed NaqviMonday, 17 Aug, 2009 I have said objectively what I had to say in the book about Jinnah, now I am ready for the noose, Jaswant Singh said. –Photo by Reuters When India’s
Who killed Niaz A. Naik?: ISLAMABAD: A former Pakistani chief diplomat was found dead in his Islamabad residence on Saturday, police said. ‘We found Niaz A. Naik’s decomposed body in his
India-Pakistan rivalry: Sunday, July 19, 2009Dr Farrukh Saleem India and Pakistan are in a state of active hostility — if not war or at least two proxy wars. At least six of the Pakistan army’s nine corps are on the border
Governor Ghani: Pakistan doesn’t have any friend in the world except Allah !: *Governor NWFP has said World Powers want Pakistan’s division & if the world is ‘playing boxing with us’ then we don’t have any choice but to fight with them and answer them in same manner !
After India, Afghanistan, & Iran it’s now China which wants Pakistan to take action against militants !!! Isn’t it time to wake up ???: China Leans on Pakistan to Deal With Militants Washington is not the only ally calling on Islamabad to take action against militants based in its tribal areas along the Afghan border. Now, according to a prominent Pakistani politician, Beijing
Benazir Bhutto and the Taliban — Zafar Hilaly: Bhutto, who was by instinct a fighter, believed that the battle had to be a no holds barred contest and one that was to be fought to the finish. Casualties of all types, collateral or targeted, would be high.
The Iran-USA relations: Chabahar port can play a key role in rebuilding Afghanistan…: Shaytan-e-BozorgSunday, February 08, 2009 Dr Farrukh Saleem Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, the 1st Supreme Leader of Iran, in a speech on 5 November 1979, labelled the United States “Shaytan-e-Bozorg” or the ‘Great Satan’. That was more than
Kashmiris and Tamils: Violence will get them nowhere: Violence will get them nowhere By Kuldip Nayar IN a way, what has happened to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka is similar to what has happened to the Hurriyat in Kashmir. Both of them,
Pakistan’s eight points for Holbrooke – How to restore peace in Afghanistan and FATA: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Nasim Zehra The writer is an Islamabad-based security analyst Speaking in Washington to a conference sponsored by the Reserve Officers Association on Monday, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said, “I
Obama vows to listen to Muslims: Obama’s first interview as president (Al-Arabiya TV exclusive): Obama’s first interview as president (Al-Arabiya TV exclusive) Obama vows to listen to Muslims By Edward Luce in Washington Published: January 27 2009 Barack Obama on Monday night granted an Arabic-language television channel his first formal interview as president
Obama’s message to the Muslim world in his inaugural speech…: Text of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address By The Associated Press – 20 January 2009 “….Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood