Abstract Rise of diplomacy, dialogue and development at the regional and international power politics especially after the horrendous events of World War II has changed the rules of the game. Terms of engagements have been redesigned, reshaped and reframed around the globe over the period of time. Our modern international political history and diplomacy are…
IntroductionIn the beginning of 1947, the global struggle between United States and former Soviet Union was “hardening into the cold war”[1] . With a futuristic vision and owing to its close proximity with Soviet Union, U.S was keeping a close surveillance of the developments taking place in the subcontinent, which was being partitioned into India…
As expected, Bonn II Conference did not go beyond the rhetoric. Conference convened to encourage talks with the Taliban and boost the regional cooperation, brought forth the reality of a dead ended peace process sans Pakistan. Though Taliban had been engaged in peace talks for years, they also didn’t show up for the event; they…
In a tragic and ironical twist of events, it is now the turn of Pakistan to ask its supposed ally (ISAF and NATO) ‘Are you complicit or plain incompetent.’ The insane, almost barbaric attack on two Pakistani check posts by ISAF air power on 26 November 2011 martyred 24 brave soldiers of Pakistan and left…
Mumbai is a city of contrasts, never so apparent as one comes in to land at the International Airport. High-rise developments are pockmarked across shanty towns, ongoing construction of raised expressways snaking over slum areas to overcome the enormous traffic jams clogging the city. Dreams sometimes become a reality in this sprawling metropolis, multiple times…
As the shadows lengthen on this December 3rd, 2011 late afternoon, I hear some voices from afar, from a day long forgotten by most. In a flash, I am transported back to that fateful evening of December 3rd 1971, when, as an 8 year old, I was playing cricket in the rear lawn of our…
The New Year is usually associated with joy but this time around a great many countries approached it bad that happened, whether in Pakistan or outside seemed to be our fault or so we were told. And what about our leaders? They being interested mostly in self survival, fell over themselves in keeping the USA,…
Bomb AttacksNine volunteers of Zakhakhel tribal lashkar (militia) were killed and six others injured when a bomb concealed in a donkey cart exploded near a watermill in Mastak bazaar of Khyber Agency in FATA on November 13, reports Dawn. No group claimed responsibility for the blast. The Zakhakhel tribal lashkar and the Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-e-Islam…
The Supreme Court (SC) having given notice to several respondents in the Manzoor Ijaz – Haqqani Memo issue, the govt resorted to its usual ploy of attempting to frustrate the course of justice. The first salvo was Dr (??) Babar Awan’s vitriolic attack on Tariq Khosa, appointed by the SC as a one-man Commission to…
The compulsions for survival has driven our leaders over the past decade to allow the US-Pakistan relationship to gradually degenerate into a master and slave status. Pakistan is now subjected to various insults across the board periodically, in the past year motivated vilification of the Pakistan Army and the ISI by key US public officials…
