Pakistan

Turkey and Afghanistan peace

Source: The Nation  October 08, 2013 YASMEEN AFTAB ALI  Peace has eluded Afghanistan. The country has been the backyard for powers that have invaded her, plundered her and in the end abandoned her-much like one would an aged mistress! In anticipation of the withdrawal of US combat forces from Afghanistan; […]

Pakistan’s deconstruct

the nation.com: Terrorism in Pakistan cannot be brought to an abrupt end through violent means. Most explanations about the strains and motivations of militancy though true are not universally applicable. Just like politics makes strange bedfellows, umbrella militant organisation will ally with any group or country prepared to challenge their […]

Values of tolerance

The Nation: by Ahmad Zia Tulla – The social system of an Islamic state offers protection to non Muslims. They have been termed as Dhimis ‘protected people’. They are so-called as soon as they submit to Islamic rule; it becomes the duty of the Islamic State to protect their life, […]

Chahbahar and Gwadar

Originally published in the Nation October 01, 2013 BY YASMEEN AFTAB ALI  Even before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s “loud-thinking” the idea of making Gwadar into a free port- India moved in May this year to counter China, upgrading Iran’s Chahbahar port that gives a transit route to land-locked Afghanistan. An […]

He has lost the plot?

Source: ET Imran Khan has lost the plot. His ego, his naiveté and stubborn refusal to face reality has unfortunately redefined his persona. Khan the reformer has now become Khan the apologist. Perhaps even an ally. What a waste of a perfectly good man. Together these two men hold high the fluttering […]