Pakistan

When silence replaces celebration

Credit: The News via Wasim Sroya The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor We should, right now, be celebrating. The announcement by physicists in Switzerland last week that they have all but proven the existence of the Higg’s Boson, a subatomic particle, also known as the “God […]

US, Pakistan eye a new cold war

Credit:Asiatimes. By MK Bhadrakumar The United States’ “de-hyphenated” relationship with the two South Asian rivals, Pakistan and India, is taking a curious turn. In a dramatic shift of fortunes, Pakistan is regaining its status as a key ally of the US in regional security. At the same time, Washington is […]

Pakistan’s courts take on the ISI

Credit:Asiatimes: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency to close a notorious cell that focused on monitoring internal politics, in a direct challenge to the ISI’s ability to operate as a “state within a state”. In a judgement that puts pressure on the agency to be […]

Don’t Forget Pakistan’s Liberals.

Source : THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. By SADANAND DHUME Mr. Dhume is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a columnist for WSJ.com. …. Perhaps the biggest potential defenders of liberal ideas such as freedom of worship are the minority Shiites and other heterodox Muslims. The Ahmadis have […]

The U.S.-Pakistan couple patches up a new quarrel.

By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon Why did it take Washington nearly eight months to apologize for the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers? But you know the answer: It’s because the United States and Pakistan have the most neurotic, mutually destructive “friendly” relationship in the world. Secretary of State […]