Governments and people are challenged to make difficult decisions each day. For most nations, those decisions are about the rights of citizens, the defense of an idea, or the solution of a problem. Few nations must make decisions that include the fight for their very existence against its own citizens. Today, Pakistanis, both inside and [...]
Read more →Anxiety continues to grow in India over the Obama presidency, says John Elliott on The Daily Beast. Pakistan has firmly believed that India had a special place in George W. Bush’s heart from turning a blind eye to the activities in Kashmir to the nuclear deal that allowed India to buy nuclear hardware from the [...]
Read more →As the final days tick down on the worst President of the United States, it seems that history has already started judging his legacy. Today’s Guardian has a couple of interesting pieces both about the Bush White House. David Miliband, UK Foreign Secretary, writes that: The terrorist attacks in Mumbai seven weeks ago sent shock [...]
Read more →Juan Cole is one of my favorite writers on Islam and the Western world. On his blog today, he provides an alternative look at the recently issued National Intelligence Estimate on Pakistan that paints us as a country “on the edge, with no money, no energy and no government.” It expresses a fear that an [...]
Read more →This month’s Economist announces the Terrorism Index for 2008, in which Pakistan is mentioned a few times. According to the report results, Pakistan is considered one the top nations to potential engage in the nuclear trade with terrorists, tied with North Korea, and the hands down winner on where the next al Qaeda stronghold will [...]
Read more →Text of article in Dari entitled “Pakistan acts, America does not respond” by Afghan independent secular daily newspaper Hasht-e Sobh on 25 September. The crash of an unmanned US drone in Pakistan’s tribal areas makes it clear enough that Pakistan will not allow American forces to continue operations against al-Qa’idah and Taleban in those areas. [...]
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