Had Pakistan fine tuned the ‘negative list’ as expected, even as the MFN question is pushed to the political back burner, it could have been the high water mark of the Sharma visit. Trade between the two countries is a mere $2.7 billion a year, far below its potential.
13 January, 2012 03:30:00
Poreg View: Though the Washington Times report says prisoner exchange will follow once the Taliban deal is done with the US, there are conflicting views ...
12 January, 2012 04:00:00
Going by the experience of the West with Saddam Hussain’s Baghdad, it is essential to first get clarity on whether Iran has decided to build a nuclear weapon or achieve the capability for putting to peaceful uses.... The champions of N-proliferation must first establish their credentials. So far their track record is any thing but praiseworthy.It is essential for the Non-proliferation Ayatollahs to remember that selectivism does their cause no good. ...
26 November, 2011 07:15:00
The US air attack in the early hours of Saturday, Nov 26, by accident or design is going to push the already strained US-Pak relations ...
24 November, 2011 03:25:00
Poreg View: This headline in a leading Pakistan daily does not come as a surprise and it is in line with the known IMF-WB philosophy. ...
16 February, 2012 11:05:00
Poreg View: As our headline suggests, the three nation summit President Asif Ali Zardari is hosting in Islamabad has a very limited objective since there ...
10 February, 2012 09:35:00
The situation is tailor –made for both – Islamabad is facing the possibility of financial bankruptcy despite being an ‘unacknowledged’ nuclear power. Saudis need to display their N-power soon after, if not before, Tehran test fires its weapon....
07 February, 2012 05:20:00
If Pakistan wants to avoid a social upheaval, which will be unavoidable at the present rate of unemployment, and shortage syndromes, it must put its act together rather quickly...
02 February, 2012 08:10:00
With China spreading its net wide and displaying its economic muscle, its companies and their workers are finding themselves regularly in the line of fire. And the inability of Beijing to mount rescue missions in the way the US does is creating anger against the government, if one goes by popular microblogs....
01 February, 2012 02:30:00
In a display of defiance not known to rural China, particularly semi-urban settlements, Wukan villagers erected barricades and pledged to defend their community at any cost. The provincial officials could have put down the ‘rebellion’ with the usual iron hand but for the fear of ‘copy cat revolts’ across South China, which is home to the country’s industrial base. ...
31 January, 2012 12:40:00
It is time that the US rephrased what John F Kennedy had told his countrymen at the time of his inauguration in the sixties. He had said that Americans should ask themselves what they could do for the country rather than asking what the country could do for them. Today, the time has come for Washington to think what it can do to the world rather than making demands on the world, particularly the developing countries....
23 December, 2011 01:55:00
Poreg View: The decision to go ahead with the Iran gas pipeline and ask a consortium led by IBIC of China to raise funds makes ...
17 November, 2011 01:50:00
Poreg View: The timing of joint exercises by Pakistan and China near Jhelum, about 50 miles from Islamabad is significant. The two week long war ...
29 January, 2012 07:05:00
China has built its economy on the strength of its export capability, which in turn thrived on volumes to be competitive. The austerity drive in Europe in the face of debt crisis is bad news to China’s export industries. ...
25 January, 2012 03:35:00
On paper, Pakistan government plans to demolish unregistered madrassas, but in reality it is hesitant to touch them with bulldozers fearing a repeat of Lal Masjid saga....
19 January, 2012 03:00:00
The ISI chief has to work under the army chief; therefore, he has to be somebody who has a good working equation with the Big Boss. Since, the prime minister and the army chief have strained relations, will Gilani dare to have a new stand off with Gen Kayani. ...
12 January, 2012 06:25:00
Pakistan army chief Kayani is not against drone strikes, which for him, are no more than outsourcing security drill in Waziristan. His anti-American plank is more a reaction to CIA planting hundreds of Raymond Daviess to keep tabs on ISI, and to CIA using Ambassador Haqqani for visas to these Davies without GHQ knowledge. This the reason why Americans have shown no undue concern over the coup rumours and give the impression of going along with the Pakistani concerns....
07 January, 2012 02:00:00
Poreg View: The detention of former army chief, General Ilker Basbug, in Turkey on Friday, Jan 6, is a stunning development. But it was not ...
07 January, 2012 01:35:00
Pakistani religious schools are not only spreading sectarian hatred at home but are also exporting. ...
06 January, 2012 05:50:00
Things have changed in Myanmar since November last when the ballot was held to give the regime a sartorial make over. President Thein Sein not only acknowledged recognised Aung San Suu Kyi as the voice of the people which cannot be ignored but also surprised the world by freeing the media and trade unions. Yet, Suu Kyi’s decision to accept Thein Sein’s word at its face value and join Parliament has not gone down well with her followers. They have every reason to suspect the motives and planks of the rulers, who, they believe, are new only in name....
04 January, 2012 01:20:00
The plight of Musharraf, if read along with the power politics practised by the military dictators who had preceded him, is a lesson to the men in uniform on the dangers of being carried away by the parade spirit....
03 January, 2012 02:45:00
The incident brings upfront the drug trafficking that takes place through porous Pakistan Baluchistan which is adjacent to the opium belt of Afghanistan. The Iranian regime is very tough with drug traffickers unlike Pakistan where there is a nexus between official agencies (army formations, frontier guards and local police) and drug syndicates that operate from their perch in Karachi....
31 December, 2011 12:54:00
The Memo-gate has its origins in May when President Zardari sent a SOS to Washington to deliver a pep talk to Gen Kayani. And in the failure of the Memo authors to factor in the reality that Washington doesn’t enjoy any special leverage with Rawalpindi after Operation Geronimo. Also that Gen Kayani and his GHQ Shura have scripted a new equation with Pentagon by cashing in on the American concerns and vulnerabilities in what is essentially an election year for President Obama....
25 December, 2011 07:05:00
President Nasheed is at the receiving end of Adhaalat (Justice Party) and several other groups on the charge that his government is compromising principles of Islam; with the government's inability to blunt the criticism, the charge appears to stick. Nasheed supporters staged a ‘counter’ rally after the Opposition protestors left for home on Dec 24. But it was not an impressive show....
23 December, 2011 06:45:00
These are clear signals that the Nobel laureate will be able to return to active politics and that the government of former military junta leaders will not place any obstacles on her way to electoral politics. While whether she would be able to hold an elected office should remain confined to the realm of speculation as of now, there can be no doubt that her voice will be heard and respected in the corridors of power henceforth. ...
07 December, 2011 08:10:00
The Afghans are concerned that for the first time in the Afghan history an important day like Ashura was used for drawing blood of unarmed worshipers. The suicide bombing of Abu Fazl shrine not only highlights the hatred of perpetrators’ for the people of Afghanistan but also their contempt of Islam, as President Hamid Karzai put it....
06 December, 2011 09:30:00
Pakistan’s absence at Bonn-II has underscored the hiccups in achieving a reconciliation i Afghanistan that leads to an end to the resistance by the Taliban and other forces opposing NATO presence....
29 November, 2011 07:50:00
No one country today has a monopoly over democracy. As such, civilized way in the 21st century will be learning to respect Nation-States even if they appear to be different and adopt adversarial role. Because the label of ‘outrageous’ will apply to different products in different capitals. For instance, in London, to the ‘indefensible’ attack on the British embassy in the Iranian capital, and, in Tehran, to the ‘indefensible’ sanctions on the country’s quest to power its growth engine with all the side benefits. ...
25 November, 2011 03:50:00
Under the new law, demonstrators will be allowed to hold protests with flags and party symbols. But they will have to inform the authorities five days in advance, which inter alia means adhering to the dos and don’ts if imposed. ...
25 November, 2011 03:45:00
As long as the demand for credible action on Human Rights violations during Eelam War is not met or local efforts, if any, are seen to be falling short of the goal, Rajapakse brothers will find it difficult to duck outside pressure for action....
18 November, 2011 06:10:00
Itt will be a miscalculation for China if it fails to reckon with what makes South China Sea important for the United States. An estimated $1.2 trillion in US commerce passes through the South China Sea and this gives Washington “a vital interest in the region”....
17 November, 2011 03:35:00
This failure is as much a reflection of the Pakistan’s continued faith in the 2-nation theory as enlightened self- interest on full display in Dhaka. Interestingly, this snub comes with about 30-days to go for the 40th celebration of the failure of two-nation theory and emergence of Dhaka as the free capital of a free country...
12 November, 2011 08:35:00
In politics, perceptions matter the most. And this is what Musharraf is targeting to achieve just in time for his second innings in public life. The demolition gives him the privilege to say 'Mai is mauqe pe Pakistan ki awam se muazrath khwa hoon'- (On this occasion, I seek forgiveness from the people of Pakistan). ...
10 November, 2011 03:35:00
When Communism has failed to provide answers to and solace from the problems of poverty and socio-economic uplift, as is evident by reports in the Chinese media and internet blogs, Durban summit should not be made a hostage to the predilections of the elite few in Beijing....
08 November, 2011 04:25:00
Certificates issued by Pakistan's patron saints about the safety of its nuclear arsenal carry little value as the signatories of the certificates have failed to check Pakistan’s clandestine N-programme and its Nuclear Wal-Mart with Dr A Q Khan heading the front office. ...
15 October, 2011 08:05:00
The web has become a huge challenge in China to attempts to block content deemed politically sensitive. China's weibos -- microblogs similar to Twitter -- have formed a large-scale social network on which information is disseminated and action coordinated at an unprecedented speed....
05 October, 2011 12:55:00
There is no end to violence targetted at Shia minority in Pakistan...
30 September, 2011 02:40:00
The contacts between the quasi-military government and democracy icon Aung Saun Suu Kyi show that Yangon is making a slow but steady progress towards transition for more freedoms. The US may have to fast track its response....
27 September, 2011 03:15:00
When it came to administering the medicine, the good doctors at the IMF-WB annual appeared clueless in reading the prescription. No specific measures were unveiled to avert a default by Greece and global depression. Only a promise was held out to 'act collectively to restore confidence and financial stability, and rekindle global growth'....
21 September, 2011 01:55:00
Thousands of people have died in sectarian attacks in Pakistan particularly since the late 1980s. Banned outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is responsible for these acts. There is no credible and genuine action taken against LeJ, which like many other banned sectarian and jihadi groups is able to move freely and strike at will. The criminal are either not captured or if they are captured they are either released or given less punishment routinely since the State of Pakistan has been treating them as an extended arm of the State agencies....
03 September, 2011 03:40:00
The Jubair episode is not one-dimensional. It shows that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is engaged in imparting commando training to its recruits, including teenagers, at its terror camps inside Pakistan, besides being involved in their religious indoctrination. It also helps to understand the depth and reach of the Pakistan based terrorist groups, which, the latest cables from whistleblower website WikiLeaks, says are funded by the ISI.. By not acting on this information available since 1976, the United States allowed itself to be a sitting duck to be targeted by the perpetrators of 9/11 ...
01 September, 2011 06:40:00
President Mahinda Rajapakse may find himself increasingly cornered in the days ahead. Firstly because the official ‘analysis’ of the Eelam War is seen as a job to white wash the war crimes. Secondly because the claim of not undermining the media freedom ‘then or now’ has no takers since it is widely known that the Rajapakse era has terrorized the media even without formal censorship… Rajapakse’s contention that he is being pressurized in order to check the growing Chinese influence on Sri Lanka will not cut any ice for this very reason....
29 August, 2011 04:56:00
When Christine Lagarde says ‘we risk seeing the fragile recovery derailed’, she is saying the most obvious. The stakes are high for every nation. Act they must now to ward off a new global financial crisis, similar to the meltdown that was witnessed in September 2008 because, as the IMF chief says, if growth continues to lose momentum, fiscal sustainability will be threatened, and policy instruments will lose their ability to sustain the recovery’....
24 August, 2011 07:11:00
The misrule of President Zardari’ government, mayhem in Karachi, radicalization of sections of the society which have brought misery and bloodshed as an everyday dosage and above all the ever widening economic disparities have in a manner of speaking set the stage for Ansar Burney’s campaign. ...
21 August, 2011 07:30:00
Officially Pak- Libya is styled as a DFI with an authorized capital of Pakistan Rupees Four Billion. But its structure, involvement in energy and IT sectors and above all the fact that it had its genesis in the charismatic Bhutto era lend credence to the view that Pak-Libya is not just another joint venture.Pakistan army is aligned with the company through the old boy network....
20 August, 2011 08:20:00
Political will and national resolve are the basic requirements in the fight against terror. These are not in full display in Pakistan. For instance, the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2010, proposed on July 28, 2010 with as many as 25 amendments to Pakistan’s original anti-terrorism legislation, the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 is still on the back-burner. In the prevailing political milieu, it is unlikely to see the light of the day....
18 August, 2011 08:45:00
Forty years ago, when Dhaka became the free capital of a free, sovereign Bangladesh, Pakistan leaders and their overseas friends termed the new nation as the begging bowl of Asia. Today, a role reversal of sorts has taken place with global lenders calling the tune in Islamabad, and Pakistan’s public debt standing at a staggering $10.6 trillion. ...
16 August, 2011 08:35:00
Faced with a severe backlash, the powerful railway ministry has since stopped work on all new high-speed rail projects. The embargo doesn’t apply to projects already under way. The Ministry attributed the July 23 crash to a design flaw in the signaling device. But it has ducked the demands for an independent investigation since the high speed technology was less indigenous and based more on rip off of imported systems. ...
15 August, 2011 10:50:00
Jhalanath Khanal’s downfall was scripted even before the curtain went up on his act. He could not even properly constitute his team of ministers. While resigning, he has admitted as such. He has failed to advance the peace process or agree with the opposition on a new constitution. These are the two tasks he had promised to achieve as the head of the government. ...
08 August, 2011 02:25:00
Buddhist Vatican plan carries the imprimatur of Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, the Maoist chief and former prime minister. He is the joint chairman along with his one-time royal enemy Paras Bir Bikram Shah, of the Chinese NGO, APEC, which has signalled the growing Chinese interest in Lumbini. And the campaign in China to bring all religious institutions under Beijing’s control also has become cause for worry to the Buddhists since the day is not far off to choose a successor to the present Dalai Lama.
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08 August, 2011 06:40:00
Expectedly, the Dalai Lama’s plans were not received well in China. In the days and weeks ahead, China will try to legitimize its Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu (21), who was hand-picked in 1995, and will also come up with its own successor to the 14th Dalai Lama....
06 August, 2011 11:25:00
The arrest is a jolt to the Tibetan community in Nepal. The Himalayan country has been witnessing an unprecedented crackdown on Tibetans ever since Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal’s government came to office with the Maoists as the backseat drivers. The authorities are said to prevent Tibetans from observing even traditional rites on the birthdays of the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. ...
04 August, 2011 01:05:00
Some of these cyber-attacks lasted just a month; others stretched to as many as 28 months. The hackers used spear-phishing emails to accomplish their task. These emails are tainted with malicious software, to specific people at the targeted organisations. Cyber warriors are now a reality and eternal vigil is the price the free world has to pay for safeguarding its Internet. This problem can be addressed to some extent by checking the use of pirated software....
02 August, 2011 06:20:00
The ignominy suffered by Rajapaksa government at the hands of the world body and human rights groups alike was a self-inflicted wound. And it is, in a sense, an object lesson to all regimes -civilian and proletarian dictatorship. ...
02 August, 2011 07:35:00
In any normal democracy, it is the prime minister’s prerogative to pick and chose his ministers. But, Nepal is not a normal democracy. In fact, it is taking baby steps in democracy. More over even in established democracies, the prime minister has to factor in the views of his colleagues and the organisational needs. This is the reason why often the Prime Minister is described as the first among equals in a cabinet and he is repeatedly counselled to carry all shades of opinion in decision making....
30 July, 2011 01:30:00
If the sanction is aimed at taming TTP as a parallel diplomatic effort to the dialogue process, it may yield no more than gifting a talking point to the Pakistan government. Because the ‘talks’ have not stood in the way of TTP in drawing blood and more blood every day in Pakistan and Afghanistan as well. ...
27 July, 2011 08:50:00
Besides fake UK passports, Pakistan is also home for fake British Brides and Bride grooms, ‘who dress like the Brits, who style their like the Brit youth, and who talk like the Brits’....Post-Mumbai investigations revealed that people in Spain and Italy had made some payments via hawala route to pay for Voice over Internet Protocol services for the attackers’, according to Thai Special Branch police Tritos Ronritthiwichai....
27 July, 2011 09:35:00
Indian TV cameras were focused on her dress and on the fashion touches - a Hermes black Birkin handbag, a string of pearls and high black heeled shoes. One Page One report in a leading English daily said Khar ‘proved to be a spot-the-brand delight for the fash frat’. The glamour-struck modern media that did not care to ask how serious a politician Khar is but she said the ‘mindset’ in Pakistan has changed. And went on to equate the Samjhauta Express bomb blast with Mumbai’s 26/11. and termed India’s case on 26/11 as dated....
26 July, 2011 04:10:00
It is an established practice the world over for intelligence agencies to function beyond the media glare. ISI is an exception. Its penchant, rather brazen style, keeps it in the eye of a media storm at home and aboard. ...
25 July, 2011 08:35:00
Victory or defeat is part of electoral games, which, in reality are an accountability test for leaders and parties alike. The local council election shows the Government of Sri Lanka must work with the Tamil leaders to solve the problems amicably. Put differently, the people of the North and East have voted for a political settlement. ...
23 July, 2011 10:35:00
One likely fall-out of the Friday tragedy, if it is finally linked to Jihadists, is that Europe would become a really strong fortress. Immigration laws will be tightened. Visas will be drastically reduced. Travel within and to as also trade with Europe will become a nightmarish experience. In short liberalism, liberalism, Europe has been identified with, will take a back seat. It will also mean there will be few doors open for asylum seekers from the Third world.
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20 July, 2011 11:18:00
The ISI-Fai operation, like the Pervez Musharraf scripted and directed Kargil Operation, has ended as a clumsy affair. It has left tell tale marks long the way what with a network of at least 10 straw contributors to make the campaign contributions and to donate the bulk of the Kashmiri Center’s annual operating budget. When the lid on these contributors is blown off, it is sure to leave many in the ISI and the pro-Pakistani Kashmiri community with red faces....
19 July, 2011 10:15:00
The legislation in the works is not Pakistan centric. It seeks to block US aid to Egypt, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority also,unless the White House can reassure Congress that they are co-operating in fighting terrorism. It is going to pose a direct challenge to President Barrack Obama and his authority over foreign policy. ...
19 July, 2011 09:25:00
China has not gained an upper hand in its 'battle' against the Uighur groups. It sees these groups as a part of a terrorist network with links to al -Qaeda. Uighur groups are known to get armed training and weapons from the state patronized jihadi outfits in Pakistan. Yet, China has not name them either and merely termed the Khotan clashes as ‘an organized terrorist attack’....
14 July, 2011 01:25:00
...... it is easy for experts on the other side of the border, like Amir Rana, the director of the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies, to say ‘It is important not to jump to conclusions and let the investigation take its course’. The likes of Rana must impress upon their government, particularly the all-powerful army and the ISI not to sleep over the mountain of evidence India has provided since 26/11 but to pursue the case vigorously. ...
30 June, 2011 10:55:00
Mukhtar’s comment is a message to the US 'Mullah Omar is our guest. You can meet him only if we facilitate'. And that Pakistan will not like to relish the prospect of left behind since it has very carefully crafted and promoted the Good Taliban concept and played host to the Taliban leadership all along. ...
30 June, 2011 09:05:00
Punitive economic sanctions against Colombo as demanded by some sections of ethnic Tamil minority and rights activists will be no more than another misguided jingoism when the need of the hour is facilitation to the process of bridging the political and emotional divide in Sri Lanka ...
27 June, 2011 06:30:00
There is an element of theatre of the absurd in the election because the code of conduct for parties and candidates was merrily violated by everyone from the ‘Prime Minister’ Sardar Atique downwards, and the Election Commissioner did not blow the whistle. Probably, the poll chief lost interest in the contest once Sardar Atique Ahmed Khan, who is now likely to join the PPP in forming the new government, called the election a wrestling match....
25 June, 2011 09:50:00
Apparently the Chinese believe that a booming economy deserves a robust intelligence – human and technical for data and analysis. Otherwise ‘spy schools’ that attract 30 to 50 best brains would not be the flavour of the season at the Chinese Universities in Beijing, Shanghai (Fudan University), Xian, Qingdao and Harbin in 2011. ...
20 June, 2011 02:40:00
UNHCR report that India is a second home for hundreds who had left their home ‘to avoid war, oppression or fear of persecution’ does come ...
18 June, 2011 07:20:00
Even the white knight in shining armour, the US, is witnessing rise in the ranks of jobless. It needs a sustained growth rate of at least three percent to make a dent in the near-double-digit official unemployment rate. That is no where in sight with the Democrats and the Republicans locked in a slugfest on the Capitol Hill and President Obama content with issuing warnings on job drain to India and China....
14 June, 2011 02:15:00
Prime Minister Erdogan’s popularity is largely because of the economic miracle he has achieved. From the sick-man of Europe with high inflation and violent boom-bust cycles, Turkey is now the fastest growing economy in Europe, and also one of the most stable. Yet surprisingly, the electorate has denied him the parliamentary majority needed for statute changes by just four seats....
12 June, 2011 08:45:00
In a world that is increasingly guided by market economics, small countries like Sri Lanka should walk the extra mile to woo tourists and not place impediments like no visa on arrival in the way of the few who think of flying into Kandy or Colombo which don’t boast of world class hotel rooms in plenty. ...
05 June, 2011 02:50:00
‘Operations’ and ‘talks’ running on parallel tracks will undoubtedly bring the U.S. and the Pakistani military closer. Larger defence package for Pakistan, if materializes as expected, will be a natural corollary. One report puts the largesse at $113 billion in the current fiscal year and $107 billion in the next year as ‘war expenses’...
04 June, 2011 06:15:00
Ilyas Kashmiri was not the product of Madrassas but of the Pakistani establishment (a euphemism for the ISI and the army), who used him to fight for America in the 80s against the Soviet Union and to safeguard the Pakistani establishment’s interests in Kashmir in the 90s, according to Pakistan journalist Hamid Mir,. ...
03 June, 2011 05:00:00
The success of peace deals with the Taliban depends very much on Islamabad, which has a vested interest to keep Afghanistan on the boil till it achieves its objective of strategic depth beyond the Durand Line. ...
02 June, 2011 06:20:00
Only regimes where accountability and transparency are not the buzz words can afford to push ahead with such dream projects. ...
01 June, 2011 04:35:00
Over the years, Washington has felt shy of calling a spade a spade vis-a-vis Pakistan with its eyes set on short term gains in the Af-Pak region and the Muslim world. Post- Davis saga there is a new willingness to walk the talk not substantially but in a small measure. ...
31 May, 2011 06:30:00
Nawaz Sharif and his PML-N have been basking in the reflex glory of their ties with the Royal family. Now from the WikiLeaks disclosure, it is clear that the ISI can afford to have the last laugh. Because, the disclosure shows that the ISI has strong links to the Saudi administration and its influence in Riyadh is stronger than the PML-N's.
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31 May, 2011 04:55:00
High handedness has never paid dividends. The problem in Inner Mongolia from all accounts is political in nature. It must be addressed politically. ...
30 May, 2011 08:05:00
The irony is difficult to miss. Khanal was pitch-forked by the Maoists into the Prime Minister’s chair in February. And for this dream job he had sacrificed the Nepali Congress, a long time ally of UML. Now the Maoists have ditched him for a 'new' deal....
28 May, 2011 01:50:00
In view of the changed circumstances, TCC owners will be “very cautious” in their plans for the Reko Diq, though Balochistan chief secretary said the provincial government would like to renegotiate the deal with them. ...
28 May, 2011 03:05:00
Under Communist capitalism, the producer may not be the king but he has the second best means to teach the consumer a lesson or two. That is cut backs in production and this is what has happened leading to the worst power shortage in seven years. ...
22 May, 2011 05:30:00
The findings turn upside down long held perception that poor people find comfort zones in militancy as its proponents offer them food, shelter and some gainful employment besides education to their children...
19 May, 2011 05:55:00
This is evidence, if further evidence is needed as to who controls the tap of anti-US hysteria in Pakistan?...
13 May, 2011 02:00:00
"Charsadda blasts signal that the Taliban and its several factions will be the 'new' al-Qaeda for the Af-Pak region, while the ‘real’ al-Qaeda will shift focus to West Asia particularly Yemen and possibly Iraq. It raises the question: When will Washington learn to look beyond the immediate? The US must make its choice. Accepting half-hearted support and duplicity neither serves American interests nor does crying ‘foul’ enhance its global stature"....
04 May, 2011 04:20:00
"As China is getting ready with a refurbished Soviet era Varyag aircraft carrier, Taiwan is responding with its own 'stealth' warship armed with guided-missiles, and other neighbours are hoping that Beijing will not indulge in any adventure that will dent its new found global respectability as an economic power in its own right"....
03 May, 2011 01:10:00
Our case is that if Pakistan could house him in luxury in a specially built house so close to Islamabad, and protect the trail of his video tapes to the media (his last tape was released on Jan 21, 2011), it could have easily protected his courier as well from the American eyes in the sky and the Raymonds on the ground. That it did not was the first give away ...
02 May, 2011 08:25:00
These are early days of protests. But the point is the government is not caught unawares by the protests. Public discontent is building up for a while, and President Nasheed cannot escape the blame for the deteriorating economic situation, and he must realise it is not the time for his homilies....
30 April, 2011 08:50:00
A wave of strikes is sweeping through China over the soaring costs of food, fuel and shelter since last year undermining social stability in the country. Old time trade unionists and communists see the tensions as the fight for basic democratic rights and decent living standards....
29 April, 2011 02:15:00
"Beijing has dismissed Lobsang Sangay's election. that doesn't come as a surprise. Sooner or later Chinese leadership will have to come to grips with the reality of generational shift in the campaign hitherto dominated by spiritual leader Dalai Lama and his moderate, middle path policies". ...
26 April, 2011 06:05:00
Credibility of Pakistan depends on cleaning up her acts, and not expressing outrage. Also, as a reader said in the Express Tribune on April 26, it is time Pakistan realises that ‘deceit has not worked for us as a Nation’… and ‘might as well change for the better’. ...
25 April, 2011 10:50:00
Hacking is not a new phenomenon in the cyber world. It is often a team effort since creating a malicious code requires a team of as many as five to ten highly educated and well-funded cyber hands. Hacking/attacking has become a part of strategic tool for some countries even as several amateurs are at work for the heck of it. For both kinds of threats, the only protective gear is not anti-virus tool but ‘security consciousness that limits the exposure. ...
23 April, 2011 01:35:00
Nepal's Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal's (Prachanda's) meeting with India’s Foreign Minister S M Krishna in Kathmandu on Friday (22nd) turned into a diplomatic duel ...
22 April, 2011 12:20:00
Yet another miscarriage of justice! If Benazir Bhutto cannot get justice and her killers are going scot free even though her husband today is the ...
18 April, 2011 09:15:00
This is further indication if a further indication is necessary that the Chinese real estate market is heated up and many of the projects that ...
19 April, 2011 07:05:00
The stand-off between security forces and Tibetans at a monastery in southwest China ended and everything is "normal", Chinese officials said on Tuesday April 19"According ...
16 April, 2011 12:40:00
HRCP message is that Pakistan has truly become a lawless state which is descending into chaos. It is a call to the Pakistan State – its civilian leadership and military establishment in particular to wake up and put their ears to the ground....
15 April, 2011 06:10:00
Western militants are still flocking to Pakistan and are joining the militant groups in the Talibanised belt of Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan, according ...
15 April, 2011 02:15:00
The summit coincided with the outlook on US debt turning to “negative”, which in essence means there is now a one in three chance of US debt being downgraded over the next two years. It also means the role of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency will be severely undermined, if not ended altogether....
