The ordinary person in Pakistan lives an unfathomably distressful life. Ghalib quite aptly puts it when he says, “Subh karna sham ka lana hai ju-e shir ka” (From “Shirin and Farhad,” surviving from night to day is like carving a path through mountains to bring forth a river of milk). As the scorching June sun […]
Nightmare
Shield of Steel: Why the Beijing-Islamabad Security Pact is a Nightmare for Terrorists
I sat watching the visuals of that handshake in Beijing last week-Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi clasping hands with Wang Xiaohong-and my gut told me this wasn’t just standard diplomatic protocol. It looked and felt like a warning shot, fired directly across the bow of anyone foolish enough to try to destabilise this region. In a […]