Post-Mumbai bilateral tension on November 30, 2008It is almost Pavlovian in its predictability: India and Pakistan are escalating the bad blood between them, with aggressive elements from both sides growling to make the rest of the world cringe. Besieged by criticism, the Indian prime minister has conferred with his army and intelligence heads. On the Pakistani side, the PPP government wants […]
Two Benazir Bhuttos on January 1, 2008What with the president of France jetting off to Luxor to spend Christmas with a supermodel and things looking up in Iraq, 2008 seemed set to be more cheerful than 2007. But the assassination of Benazir Bhutto— possibly marking the beginning of an Islamic nuclear power’s descent into chaos — has already put a sober […]
BBs record on January 1, 2008Sir: This is with reference to Jemima Khan’s stand on the Benazir Bhutto assassination, published in The Telegraph and carried by Daily Times on December 31. Ms Khan calls her a brave person, but weak politically. She talks about Ms Bhutto’s ‘kotowing to mullahs’ and how she did nothing against the Hudood Ordinance. I beg […]