Mother of all scandals pushed under!on November 13, 2019Once upon a time Pakistan had earned international recognition for successfully conducting polio eradication campaign painstakingly against heaviest of odds and challenges. The credit for its success was entirely due to Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s personal commitment as manifested in the fact that she launched the anti-polio drive by holding her infant daughter in public […]
Moving towards a failing state?on October 29, 2019With my stars under the clouds following cardio-spasm and hospitalisation for ten days earlier this month, notwithstanding the nigh class Medicare under NHS, extensive tests etc-the crux of the advice given to me was to keep away from stress. My dearest Aseefa Bhutto’s message of prayers and good wishes, in her profound concern about my […]
The future of Pak-US tieson October 9, 2019While Pakistan has key role to play by virtue of its geo strategic location in the Afghan crisis and American total dependence on it to help Washington facilitate a settlement with the Taliban government, President Trump’s recent remarks urging for the expansion of Indo-US cooperation in security and other fields at Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]
Tarzan is back!on October 3, 2019Under the horoscope Pakistan’s stars are such that it is always in the news—good, bad or ugly. Just when the state propelled euphoria had hardly hit the crescendo following Prime Minister Imran Khan’s much hyped triumphant visitation to the United Nations General Assembly and his great speech that out focussed Edmund Burke’s parliamentary rhetoric, Pakistan […]
Catch-22 dilemma: US, India & Pakistanon September 24, 2019‘Howdy Modi’ is in the United States indeed doing very well. Huge Indian Diaspora though shadowed by Kashmiri protestors against 49-day long lockdown following abrogation of Article 370 that had given the Occupied State a special status in the Indian Union, did their Prime Minister and the country proud by holding a welcome in Houston […]
Imran does Ala Modi Acton September 17, 2019Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his time in abrogating Article 370 that had given special status to Indian Occupied Kashmir. Scheme of doing away of the Article 370 was mentioned in BJP’s election manifesto. According to J&K Supreme Court as well as the Supreme Court of India, abrogation was not permissible. It has been […]
Playing foul with the Quaidon September 12, 2019All sorts of fears and apprehensions shroud Pakistan’s future on the death anniversary of its founder Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (Sept 11). As we move on from one phase to another, it seems all the same-an on going tug-of-war between military establishment backing its selected puppet and democratic forces. With the revival of electoral democracy […]
Narrative needs to be changedon August 28, 2019Prime Minister Imran Khan’s narrative on Kashmir is so faulty that it is not taking us any where. His repetition of rhetoric as if it is for the first time Kashmir issue has been taken up by any one when the fact is that it has always been our core issue since partition. Only success […]
Agreed to disagree!on August 21, 2019The 15-member UN Security Council woke up to world wide condemnation of the abrogation and gross human rights violations in Kashmir. Biggest demonstration was held in London where huge Kashmiri/Pakistani/Sikh Diaspora assembled chanting slogans, demanding AZADEE for the people of Kashmir. In a secret closed door deliberations that lasted nearly two days of debate among […]
Kashmir debate and afteron August 14, 2019People of Pakistan celebrate their 72nd Independence anniversary in most challenging circumstances standing at a critical cross road. Unlike previous years the current situation is worse than ever before. Despite our claims of having support from various quarters, we are almost in total isolation. Our civil and military leadership are searching for a ray of […]