December 2012

You Trade with Friends Not Enemies

The trade balance in favour of India has prompted fears among certain members of the Pakistani business community, especially industrialists, of losing the domestic market to Indian manufactures resulting in a process of deindustrialisation. Pakistan’s number one friend China has long ago marked a significant footstep for its bosom friend ‘Pakistan. China trades with Taiwan; China trades with India; China …

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TERRORISM AND FOREIGN POLICY OF PAKISTAN

The formulation of foreign policy is a very technical and highly skilled assignment given its implications for the country which needs more inward than outward appraisal. In formulating the component of foreign policy related to terrorism, the input of law enforcement agencies is not taken at all. The international law, which essentially centres on criminal justice model, must be considered …

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Obama’s Re-election and Pakistan

It is difficult to predict whether Barack Obama’s re-election as the president of the United States for a second term would have any implications for US policy towards Pakistan. As things stand, it would be unwise to expect much from the US in the wake of President Obama’s re-election. Pakistan needs to set its own house in order to deal …

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Bibi was Eliminated from the Scene because she had her Own Vision and Ideology for Pakistan

Senator Syed Iqbal Haider (Late) It is the last exclusive interview of Senator Syed Iqbal Haider. It was recorded a month before his death. He was senior advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan, former senator, Attorney General of Pakistan, law minister and human rights minister in the cabinet of Ms. Benazir Bhutto and secretary-general of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. …

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Now Obama’s Act Two

In foreign policy, Obama has an equally challenging agenda on which he cannot afford to remain complacent. By now, he knows wars do not bring peace. Hopefully, he will resist any attempts to open new fronts and instead will look for peaceful arrangements through diplomacy and dialogue, not by force or coercion. He is likely to pursue a deal with …

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