June 2012

Militarily powerful nations around the globe, in a summit held in Chicago on May 20-21, endorsed the plans to conclude Isaf’s mission in Afghanistan by the end of 2014. However, they reiterated that Afghanistan would not stand alone and reaffirmed that their close partnership would continue beyond the end of the transition period. The nations contributing to Isaf further pledged …

The 21st century did not start well. We found ourselves burdened with the same old problems but in their acutest form. The world has never been so chaotic and violent.  Wars of aggression and attrition, invasions in the name of self-defence, military occupations, massacres and genocides, human tragedies and humanitarian catastrophes, and a culture of extremism and violence came to …

Jahangir’s World Times: Was it due to the media-hype that PTI’s 30th October Lahore Rally became a catalyst for the popularity of PTI, but after that your popularity graph started to drop down? Imran Khan: No! First of all, I want to make it absolutely clear that it was not a media-hype because media cannot force more than 250,000 people, …

Australian High Commissioner Tim George Jahangir’s World Times: How do you characterize bilateral relations between Pakistan and Australia? HE Tim George: I have been privileged to serve as High Commissioner of Australia to Pakistan during a period of strong growth in Australia’s relationship with Pakistan. I particularly welcome the deepening of our engagement, which is based on a productive, friendly …