Pak Affairs

Negotiation is a two-way traffic. Have Taliban ever made any sincere desire for negotiations and peaceful coexistence? Most barbaric and dastardly attack on the bold and brave young innocent student of Swat Malala Yousufzai’ infused with the irresistible desire to acquire knowledge’ cannot be ignored or regarded as an ordinary incident of violence. Mere condemnation even in forceful terms of …

The drone war will continue unabated and there is nothin­g that Imran Khan can do about it. Imran Khan’s speech at Tank was laced with his usual toxic anti-Americanism but he also managed a few sensible words. Marchers at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) South Waziristan peace march were prohibited by the military to enter the tribal areas. To call this …

It will be highly significant if efforts are made in order to improve disaster preparedness and then react according to the situation. That is the way to control, minimise and restrict the damages that floods can cause. Foreword Probability of natural disasters in 2012 has been higher. Previous eight months have already proved it right. Floods in California and north …

Both the PPP and the PML-N, co-signatories of the Charter of Democracy 2006, had committed to ‘replace politically motivated NAB with an independent accountability commission’ in the document. How both these parties continued to operate under what they had called ‘a Draconian law in the name of accountability’ and why they didn’t manage to throw it out till now is …

The recent abbreviated visit of S.M. Krishna to Pakistan was a continuation of the trade liberalisation being achieved by both the countries. Low expectations were attached with his visit due to the insignificant outcomes of talks between the foreign ministries throughout the year. Krishna’s recent visit had been more about trade again rather than the promotion of people to people …

After the overt Nuclearisation of South Asian arch rivals; India and Pakistan, engagement of armed forces of both countries in conventional method of warfare is no more a viable option as any outbreak of war would have potential of crossing the nuclear threshold. This phenomenon is not compatible with India’s regional and global hegemonic designs, the ambitions which are part …

The real devil behind the many incidents of honour crimes among the British Pakistani communities is a strong resistance to immersion in western culture and the spectre of ‘arranged marriage’ The cold-blooded murder of the 17-year-old, Warrington-based Shafilea Ahmed at the hands of her parents, has grabbed headlines in the media over the past nine years before the British justice …

Since the August edition happens to be the Youth and Interdependence special, this article highlights the miseries of the young who happen to be the students of the so-called educational institutes. The students of the private universities are at a greater loss, for they are exploited by the ‘owners’ of the varsities through their front men. By setting up such …

Pakistan sits on one of the largest coal deposits in the world, which range between 175,000 tons and 185,000 tons. They have the potential of 100,000 megawatt power generation, which can take care of the country’s power needs for 300 years. Ms. Benazir Bhutto laid the foundation of development of Thar coalfields in 1993. It is unfortunate that no substantial …

Imran’s ability to see what others cannot see and do what others could not do is proven by his feats we all know about. He is not a politician, he is not a business tycoon, and he is not a landlord. In the meanwhile, he is not corrupt, he is not a liar, and he is not a blackmailer. Such …