The ancient French/German wisdom in political negotiations proclaims that: “The devil is in the details.” A very true, extremely accurate proclamation. Pakistan found out “the devil in the details” in the Kerry-Lugar Bill and the US-brokered National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). It has discovered “the devil in the details” in its IMF negotiations and its loans [...]
I have written extensively about the nature of our elite based politics, and social system. However analysis needs to be understood in terms of the changing social structure. The changing social construction is juxtaposed to the stationary one. I shall discuss both forms of this structure in this essay, and link it to the apolitical [...]
Like it or not, many Pakistanis and their numbers are rising rapidly believe that the drone attacks by the Americans in the FATA region are justified and they support these attacks. We all know that our military and the government are also on board in that regard and they know the blow which these drone [...]
I came across this story; it was a pleasure to see the achievement of Bengalis. Only if we Pakistanis plan and execute our own economic policies, maybe we can achieve self sufficiency. Begging would not do us any good. We may get something from the Bengalis- inspiration. It is all we need.. . . . [...]
1. The ongoing military operation in South Waziristan; is he for it, against it, or just neutral?
2. The increased terror activities, particularly suicide attacks on GHQ, the Police Training Centre in Lahore and at various locations in NWFP.
3. What position would the PML-N take on the NRO in parliament? Would it vote for it, against [...]
President Obama has signed the Kerry-Lugar Bill into law, which will triple non-military assistance to Pakistan to around $7.5 billion over the next five years. And what has been presented as a significant and positive shift in the way the US does business with us has become a political shuttlecock that is batted to and [...]
After reading the results of referendum regarding Kerry-Lugar Bill flashing through the slides of TV channels, facilitated by Jamat-e-Islami, I laughed so hard that I fell off my chair. Goodness me, Gosh!. Results are:
22 Million people casted the vote.
19 Million disapproved the Kerry Lugar Bill.
The whole junta of Pervez Musharraf and the companions of Ziaul [...]
TV Talk shows have found other topics and the nation is still fumbling with the trail of debates which raged for weeks on the media channels and newspaper columns and it seemed that the media anchors will fight till their last breath to get the Kerry-Lugar Bill revoked.
Now the latest news is that without any [...]
Mr. Shah Mahmood Qurreshi, the Foreign Minister, who had gone to the United States after a brief appearance in the National Assembly on Oct 9 after an earlier trip to Washington, told the National Assembly, on October 17, that, ‘he had minced no words in conveying reservations expressed in Pakistan and got a prompt response [...]
The KL Bill is something which is on the pinnacle of fame for last many weeks. A lot has been said and a lot have been debated. Some said that we will accept that we are a terrorist nation if we accept it and some said that the opponent of this bill is actually the [...]
