Present Pakistan People’s Party Government has totally failed to control inflation. The cost of the ever worsening problem is constantly being paid by the people of Pakistan without any iota of respite. People are facing unprecedented high inflation together with high unemployment, a decline in Growth Rate and decreased currency value, and high food and [...]
Policy makers in Pakistan are burning the midnight oil these days pondering over the recent developments or degradations for that matter regarding the Pakistan-USA relationship, and where they are heading. That’s not an easy ask, because there are so many gray areas and these relations are intertwined in a complex fashion, coupled with inevitable dependencies, [...]
As the year draws to an end, U.S - Pak relations are at a crucial state. Nobody denies that the tragic Salala incident has put a damper on our combined efforts to bring about a terror free world. With the coming of the New Year, we should focus on the work at hand. We should [...]
The people of Pakistan are fed up with Zardari led PPP Government and want it out of office. Not only opposition is on the streets but the people within the government are fed up too. With few exceptions of corrupt politicians, bureaucrats, middle and lower level government servants the entire nation is cursing Asif Ali [...]
Beggars are not chosers, and indeed they are not the decision makers or the ones who fight for their ego. I would have no problem with the current aggressive and egoistic reaction and stance of our government and the military leadership towards America, if we were not taking aid or loans and donations from them.
But [...]
I am not huge fan of Nawaz Sharif but despite of my reservations about him I have to be fair and give credit to him for sticking to his principled stance of cutting the role of army and its affiliated agencies to their actual size and making their budget accountable and audited.
He seems to be [...]
General James N. Mattis, the head of the US Central Command is a professional soldier and has seen it all from Iraq to Afghanistan. He is not only an experienced commander, he is also a skilled negotiator with tough guys in tough conditions, including insurgents.
As his career tells us that he commanded 1st Battalion 7th [...]
Well trained and dedicated to its duties, Pakistan’s army is the best and advanced one in the world. It is the best organized and well disciplined group in the country, always fully aware of the internal and external threats faced by the country. Every soldier is always ready to defend the country in all situations. [...]
There is no doubt US got upper hand in drone technology and is free to carry out strikes at her will under self proclaimed ‘CIA’s judge-jury-executioner assassination program’ in the lands which may offer less or no resistance to drone operation for lack of their ability or other constraints like in Pakistan to counter drone [...]
My intent is not to regurgitate the content which I wrote in article at TPS regarding America Taliban relations couple of days ago, but to stress the point that there is growing evidence for sometime that US, our most favorite and cherished ally in this war against terror has been covertly and now overtly siding [...]
