Despite Western media prognostication, there is no possibility of an extremist or jihadi government assuming office in Islamabad. Neither the Pakistani electorate nor the Pakistan Army would accept this
The India-Pakistan confrontation following the Mumbai attacks is the fourth such crisis in the last two decades. While India says it has provided enough evidence to Pakistan, Islamabad says what it has been given cannot be taken to a court of law for prosecution. Also, there is still no solid evidence that the Mumbai attacks were planned by a Pakistani group; or that the attackers were all Pakistanis. The audio recording of one of the attackers, available online, includes the use of Hindi words not in the Pakistani lexicon. Continue reading »
Dec 292008
Ahmad Rafay Alam
India’s road to regional leadership and eminence at the global level passes through the capitals of its neighbouring states, especially Pakistan. India cannot achieve its political agenda or control terrorism by engaging in military brinkmanship or war with Pakistan
There is truth to the fact that self-assertion and survival against India is part of our national identity. Every child raised in Pakistan learns early thus to revere the military. In recent years, our very sense of national pride is constructed on our possession of a lethal technology that can unleash unimaginable suffering and destruction
During this entire year, governance was typified by a lack of policy in any field, and let me clarify that to me a policy begins with a clearly stated aim, a duration for the achievement of that aim, and a wholesome methodology that will get us there within the specified period of time
Another survey from the International Republican Institute carried out in Pakistan over October 15-30 this year points to popular perceptions that among other things make the challenges within and without appear even more formidable
The befogging emotions that are so easily aroused in any Indo-Pak crisis make dispassionate investigative reporting difficult, and yet this is exactly the time when it is most needed