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Pak-US vs Afghan-US Relations

On the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden’s killing, the American President Obama visited Kabul on 2ndMay 2012 to give surprise pat to his soldiers. In the Afghan Capital he also signed a ‘Strategic Partnership Agreement’ with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai thus entered the most delicate... 

The concept of rule of law is ill-conceived

The contempt of court against Yousuf Raza Gilani has proven, if there was ever any doubt, that the rule of law is nothing more than the contempt of the people. (We shall come to the alternative in a minute.)   Read More →

My first visit to Nigeria

The smart Nigerian lady Minister of Communications and IT, with a slight British accent, is a truly amazing person – something I witnessed during the 2-day “retreat” of Nigeria’s USPF (Universal Service Provisioning Fund). More about it after some backdrop.  Read More →

Obama Is Getting Even Better Every Day, Every Way

The mainstream media propaganda machine for the Obama Administration has shifted into high gear.  Read More →

Will Gilani’s conviction make any difference…Sub Tamasha Hay

You are going through this ‘opinion’ when the Supreme Court had already unveiled its judgment. Yes, as the majority of the pundits were predicting Mr Yusuf Raza Gilani has been convicted for refusing to write to the Swiss authorities to ask them to reopen corruption case against President Zardari.  Read More →

5 Reasons Obama Will Win in November

It’s almost May. Six months to go until the only presidential poll that counts.  Read More →

How the pot may boil over

“Now that we have finished our lunch, let us talk about the boiling pot.” “OK. Now there are two possible scenarios on what may happen. One relates to army.” Scenario #1 “Do you mean there may be a revolt in the army?” “No, violent overthrow is not in our army’s tradition. However,... 

Innocent Gillani and Guilty Public

Hats off to Mr Gillani! He is so courageous to reach Rahim Yar Khan on ‘sacred mission’ of making province in a time when 127 people have lost their lives in Bhoja plane crash. An ashamed senselessness!  Read More →

Iran Versus Saudi Arabia: Cold War in the Middle East

Three countries were on top of the agenda for the many Saudis I met with in Riyadh last week. Again and again, and in passionate terms, Saudi political leaders were keen to stress the importance of arming Syrian opposition players,  Read More →

Pakistan’s Backbone

In the past few weeks, the crippling power crisis has led to riots in parts of Pakistan. At the same time, the USD 10 million bounty on founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Hafiz Saeed, announced by the US government has caught the attention of the people of Pakistan, and become the... 

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