RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Association (PESA) on Saturday demanded trial of General retired Pervez Musharraf for subverting the Constitution and said the former dictator should be ousted from the Army House. In the meeting of the association, the ex-servicemen hailed the restoration of the unlawfully removed judges and praised the legal fraternity for successfully leading […]
ISLAMABAD, March 21: The Supreme Court on Saturday released its detailed judgement on the Sharif borthers disqualification case. On February 25, the Supreme Court through a short order had disqualified the Sharif brothers from holding or contesting public offices. Consequently, Shahbaz Sharif lost his office of the Punjab Chief Minister, while the elder brother Nawaz […]
Even though the Israeli government effectively ended talks for the return of abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, Hamas declared its desire to re-initiate the negotiations. The talks may resume by the end of the week in Cairo as the next Israeli government prepares to take over. It seems that also Palestinians are exerting the same […]
… this time from the Washington Post‘s Anthony Shadid, author of Night Draws Near (among other things) about the American presence in Iraq. In Shadid’s estimation, nationalism is the new sectarianism; politicians of different confessional or ethnic groups are crossing previously rigid boundaries in the hopes of forming a viable governing coalition, with Maliki leading […]
As this blog has been reporting, some countries have a lot of water and other countries do not have enough. In a more perfect world, normal forces of supply and demand would render the former a producer and the latter a consumer. But as arguably the most valuable resource in the world, water is an […]
Israelis face a far greater price negotiation than merely arguing over the cost of a bushel of tomatoes at the shuk (market) on Friday morning. The end of this week marked the 1000th day since the abduction of Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit by Hamas in a cross-border raid into Israel. With Hamas demanding […]
Whether its the result of brimming with confidence, whistling past the graveyard, or playing politics as usual, the African National Congress is looking beyond the April elections to their next term as South Africa’s ruling party. The ANC surely does feel that it it going to win. Indeed, it probably will prevail in April. And […]
The biggest story rocking Israel over the last few days focuses on the treatment of Palestinians by some IDF soldiers in the recent Gaza operation. The latest brouhaha resulted from the publication of t-shirt slogans worn by some IDF soldiers. The slogans exemplify blatant disregard for Palestinian lives with pictures of a sniper shooting a […]
LONDON: For the first time ever since 9/11 Pakistan has been officially mentioned along side Afghanistan as the launch site of the attack on the twin towers; and this, by an influential ‘friend’ of Islamabad. ‘The reason that we’re in Afghanistan is precisely because 9/11 was launched from the borderlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan,’ said […]
ISLAMABAD: Germany on Friday backed Pakistan’s position on the US drone attacks in its tribal areas saying it too had ‘apprehensions about the strategy.’ German Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Bernd Mutzelburg, who called on the Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Germany had full understanding of Pakistan’s concerns. The support for Pakistan’s position […]
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration may triple development aid to Pakistan while also boosting military assistance to secure more help in fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan, a US official said on Friday. The official, who spoke on condition that he not be named because President Barack Obama has yet to unveil his fresh strategy on Afghanistan, […]
Could the end of the brutal and capricious invasions of white-owned farms in Zimbabwe be nigh? It appears that the new coalition government is set to end the farm invasions and restore the rule of law in what can stand as nothing if not a direct refutation of Robert Mugabe’s policies of the last decade. Score […]
More than most countries, Lebanon exists at a perpetual crossroads. Crisis and conflict seem to wait around every corner. Powerful foreign entities weigh in with their own agendas, sometimes with guns, sometimes with money, and sometimes with both. At the time of this writing, less than three months before the parliamentary elections, the country is […]
Alright, I’m pretty sure I’ve got you confused already by the title. Let me explain. Much has been leaked that the upcoming Obama policy plan for Afghanistan will take a ‘minimalist‘ approach to the crucial, yet troubling security situation in South Asia. In other words, Obama may downplay talk and attempts to create a democratic […]