Canberra, 22 June 2014 Pakistan, a state created in the name of Islam, is today divided along linguistic, ethnic, tribal and sectarian lines. It also claims to be the ‘heart of Asia’, making any observer want to ask, ‘a wounded, bleeding heart?’ While it is beset with domestic issues that directly threaten the well-being of […]
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YEMEN: WHO IS FIGHTING WHOM, AND WHY?
April 29, 2015 
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Canberra, 29 April 2015 All the nations of the Middle-East are now at war—against one another or against undefinable entities who are pursuing their own warped agenda—ruthlessly attempting to shore up lost prestige, struggling to retain power and influence, and to regain long lost command over the region. The rationale put forward is the necessity […]
Continue readingINDO-PAK RELATIONS: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK
September 5, 2014 1 Comment
Canberra, 5 September 2014 Background After a span of fifteen years, the Indo-Pakistan equation has returned to a replay of the situation as it existed prior to the Kargil War in 1999—the parties in power in both the nations are the same and Pakistan is edging towards another attempt at becoming a democracy. 1999 was […]
Continue readingELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN
May 23, 2013 0 Comments
Canberra, 23 May 2013 DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH WAITING FOR SURPRISES Introduction For some time during the election campaign in Pakistan, there was an audible sway of hope and vitality—the slogan of hope and change. However, it was drowned; as quickly as its effervescence had tried to assert itself; in the sweeping wave of the […]
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