Hindustan Times
General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani will be Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff till 2013. But the three-year extension he has been given in the name of “continuity” in the war against terrorism on the borders with Afghanistan shows the PPP-led government as weak and subservient when it comes to dealing with the Khakis. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Afghanistan, army, Chief of Army Staff, Hindukush, india, Islamabad, kayani, Khakis, Lal Masjid, NATO, Pakhtoons, Pakistan, People's Party, Pervez Musharraf, PPP, Punjabis, Tehrik-e-Taliban, zardari
About time India and Pakistan resorted to quiet diplomacy away from the media glare. Or else they’d keep repeating Islamabad where Shah Mehmood Qureshi beat all records of bad diplomacy. Read more
(7 votes, average: 2.57 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 9:21 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A B Vajpayee, abysmally, Agra summit, David Coleman Hedley, deposed, diplomacy, Gohar Ayub Khan, Good manners, india, Indian PM's special envoy S K Lambah, ISI, Islamabad, media glare, Multan, New Delhi, Pak PM usuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan, Pakistani territory, peace, Pervez Musharraf, PPP, President, Rahman Malik, Rawalpindi, S M Krishna, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Sharm-el-Sheikh pact, Sherry Rahman, terrorist attacks
SM Krishna’s biggest challenge since he assumed the reins of the Indian Foreign Office has arrived. The US-educated politico has faced many a battle at home. But the turf this time is unfamiliar and unfriendly. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.57 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Filed under india · Tagged 2611, Afghanistan, Asif Zardari, Foreign Minister-level talks, General Kayani, Hindukush, hindustan times, Indo-Pak relations, news, SM Krishna, terrorism, Track-2 mission, Yusuf Raza Gilani
Dear blog-mates,
I decided to cede my space on Separated at Birth this week to a brave Israeli mother whose speech at the European Parliament is an eye-opener. The moral inherent to her pleadings is hard to miss. It’s about time that communities, castes, religions and countries pitted against each other began speaking for the other side. Read more
(21 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, July 5, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Filed under World · Tagged America, Avraham Oz, Blair, Bush, death, Dr Nurit Peled-Elhanan, European Parliament, gaza strip, Great Britain, honour, humiliation, International Women's Day, israel, Muslim women, sexual abuse, Sharon, Strasbourg, torture
