Hindustan Times
Lot’s happening within Pakistan: the country’s in election mode; the Army has revised its India-specific security doctrine to declare domestic terror a bigger danger; a religious preacher of Canadian nationality has dislodged Imran Khan’s Tehrik-e-Pakistan as a major challenger to the established political order. Read more
(16 votes, average: 3.44 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 8:28 pm
Filed under Pakistan, india · Tagged Altaf Hussain, elections, hindustan times, Islamabad, J&K, jehad, Kargil, Kashmir, LoC, news, PPP, Quetta bombings, Raja Pervez Ashraf, security, Simla Pact, Tahir- ul-Qadri, Tehrik-e-Pakistan, Vinod Sharma
It’s encouraging that India and Pakistan continue to talk. But while they engage, they’d have to be careful about each other’s sensitivities on issues influencing popular support for peace between the two sub-continental rivals. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Filed under Pakistan, india · Tagged 2611, Haqqani, Hina Rabbani Khar, hindustan times, india, Indo-Pak dialogue, Mumbai attacks, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, PPP, Separated at Birth, Siachen, Sir Creek, Tehrik-e-Taliban, terrorist threat, Vinod Sahrma
Asif Ali Zardari lacks Benazir Buttoo’s erudition and charisma. He cannot boast even a fraction of her mass support. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, April 9, 2012 at 8:13 pm
Filed under Pakistan · Tagged 2611, Ajmer, Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Buttoo, Bilawal Bhutto, Islamabad, Pakistan, PPP, Separated at Birth, Siachen, Vinod Sharma, Zulfikar Bhutto
A political maelstrom has engulfed Pakistan. The unpopular PPP-led regime may survive under a new leader. But Yusuf Raza Gilani’s days as prime minister appear numbered after he was served notice for being in contempt of the Supreme Court. Read more
(7 votes, average: 2.57 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, January 16, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Filed under Pakistan · Tagged Asif Zardari, Benazir Bhutto., Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, General Pervez Musharraf, imran khan, judicial tsunami, Memogate scandal, national reconciliation ordinance, NRO, Pakistan, PPP, Vinod Sharma, Yusuf Raza Gilani
Comparisons are odious. But this one seems irresistible without meaning to equate parliamentary democracy in India and Pakistan. Read more
(10 votes, average: 2.3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, December 26, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Filed under Pakistan, india · Tagged abbottabad, Anna Hazare, Ashfaq Kayani, hindustantimes, Hussain Haqqani, india, lokpal, Memogate scandal, Pakistan, Parliament, parliamentary democracy, PPP, seperated at birth, US, Vinod Sharma, zardari
Three countries in South Asia are in the middle of political maelstroms for reasons unique to their polity. Read more
(18 votes, average: 1.78 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, August 8, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Filed under india · Tagged abbottabad, Communist Party of Nepal, hatchet, hindustan times, Madheshi splinter groups, Nawaz Sharif, NDA, news, Osama Bin Laden, political maelstroms, PPP, Sonia Gandhi, UPA, Vinod Sharma
An invitation to speak at a seminar on Future Directions in India Pakistan relations has left me at my wit’s end. The question defies easy answers even while agreeing that dialogue’s the only option. Read more
(15 votes, average: 2.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Filed under Pakistan · Tagged AfPak, Asif Zardari, Harvard International Review, india, ISI, LeT, Mumbai terror attacks, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan Muslim League, Pervez Musharraf, PPP, S M Krishna, Sharm-el-Sheikh
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
