Hindustan Times
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
I have a few questions for Pakistan’s elected rulers. Why have they let pass the “tragic opportunity” of floods that uprooted millions across that country— rather than using it to create bonding between our people and building trust between governments? Read more
(20 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 13, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Filed under Pakistan · Tagged Aisam-ul-Qureshi, angelina jolie, Anjelina Jolie, hindustan times, pakistan floods, Rohan Bopanna, S M Krishna, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, UN, Wagah check-post, Yusuf Raza Gilani
Pakistan has none but itself to blame for much of its problems: terrorism, corruption, lack of robust democratic institutions, bad governance and lately, the international opprobrium directed at its cricketing heroes and those who run the sport in that country. Read more
(16 votes, average: 4.06 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 6, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Filed under india · Tagged 26/11 attacks, cricket, Haroon Lorgat, ICC, match fxing, Mohammed Aamer, Mohammed Asif, Mumbai terror attacks, Pak High Commissioner in London, Pakistan, S M Krishna, Salman Butt, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Sharad Pawar, spot fixing, spot-fixing scam, Wajid Shamshul Hasan
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
The Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan met and bid adieu in New York without promise of a future date or resumption of the stalled composite dialogue. So much so that S M Krishna rejected reactivation of back channel talks that had worked so well till before Mumbai happened. Read more
(13 votes, average: 4.31 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 28, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Filed under World · Tagged A B Vajpayee, Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, india, New York, Pervez Musharraf, S M Krishna
