Tariq Fatemi
MUZAFFARABAD, July 11: Eight people, closely related to each other, were gunned down by their rivals in the southernmost Bhimber district of Azad Kashmir on Wednesday, in what was described as the worst incident of violence in the region in many years.
Published 12 Jul, 2012 03:24am
JUST over a year ago, the US and China appeared to embrace a genuinely strategic relationship, such was the level of...
Published 26 Jan, 2011 07:16pm
THERE is no denying that the current government has been a deep disappointment, even to its devoted supporters, not...
Published 12 Jan, 2011 08:39pm
NINE years of occupation, over 2,000 lives lost and billions of dollars wasted, yet the US is still in the process ...
Published 29 Dec, 2010 07:26pm
FOR Pakistan`s suffering citizens, for decades denied their fundamental human rights and deprived of most worldly...
Published 15 Dec, 2010 07:51pm
WE appear to be witnessing a period of unusual activity all around, with major powers engaged in diplomatic...
Published 01 Dec, 2010 08:17pm
WHILE in the US this summer, I heard enough whispers circulating in Washington of deep factionalism and differences...
Published 06 Oct, 2010 07:00pm
IT was ironic but not unexpected that the formal announcement of the end of US combat operations in Iraq coincided...
Published 09 Sep, 2010 12:00am
THE speed and scale of American assistance to Pakistan has been most impressive. Though much of it can be ascribed ...
Published 26 Aug, 2010 12:00am
RECENT press reports have claimed that Pakistan plans to mobilise domestic funding for the multi-billion dollar...
Published 12 Aug, 2010 12:00am
WHILE Washington continues to sizzle, people here are deeply worried about an economy that shows no sign of ...
Published 29 Jul, 2010 12:00am
JULY is traditionally a month when things slow down in the US capital, with key figures in the administration as ...
Published 15 Jul, 2010 12:00am
IT is not often that we see the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India appear at a joint press conference and...
Published 01 Jul, 2010 12:00am
IT has become quite the fashion these days to characterise even the semblance of good relations as `strategic ties`....
Published 17 Jun, 2010 12:00am
BASKING in the warm glow of its victory in the Cold War, the 21st century promised continued US global dominance....
Published 03 Jun, 2010 12:00am
Mixing judiciously both praise for Pakistan`s efforts and admonition for its shortcomings, Obama demonstrated an...
Published 20 May, 2010 12:00am
THE leaders of the South Asian countries have just gone through another pleasant but sterile Saarc summit meeting in...
Published 06 May, 2010 12:00am
The president`s current strategy is focused on strengthening the anti-nuclear proliferation regime. —Photo by AFP A...
Published 22 Apr, 2010 12:00am
NOW that the media`s glare has shifted elsewhere, it is time to analyse the results of the just-concluded ...
Published 08 Apr, 2010 12:00am
The challenge for Pakistan will be to ensure that in its calculus of interests, the US remains committed to...
Published 25 Mar, 2010 12:00am
