http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com The World Affairs Blog Network Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:40:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A brilliant work of investigative journalism by Jason Motlagh helps us understand that it is in the interest of everyone to try to solve issues by talking to each other instead of letting the nuts take advantage of our inability to commit to a constructive dialogue. Take for example the ... http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/17/mumbai-attacks/ با دوستان هایی از این دشمنان ما نیاز ندارد. The meeting between Pakistan’s ‘super anchors’ and Hillary Clinton was, well, disastrous, not for America or Clinton, but for these talk show hosts. Hillary was calm, controlled, measured and she answered all sorts of questions thoroughly and intelligently. And unlike ... http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/13/with-friends-like-these-anchors-pakistan-doesn%e2%80%99t-need-enemies/ Musharaff gives an interview using unkind words for Zardari and Ch. Nisar defends Zardari. Really? Ch. Nisar has two passions (if you read what he has been saying after he became the opposition leader): attacking every Zardari and attacking everything America. Therefore, it was very strange to read that Ch. Nisar huffed ... http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/12/musharaff-ch-nisar-and-zardari/ Pervez Musharraf was on Fareed Zakaria GPS this morning discussing the Af-Pak situation in two segments. The second segment focused on Pakistan where Zakaria prefaced Q&A by reminding viewers that General Musharraf is an "authentic representation of Pakistan's military" and that his comments will reveal that the situation in Afghanistan is ... http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/09/fareed-zakaria-interviews-musharraf/ Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein We all know that Pakistan's overall situation has been dedeteriorating for decades and it has entered a critical phase. And, regretfully, it seems that there is nothing that is going to reverse the tide in Pakistan.Therefore, ... http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/07/poor-pakistan/ Amidst drastic worsening of  the Af-Pak situation with US forces suffering our deadliest months and Pakistani civilians and military bearing the brunt of terrorist assaults, Secretary Clinton arrived in full diplomatic force last week. She made media rounds sitting down for Q&A sessions with everyone from major news outlets to ... http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/07/friends-not-masters/ An Interview with the Honorary Sharifuddin Pirzada I had an opportunity to chat with Mr. Sharifuddin Pirzada who served as former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Attorney General, Senior Advocate to the Supreme Court, member of the first National Security Council of Pakistan and an Advisor (with a rank of  Federal Minister) to various Pakistan PMs. He ... http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/11/01/on-jinnah-democracy-leadership-current-affairs-in-pakistan/ My heart sank when I read "ISLAMABAD: A wave of suicide bombings, coordinated grenade, bomb and gun assaults, and drive-by shootings  blamed  on militants has left more than 190 people dead in Pakistan so far this month." on Dawn. Is this the same Pakistan that some Western countries accuse of 'not ... http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/24/please-come-forward-and-help/ Speaking to my grandmother whose in Karachi yesterday morning, she explained my cousins stayed home from elementary school as most schools had shut down this week. Karachi is the the largest, most bustling city in Pakistan, and despite being situated in the south, far removed from the hotbed of militants ... http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/21/every-crisis-is-an-opportunity/ Finally, the operation in Wazristan is under way, thank God. Pakistan is doing a good job of clearing every place that was a safe heaven for the nuts in and around Pakistan. Now, policy makers in Pakistan should not focus on achieving short term military objective. This war is ... http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/20/wazirstan-operation/