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Aid to Pakistan: $2.6 billion spent, little ability to show it Anti-US sentiments and foreign policy squabbles are thwarting good US public relations from reaching turbulent, poor border regions of Pakistan. By Taha Siddiqui, Contributor / April 25, 2012 Khalil Afridi recently survived a fatal attack by militants when a hand grenade was hurled at him. “They want me to quit development work,

Which Khan Can Save Pakistan? by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed Le Monde diplomatic, April 20, 2012 To say that Pakistan is at a crossroads is something of a truism. Over the last decade, the country has jumped from one political, constitutional and economic crisis to the next, with little sign of stability on the horizon. With parliament having issued its ultimatum to the US last week with a

Pakistan Spring Emerging From Winter of DiscontentBy Vali Nasr , Bloomberg, Apr 15, 2012 The snarling between the U.S. and Pakistan won’t let up. The battle began, of course, when U.S. forces sneaked into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden last May. Last week, the U.S. upped the ante, announcing a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of notorious terrorist Hafiz Muhammad

Engaging American Muslims: Political Trends and Attitudes Farid Senzai; Fellow and Director of Research, ISPU April 3, 2012 Executive Summary As the 2012 presidential election season moves into full swing, the American Muslim minority community has become a more important player on the political landscape, especially in key swing states. However, data on its members’ political attitudes

Thought Control Ayesha Haroon, The News, April 11, 2012 A student was thrown out of a university for emailing a poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz and for insisting on doing his research paper on politicisation of religion in Pakistan.  He is now on the streets protesting his removal from the university. He not only has a right to protest, he has a right to every possible legal remedy that is available to

HRCP slams violence in Gilgit-Baltistan * Commission urges promotion of sectarian harmonyStaff Report, Daily Times, April 6, 2012LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious alarm at the continuing loss of life in sectarian strife in Gilgit-Baltistan and demanded that the government, political parties and civil society organisations join hands to bring peace to

Set a menu that goes beyond the lunch Humayun Khan and Salman Haidar, The Hindu, April 3, 2012; Dawn, April 3, 2012 Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India on April 8 — including a luncheon meeting with Manmohan Singh — may be an essentially private trip, yet the detour brings hope of a new phase in India-Pakistan relations. The expectation is that President Zardari will renew his invitation to

In Defense of Blood MoneyWhy the United States was right to give $50,000 each to the families of villagers massacred in Afghanistan.By Will Oremus, Slate, March 29, 2012 There’s no price you can pay to make up for the loss of a loved one. That’s as true in Afghanistan as it is in the United States. It’s understandable, then, that some people in both countries found it insulting that the U.S.

Ex-Pakistani soldier searches for the truth of Osama bin Laden's death By Shaukat Qadir, The National, March 16, 2012 A note from the author: I started my efforts to discover the truth behind Osama bin Laden's execution in July 2011. Eight months have now passed since I commenced that work and I am still not finished. My adventures could easily fill a book, but I do not have the patience to write