Jauhar Ismail The recent visit to Pakistan by the U.S Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke and Admiral Mike Mullen highlighted the growing differences between Pakistan and the United States on how to tackle the threat of Pakistani Taliban. At another level, their visit also signified an emerging consensus between Pakistan’s political leadership and security establishment that […]
Adil Najam After an intense, and sometimes tense, debate in Parliament, Asif Ali Zardari’s government has now promulgated the ‘Nizam-e-Adl’ regulation in Swat. The deal is now official. In this ATP Poll, we would like to ask you if you think that this deal will still be standing in 3 month’s time and, whether it […]
Aziz Akhmad We have been seeing too many dramatic and dreadful images on our TV screens in the past few weeks. It is like watching an action packed Western movie, where, every 10 or 15 minutes, there is a gun battle, an ambush, a lynching or some other gory scene. The only difference was, in […]
