Pakistanis followed this war on American behest and pat. What is happening is Swat is also being repeated in Helmand - and in fact whole of Afghanistan. America entered this country after 9/11 but Mr. Karzai cannot go beyond Kabul. What has been the use of expending all the time and US$3 trillion for such negligible gains. Osama is free, Iraq is somewhat chaotic to the same degree , there were no WMDs. The threat of a dirty bomb is alive well and living. Why maintain the ... More »

Undoubtedly, it is true, correct, and authentic but indeed narrow. The spectrum it covers is constricted and confined to one city in NWFP area in the north of that country. Because, if one is writing such a passionate and demonstrative account it should have been for the whole country of Pakistan, and not only Peshawar. The real GDP growth has contracted to about 4.5 to 5 percent in 2008-09. The Pak rupee has historically been a weak currency; it has further depreciated (since the ... More »

US Seeks Closer China Ties: There is no doubt that what FT presents has to be credible. But I would have to say that title is misleading. “Seeks Closer Ties”, that is putting euphemistically. You seek only closer ties with equals not when you are at receiving end. Hasn’t anybody read what happened in Washington only today, where President Obama opened a conference on investments and nearly 200 bankers, bureaucrats and personages took stock of the American Budget? The ... More »