Himal: How did a general get into lobbying for natural gas pipelines?
Mahmud Durrani: Shirin Tahir-Kheii Is really the mother hen of all this. I was still in service when
India makes up the larger part of Southasia by landmass and population, and so if India were shining one could make the argument that so would Southasia. But this would
The days when people in Pakistan sat glued to their television sets watching 'Waris' on PTV have given way to moribund 'broiler chicken' productions lacking the
SAARC came into existence in 1985, at a time when there were no visionaries left among the political class of the Subcontinent. That is itself eloquent testimony to the irrelevance
The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Control and Punishment) Act, 2002 (TADA), was Nepal's reaction to a global apprehension of terrorism since the events of 11 September 2001, and
A study of the abuse of human rights and the human spirit in "democratic India" reveals the extent of the problem of lawlessness by the state, which can only become much worse when all of South Asia is taken into account. This review regarding the state of respect for human rights in India, and four
Q- Has the Hurriyat split? If yes, which faction is legitimate and which is renegade?
A- In the absence of a registering authority for parties, like the election commission of
Three alternative routes are better than the road between Srinagar and Muzafarrabad which New Delhi has offered to open.
The opening the Srinagar-Muzafarrabad road network is one of the confidence
The cure is part of the cause in this case; as Dalits avail themselves of the advantages of reservation in India, and awareness of rights increases, the status quo of