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A Pakistani Lesson For Iraq

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan might just have made its second most important contribution to the war on terror.
The ‘Do-More’ brigade of Pakistan antagonists in Washington – of Zalmay Khalilzad’s ilk – can finally shut their hot-air ventilators. Islamabad has just given President Bush a far better advice than anything they ever could.
If I [...]

The Pakistanis In Waziristan

ISLAMABAD—The real problem in Waziristan is that we are on our way to winning the battle and losing the hearts of the people in an important part of our homeland, maybe even creating a dangerous schism and dividing loyalties. Our government and some people in our media are finding it hard [...]

Remembering Garner

ISLAMABAD—The U.S. State Department does not always succeed where the Pentagon fails. Iraq is a good example.
Merely a few weeks after the fall of Baghdad, Department of State nominee Paul Bremer replaced Jay Garner, Pentagon’s point man for Iraq in the months preceding the March 2003 invasion.
That decision by Washington [...]

Remembering Garner

ISLAMABAD—The U.S. State Department does not always succeed where the Pentagon fails. Iraq is a good example.
Merely a few weeks after the fall of Baghdad, Department of State nominee Paul Bremer replaced Jay Garner, Pentagon’s point man for Iraq in the months preceding the March 2003 invasion.
That decision by Washington [...]

A Spokesman-President

ISLAMABAD—President Musharraf’s appearance on PTV’s famous Newsnight program was in essence a subtle statement on how the state media machinery handled the political fallout of the Wana operation.
And that statement basically comes down to this: It took the President’s personal intervention to quell two weeks of misconceptions and growing [...]

Islamabad’s Media Game

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s nuclear controversy is over. But its biggest lesson is not in the field of security. Rather, it is in the realm of the media.
Although Islamabad seized the initiative in the end and brought the issue to a decisive closure, the government did blunder in the initial stages when the controversy [...]

Islamabad’s Media Game

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s nuclear controversy is over. But its biggest lesson is not in the field of security. Rather, it is in the realm of the media.
Although Islamabad seized the initiative in the end and brought the issue to a decisive closure, the government did blunder in the initial stages when the controversy [...]