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Archive for ‘October, 2004’

The Invasion Of The Defeatists

ISLAMABAD— Have you seen the picture in our newspapers over the weekend where opposition parliamentarians line up to meet Mr. Don McKinnon? You will love this: Our rowdy opposition figures who can’t create an orderly line even during protests suddenly changed faces in the presence of the Commonwealth secretary general, queuing [...]

The Invasion Of The Defeatists

ISLAMABAD— Have you seen the picture in our newspapers over the weekend where opposition parliamentarians line up to meet Mr. Don McKinnon? You will love this: Our rowdy opposition figures who can’t create an orderly line even during protests suddenly changed faces in the presence of the Commonwealth secretary general, queuing [...]

Let’s Not Go Down Again

 
By AHMED QURAISHI
Tuesday, 12 October 2004.
AHMEDQURAISHI.COM
 
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—General Anthony Zinny, the U.S. Central Command chief, was in a reviewing stand with defense secretary William Cohen in the Egyptian desert. It was November 1999, and the world’s largest annual military exercise was underway. Amid the mock battle, Zinny received a call on his satellite phone from Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s [...]

Engaging Iran’s Nationalists

ISLAMABAD—The last thing the clergy leadership in Iran needs is for Islamabad to grow nostalgic for the former Pakistan-friendly Shah-led nationalist government in Tehran. Shah Reza Pehlavi used to be at home in Islamabad’s social gatherings of the 1960s and ‘70s. And Pehlavi’s Iran was a staunch backer of Pakistan [...]