The “But” Syndrome
The 27th of May bombing in Lahore, which has taken a minimum of 23 lives and wounded over 300 people can only be seen as a retaliatory strike by the Taliban who are finally at the receiving end from the Pakistan Army. The highly effective Army operation in Swat and Malakand Division now has the...
OUR MAN IN WASHINGTON
Husain Haqqani has always reminded me of Baldrick from Black Adder because he is a man who always has a “cunning plan”. Writing an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on the 29th of April 2009, Ambassador Haqqani calls for employing the “pacification” model used so successfully in Fallujah in Iraq in Swat. Was it...
IT or a time to get LIT?
… “Suckers bring your money and projects to Pakistan, but we as a Government don’t have faith in home-grown talent so we’re going elsewhere.” People always ask me what it’s like running my own software company in Pakistan, and I usually never know how to reply. On one level it is one of the most...
