The first debate between presidential hopefuls Obama and McCain was supposed to focus on US foreign policy and national security. Which it did. But it was significant for what was avoided and what remained unsaid. Namely, the plight of the
Over the past half a century Pakistani elite has unceasingly practiced a policy of dependence on external powers and escapism from its own responsibilities for the security and economic well-being of the country. Faced with a serious
Despite poor progress pertaining to burning issues, the SAARC Conferences can boast of indiscriminate use of hyperbolic expressions, generally, by all and sundry. The final declarations tend to be well-worded but bathetic. More often a
