BEYOND ELECTIONS: PAKISTAN’S NATIONAL PRIORITIES
Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal With each passing day, post elections political landscape, at the national level, is becoming more and more predictable. It is now time to evolve a near consensus based...
View ArticlePakistan: ENHANCING VOTER TURNOUT
By Air Commodore ® Khalid Iqbal It is refreshing that all political parties are enthusiastically taking part in the forthcoming...
View ArticleHULLO! MR PRIME MINISTER
By Air Commodore ® Khalid Iqbal Congratulation! People have reposed trust in you, for the third time. Welcome to the political wonderland— “Pakistan 2013”, it is far different from what it was in the...
View ArticleLET’S CLOSE FRONTS AND MAKE PEACE
By Air Commodore ® Khalid Iqbal The elections have gone well, and the electoral frenzy is declining fast. Turnout was high, young people voted in large numbers and the idea of...
View ArticlePAK-US RELATIONS POISED FOR ANOTHER DIP
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Bilateral ties between Pakistan and the United States can best be defined as a roller coaster affair. Now, this relationship is poised for another dip, this time on...
View ArticleSoothing Baluchistan
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Participation of overwhelming majority of the people of Baluchistan in the electoral process indicates that the province is back to the flock of Pakistani nation-hood....
View ArticleEGYPT’S PANGS FOR DEMOCRACY
Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Egypt’s newly designated Prime Minister Hazem al Beblawi has formed a mini cabinet. The Brotherhood has refused to join the new government. Another party Al-Nur also...
View ArticlePEACEFUL AFGHANISTAN: A FAR CRY!
Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Mr Sartaj Aziz visited Kabul on Sunday to hold talks with Afghan leadership and assured that Pakistan...
View ArticleTHE CRISIS WE WROTE
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Last week a chaotic situation was created when almost entire country plunged into darkness due to sudden breakdown in power supply that took more than 36 hours to...
View ArticleCONUNDRUMS OF NAWAZ-OBAMA SUMMIT
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal The two leaders would meet under a strategic environment that embodies both areas of convergence as well as divergences. For example: in the context of Afghanistan,...
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