The Ghost of Mullah Omar

Two years from now, Mullah Omer is dead, but his followers have kept him alive and so are Afghan security officials

Saudi Arabia to use Qadeer-bait for her ambitions to pursuade Israel

In the second week of July when US secretary of State John Kerry was finalizing details of the accord with Iranian Foreign minister Jawad Zarif, Pakistan's Prime Minister was amidst preparations for marriage of his grand daughter in Mecca. Meanwhile Pakistan's Ruet Committee was busy manipulating moon sighting for Eid according to Mr Sharif's wishes. Nawaz Sharif believed an Eid on Friday may be a bad omen for his rule in the country!



So detached is Pakistan's ruler from the changing geopolitical scenario that even nearly two weeks after the deal was reached, Pakistan's senior foreign office diplomat Mr Fatmi told Dawn newspaper that after the sanctions are lifted only then we can think of opportunities of economic ties.

The sleazy nuclear program of Iran was assisted by Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist Qadeer Khan had admitted in 2004 on state TV and evicted from any charges of financial corruption too.

As evident Saudi Arabia has never been so isolated in the Middle East and there only hope is Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who has remained loyal to the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia now want support from Pakistan for a nuclear initiative. While official support from Pakistan is the least likely Pakistan's scientists at sensitive appointments are likely to b trapped and past presidents of a military dictator being helpless in the matter civilian control over the nukes is a far probability.

Meanwhile, the possibility of US arranging bomb from Israel to fulfill Saudi ambitions are a likely course that may neither be annoying nor threatening by the US administration's definition for World Peace.


Also from the writer:

Iran and changing dynamics in the post-accord Middle East

What the deal means for Pakistan

Pakistan moves away from corrption. Why?

There is a famous saying that "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely". Going by this phrase Pakistan is gradually moving away from absolute power. consistency and continuity of democracy has beginning to pay the dividends and finally we have seen again the talks and the public pressure to put an end to financial corruption.

When a minister in arrested (even many perceive it to be cosmetic arrangement) in KPK that means democracy is  taking roots.

A segment of media laments that only politicians are taken to task over corrupt practices. If that is so it is a great sign that our system is willing to raise  clean politicians, unlike dictators backed and promoted by US and the West. We have seen politicians been brought to the justice in the past too and if there was any softness over corruption it was none but the military dictators.