View from Pakistan

July 14
General gets over his handicap
All’s quiet on the home front, General Musharraf now hopes to make history in India, says Farhan Bokhari.

July 13
Last chance for peace
The contours of the long-term solution are obvious, with Kashmiris in the Valley obtaining ‘maximum freedom minus secession’ from India. But the short-term is problematic, writes Najam Sethi.

July 9
The bad guy image and how it gets made
In Pakistan, the best gambit is to do it through Islam because no one objects, says Khaled Ahmed.

July 8
Pakistanis are proud to see Vajpayee talking to Musharraf’
Nusrat Javeed, south Asia correspondent of Pakistani daily The News talks to Aasha Khosa about his expectations from the Agra summit.

July 6
Identifying the enemy
Peace with India affords political parties in Pakistan an opportunity to sharpen the contradiction between the military and its allies in the civil society, writes Ejaz Haider.

July 5
The business of peace
The Agra summit could take the Kashmir route to give bilateral trade between India and Pakistan a much-needed boost, says Farhan Bokhari.