Nay-sayers to peace, besides Ghani administration, include Indian lobby, US deep state, Washington Beltway Community

So Indian emphasis on bilateralism is never going to yield peace, unless India relents as a bigger stakeholder

No country is without issues, and that is the way things always are

In the name of freedom of expression, a madar-pidar azad media drives a narrative about Pakistan that is not real

False news pressures lead decision-makers to populous and mostly wrong decisions with consequences

War is too serious a business to be left to the generals and a jingoistic media

There were cracks in the White House with Vice-president Pence falling out with President Trump

US-India relations as a balancer to a rising China; and the enduring US national interests

So in sum, we are more prepared to deal with the second wave than we were the first time around

The Saudi-UAE combine is also ostensibly wary of the “Erdogan-effect” on Pakistan