Malala Yousafzai may symbolize a story of Pakistan. But what kind of story?

Malala’s case gets a lot of media attention but would you say that it also has any real potential to change something in Pakistan? Read few comments by Nicolas Martin, Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Does the case of Abdus Salam tell us something about Pakistan’s future?

According e. g. this report The Guardian the one and only Pakistani Nobel laureate Abdus Salam is largely scorned in his homeland.

Maybe cricket can unite Agfhanistan. Or…?

According to media reports e.g. like this - http://gu.com/p/35dhf/tw – Afghanistan unites behind cricket team in defeat to Pakistan.

Panetta concerned about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the raid that killed OBL

If Panetta said he is very concerned what can (should) the US do about this?

Will the death of Osama bin Laden influence the situation in Afghanistan?

Hillary Clinton have suggested that after the death of Osama bin Laden there there is a chance Taliban will more likely be willing to negotiate.

Osama bin Ladin and Pakistan

What does a death of Osama bin Laden mean for Pakistan?

The CIA-ISI relations

The ISI is the CIA’s most important partner against al Qaeda but also the most difficult.

U.S. officials confirmed Raymond Davis is a security contractor working for CIA

See here. Is it a game changer? For previous post about the case of Raymond Davis see here.

The case of Raymond Davis and Pakistan-US relations

American diplomat Raymond Davis shot two men on January 27 in Lahore if he was threatened by them. He is in detention in Pakistan. According to U.S. State Department he should be released immediately as he enjoys diplomatic immunity. But there is a growing rumor in Pakistani media Davis was a spy and he shot two agents of Inter-Services Intelligence. Some update of this post is here.

Al-Qaeda and Taliban: A relationship

Al-Qaeda’s senior leadership in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan is under more pressure than at any point since they fled Afghanistan nine years ago, said President Barack Obama.