Even before the gruesome attack at an army school in Peshawar, many in Pakistan had regarded December 16 as a black day in their history.

Even though SAARC is a group of eight south Asian countries, the recent summit in Kathmandu was hijacked―like almost all previous summits in the past

For a country to attain global pre-eminence it must address the key objectives of national and strategic importance by using its hard and soft power.