Ambassador Arif Kamal
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Author of Reminiscences of My Wanderings, Ambassador (R) Arif Kamal has served as a diplomat for 34 years. He has also served as Chair Global Studies at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Research & Analysis (ISSRA), within the National Defense University of Pakistan for 10 years.
The Pendulum swings on Pakistan relations with...
Long-time diplomat argues that reaching out to India while the Indian state continues to inflict bloody blows to Kashmiris diminishes Pakistan’s national and international stature. He enquires what has materially changed on the ground in the past 19 months to precipitate a ‘rethink’? Does the change relate to an operational strategy, or Islamabad finds its goals having been shrunk?