View from the Neighbourhood: Dealing with terror

Najmuddin A Shaikh, a former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, focuses on the Pulwama attack itself and suggests that the Jaish-e-Mohammad claiming responsibility was, perhaps, more a matter of convenience than of actual involvement.

Kartarpur talks on schedule: Masood son, brother held, Hafiz Saeed’s outfits in banned list — Najmuddin A Shaikh, a former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, focuses on the Pulwama attack itself and suggests that the Masood Azhar-led (above) Jaish-e-Mohammad claiming responsibility was, perhaps, more a matter of convenience than of actual involvement. (File)

Najmuddin A Shaikh, a former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, asks India, Pakistan and the world to “verify the facts” of the Pulwama case. In an article in the Pakistan daily, Dawn on March 7, Shaikh begins by saying that while “the armed forces on both sides remain in a state of high alert and are distrustful of each other’s intentions it does seem that some back channels contacts have brought acceptable assurances and permitted the resumption of bus and train services, and of contact on the Kartarpur Corridor.”