Sunday, May 9, 1999
When Bofors still booms
For 13 years, I have been in this country, and just when it seemed that I can finally serve it in privacy, I am once again a subject of public discourse, the focus of everybody's attention.
Midnight knocks
On May 3, the official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) released a lengthy report titled `British media's anti-Pakistan drive'. The news agency's story, carried in full by various newspapers, eulogised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's `bold decisions' to put the country's economy on track and refuted reports on stories of corruption in Pakistan by British newspapers.
Inside Track
Sharad Yadav, president of the Janata Dal, is negotiating with Laloo Prasad Yadav for a merger of the JD with Laloo's Rashtriya Janata Dal. The quid pro quo is that Sharad Yadav gets Laloo's support in contesting the Madhavpur parliamentary constituency and Laloo replaces Sharad as president of the Janata Dal.
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