October , 2009
Pakistan's United Colours of Terror
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It's Pakistan's Fatal Attraction, rapidly reaching that awful scene of the Michael Douglas-Glenn Close film. The thrill of Jihad and the cause of Freedom has worn away like the autumn of an extra-marital affair; the stability of the world's war on terror, a commitment to ending terror camps just seems more like the sensible thing to do but the spurned mistress: aka all the Jehadi groups are now turning on Pakistan with a ferocity that goes far beyond boiled rabbits. More than ever before, Pakistan is coming to grips with the beast it helped create - as every day brings a fresh attack, a bomb blast, a fidayeen attack in which innocent civilians and army personnel are killed. And amongst people I met this weekend during a conference in Lahore, there's growing realisation that the terror that keeps neighbours India and Afghanistan in its cross-hairs is also today the....
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Suhasini Haidar is the Deputy Foreign Editor and Prime-Time anchor for CNN-IBN, regularly anchoring its award-winning show India@9. She entered the world of journalism in 1994 with an internship at the CNN’s United Nations Bureau in New York. She worked with the CNN in New Delhi after that, as a producer and then as a correspondent until she moved to CNN-IBN in 2005. Suhasini regularly covers the sub-continent, frequently reporting from Pakistan. She has also traveled with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cover his official visits to the US, France, Russia, NAM, SAARC and CHOGM and is the only journalist to have interviewed Singh, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, and their daughters. Suhasini's also been in the field covering elections in Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir for CNN-IBN. She received her Bachelor's degree at Delhi University's Lady Shri Ram College and her Master's at Boston University's College of Communication. When not at work Suhasini turns off the TV and loves to read, swim and walk. When she is lucky, her two daughters, dogs and husband join in.
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