![]() Subcomandante Marcos at the national meeting in the Mexican state of Chiapas, Monday, May 10, 1999. ''As I was taking out the feathers and droppings I found a little nest withĪ little gray egg, speckled with green and blue, and beside it a little envelope.'' When Marcos opened the back of the radio, he wrote, he discovered the problem: a bunch of parrots and macaws flew out, screaming with joy at regaining their freedom. Indeed, a letterįrom June of that year, written a few months before ''The Story of Colors,'' described a march through the mountains of southern Mexico and a short-wave radio out of which came only birdsong. There is something else that all readers, young and old, ought to know about the author of ''The Story of Colors,'' and that is that Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos is, in addition to being a fine writer, a great bird lover.Įxotic, brightly plumed birds of every type appear in the many communiques the author, said to be a former graphics professor, has issued since he appeared on the world stage in 1994 as leader of the Zapatista National Liberation Army. Withdrew the grant in March when the endowment's chairman learned that the author was the leader of the Zapatista rebels in southern Mexico.īut wait. The National Endowment for the Arts gave the publisher of this book a $7,500 grant for its translation and publication, then Foundation Will Bankroll Rebel Chief's Book N.E.A. ![]() Couldn't Tell a Mexican Rebel's Book by Its Cover (March 10) The dynamics of international political order are changing and Pakistan is clear in not taking any sides but to play a role of a facilitator for promotion of peace and prosperity.How the world became colorful, in the words of an author who is rather colorful himself. The US needs to understand that Human Rights can only be ensured when the humans are alive. The recent development in which Islamabad has allowed India to provide humanitarian assistance to Kabul explicates Pakistan's stance on the Afghan issue. Islamabad is eager to provide humanitarian assistance by every means as Afghanistan is a land locked country. The people of Afghanistan are suffering at the end due to political differences between two parties. The Modi's government should reciprocate the calls from Pakistan for boiling down of hostilities in the region and shun the human rights violation in IIOK.īrig Retd Said Nazir: (Afghan Affairs Expert): The international community should have been collectively helping Kabul in hard times but unfortunately only Pakistan is highlighting this issue at international level. Moreover, Pakistan has gone out of the way to help the deprived Afghans which imply that we are indeed a welfare state. It is a good will gesture from Pakistan that Islamabad wants to promote peace in the region. Despite having hostile relations with India due to their fascist policies, still Pakistan has allowed New Delhi to provide Afghans with humanitarian assistance to Kabul via Pakistan. The international community is not paying heed to the hue and cry as the resurrection of Kabul is not in their interest. Zahid Anwar Khan: (IR Expert): Pakistan has long been vocal about the imminent humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan that might perish millions of Afghans. Islamabad will avoid indulging again in any ideological war between two blocs that involve religion as a tool of war.ĭr. Pakistan cannot afford to be a part of any bloc anymore which has been clearly communicated by the Premier of Pakistan. Rather than focusing on the Ukraine issue, Pakistan is more interested in thwarting economic growth and development projects with Russia. Moscow holds a great expertise in uplifting the energy sector and Pakistan can get maximum benefit from their machinery and resources. The robust opportunities of economic development by virtue of CPEC are special economic zones and the development of industrial infrastructure. Mushtaq Ahmed Mehar: (Former Ambassador): The bilateral issues and prospects of development will be discussed between Pakistan and Russia in PM Khan's visit. ![]() Moscow and Islamabad are keen to promote peace in Afghanistan as both have convergence of interest when it comes to peace in Kabul. The peace in Afghanistan is indispensable to the peace in the South Asian region. Whatsoever are the new realities of the global political order, Pakistan has unequivocally explicated to the world that Islamabad is keen to develop economic relations unconditionally. The global order is in flux and the visit of PM khan to Moscow holds political importance. Arif Kamal: (Former Ambassador): The strengthening of the ties between Russia and Pakistan should have been done earlier but still this visit will embark to seize all available opportunities for cooperation.
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