Saira Yamin

As the race for the White House heats up, Presidential candidates are using the turmoil in Pakistan to show off their foreign policy credentials.

Pakistan’s image in the United States has been tarnished by decades-old misperceptions that prevail in the myths about the country.

If passed in its current form, the U.S.-India agreement will act as a catalyst for pumping nuclear fuel and technology into a region perceived by some U.S. leaders as a “nuclear tinder box”.