2nd August 2011
The past week has seen tens of thousands of protesters on the streets of Syrian cities, calling for end of the rule of Bashar Al-Assad and the introduction of democracy. Again, their peaceful protests were met by a violent response with reports that Syrian troops opened fire with live ammunition, killing at least one hundred […]
28th June 2011 Islamabad, Pakistan
On Thursday, I visited the Police Lines headquarters in Islamabad. I was accompanying the UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, who wanted to pay his respects to the fallen martyrs of the Pakistani police service and to publicly recognise their sacrifices in serving Pakistan and its citizens. Mr Hague laid a wreath at the police monument […]
11th April 2011 New York, USA
Saturday 9 April was pretty ordinary for me and my family. We enjoyed the spring flowers during a walk in Central Park. My daughter found new ways to get mud on herself. For Nuala Kerr, it was far from ordinary. She was looking forward to enjoying the next day, mothering Sunday, with her family. Nuala […]
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4th March 2011 Islamabad, Pakistan
This was another sad week for Pakistan. On Wednesday morning, I was telling journalists about a doubling of the UK’s aid to Pakistan, when I was horrified to hear that Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti had been shot and killed in broad daylight in Islamabad. As I said that day, his death is a loss to […]