Pakistan is, yet again, paying the price for flirting with the United States, who itself has not learned anything from the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. Now Pakistan finds itself between a rock and hard place, and is viewed by many as giving too much to the Americans, who in turn, want nothing [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 4, 2008
Tariq Al-Maeena Pakistan has become a front for the proxy war being fought by the US and NATO against Al-Qaeda. And in the process, it is in danger of losing its sovereignty. Joseph Biden in his debate with Sarah Palin last Thursday referred to Pakistan as a “dangerous” state along with Iran. The Pakistanis, through [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday vowed to work with Pakistan in combating terrorists along the country’s border with Afghanistan as it acknowledged the need for all anti-terrorism allies to redouble their efforts. Robert Wood, Deputy State Department Spokesman stressed terrorism is a threat to stability and democracy in the region. He also underscored Washington’s [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 22, 2008
Question is how we think and how our allies in US-led NATO powers think about ongoing war in Afghanistan; we think that we have to combat the menace of talibanisation in the name of global war against terrorism. The US led NATO forces which has spent millions of Dollars in sucking Soviet Union Afghanistan initially [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 21, 2008
Pakistan has released security camera video footage of a suicide attack The attacker blew himself before the big blast and no other attack was made at the Marriot hotel here Saturday evening. Sources revealed that this has been revealed in close circuit TV footage during the investigations that the suicide attacker driving the truck blown himself [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 21, 2008
You never know what you can pick up from the shambles of a large edifice, and little could be larger than the financial architecture of American capitalism. Here is a nugget from Tom Friedman’s column as he talks about America’s energy planning and the economy. His particular reference is to Republican candidate John McCain’s idea [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 20, 2008
LONDON: One of the most explosive spots on earth today is the so-called Durand Line, the 2,640 kilometre border, much of it in harsh mountain country, between Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is where the United States and its NATO allies are battling the Taliban — and are facing the possibility of military defeat. Of all the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 20, 2008
LONDON: America will not win the war in Afghanistan by taking it across the border into Pakistan’s tribal areas. The gloom of the coalition forces about the war in Afghanistan tends to be seasonal. The hopes of spring are dented by a summer of roadside explosions, suicide-bombings and ambushes. But this autumn they have nearly [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
What I am seeing in the US mass media is a simplistic and systematic demonization of Pakistan. I could site many examples, but all one has to do is look at the New York Times. Here’s how it works. Al Qaeda is evil. Al Qaeda is gaining strength in Pakistan. Therefore, Pakistan is evil. Popularity: [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 10, 2008
We usually start like this Hi, can I have a favor from you, other person says SURE and we start I need this, by the way did you see this etc etc.. So this the story of the day When a Courageous Pakistani student Samad Khurram refused to receive an award from [...]
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