WASHINGTON: Noting the Pakistani nation’s “broad consensus” on curbing violent extremism, the United States top diplomat for South Asia has reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to security and economic support for the elected government as it takes on “enormous challenges” facing the country. Richard Boucher, the Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, welcomed tribesmen’s support for [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 4, 2008
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari reiterating that no foreign intervention would be tolerated in dealing with militants in Pakistan has said that our forces are able and well equipped to deal with terrorism in all its forms and manifestation and our goal is complete peace in the country. He expressed these views while talking to [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 4, 2008
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...Thursday, October 2, 2008
Rumors about the death of Taliban leader in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, late on Monday after suffering kidney failure made Chaand Raat lugubrious for some and cheered few in Pakistan. Mehsud is the head of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organization for Islamist militant groups operating across Pakistan’s northwest. Based in the restive tribal agency of [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 28, 2008
NEW YORK: President Asif Ali Zardari forcefully projected Pakistan’s position on global issues and unveiled his vision in a series of meetings with top world leaders on the margins of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The President, who spoke of the grave challenges confronting Pakistan, said the new democratic government was [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 27, 2008
How long before they realize they have killed 300000 for their 3000, and that too courtesy a charade they nearly pulled off and now its Marriott. Lets go down memory lane and see how others have been effected. Figures double to what I narrated. We still have hope, lets wake up. We could well be [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 27, 2008
Governance is the easy part of being in power. You govern through systems. Systems are protected by institutions. Institutions grind their way forward on hierarchy, oiled by memory or precedence. When there is need for innovation, change is sifted through a time-consuming committee. The end product may not be brilliant, but it comes with minimal-risk [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 27, 2008
ISLAMABA: Federal Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah has admitted that the suicide blast at Marriot Hotel was occurred due to the failure and incompetence of security agencies and Capital Development Authority (CDA). Briefing the Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior which met here Saturday at Parliament House, he said the security agencies and CDA failed to [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 27, 2008
NEW YORK: U.S. presidential candidates—Republican John McCain and Democratic Barack Obama—Friday differed on Pakistan, especially over U.S. attacks into Pakistani territory, a policy which Islamabad had sharply protested. During the first of a series of televised debates ahead of the November election, McCain, 74, while emphasizing the need for Pakistan’s support said, he would not [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 26, 2008
New York: Tackling terror demands a multi-faceted approach that goes beyond military means, President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan said at the General Assembly’s high-level segment today, calling on the support of the international body to address the scourge. “Fighting it requires political will, popular mobilization and a socio-economic strategy that wins the hearts and minds [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 24, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army on Wednesday confirmed that US spy plane had crashed in Angoor Adda area on Tuesday night. In a statement issued today, ISPR said US predator drone has crashed in Angoor Adda area of South. The ISPR said that plane crashed apparently due to mal-functioning. The wreckage of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 24, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has categorically stated that Pakistan will not tolerate violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity by any one in the name of combating terrorism. Addressing media persons at an Iftar dinner hosted by him in honour of senior journalists on Wednesday, he said the Government would mobilize all [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 24, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani while expressing dissatisfaction over the overall law and order situation in the country has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to fight terrorism. Chairing the cabinet meeting here at Prime Minister’s Secretariat on Wednesday, the Prime Minister stressed the need for stringent measures with utmost vigour and strategy to eradicate [...]
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...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen abducted Afghanistan’s consul general Abdul Khaliq Farahi in Peshawar to an unknown place and his driver was killed in a brazen ambush on Monday. Six attackers in a black car followed the vehicle of Abdul Khaliq Farahi in Phase III of Hayatabad; his residence, forced it to pull over and shot his [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 22, 2008
written by Aijaz Zaka Syed BACK home in the subcontinent, they say you should always stay away from the cops: Their friendship as well as adversity is bad for one’s health. I am reminded of the advice as the world’s chief cop bombs its allies and friends in Pakistan. With friends like these, do you really [...]
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
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani terming the Saturday’s deadly suicide attack outside the Marriott hotel as a ‘cowardly’ act of terrorism said Sunday these terrorist and militant elements wanted to destabilize the country, by hurting democratic process and economy. “It is a cowardly act of terrorism against the innocent people in this holy [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 20, 2008
US President George W Bush on Saturday condemned the terrorist bombing at a hotel in Islambad that killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds more. “This bombing, the latest in a series of terrorist attacks, is part of a continuing assault on the people of Pakistan. This attack is a reminder of the ongoing [...]
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