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Coalition For Dialogue in FATA

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Our “foreign land” of FATA is getting more lawless and more prone to the foreign intervention day by day, and at that juncture the calling of the meeting of coalition partners is a very welcome step. That, and the decision taken in this meeting is also plausible. The ruling coalition has agreed to engage in […]



Operations in Fata : Another Dimension

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

To win any battle swiftly, easily and without much losses, the best course of action is to win the people of the targeted area. Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan have become a flash point for the world, and due to the inclination of many media personnel in Pakistan and due to their pandering to […]



Solution Providers for FATA Conflict

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Talibans of FATA and Talibans of Afghanistan don’t consider each other separate and they don’t really believe on the demarcation of the borders, rather they consider themselves one. This concept is  now hated by the United States, though she was the one who facilitated this notion when the same Talibans were fighting the USSR under […]



Pakistan Army : We Stand With You

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

First, let me make something very crystal clear. Despite of decaying Musharraf’s shenanigans, the chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani remains the soldier he is, and he doesn’t want to rollback the democratic system, and he wants politicians to be at the helm of the affairs and run the country. General Ashfaq is […]



Imminent Attack of America on Pakistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

From Khyber Agency through Mehmund Agency to Kurram Agency, the tribal belt of Pakistan is on fire with flames spilling over to the settled areas of Swat, Peshawar and Hangu, and occasionally the heat gets spewed in the cities of Karachi and Islamabad. All of a sudden, things have turned very ugly in the FATA […]



War Strategy of War on Terror

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

What would happen if Osama Bin Laden is caught? Would United States return to their homeland?
No, they would then start “hunting” for Mullah Omer.
What would happen if Mullah Omer is caught? Would they return to America and their respective homelands?
No, they would then start aiming for Baitullah Mehsud.
If he Baitullah is caught, then it would […]



Who is Behind Karachi and Islamabad Blasts?

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Our weaknesses have opened many doors for the intrigues, conspiracies, bloodshed and the an open field for the enemies to strike at will. The serial bomb blasts in Karachi within the span of one hour to ignite ethnic strife in the city is nothing but an act of barbarism aimed at destabilizing Pakistan. Just before […]



FATA / Swat Get More Volatile

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Maulana Fazlullah, the head of the The Tehrik Taliban, Swat chapter has said that they are about to resume their attacks because of ‘hostile acts’ like construction of bunkers, raising checkpoints, and pounding of the Taliban hideouts by the security forces. Lashkar-i-Islam chief Mangal Bagh has linked holding talks with the government to withdrawal aof […]



FATA Quagmire : Use Carrots

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics

There is a very strong school of thought which wholeheartedly believe that the think tanks of Pentagon in USA have carved out a thorough plan to disintegrate Pakistan by 2015, and they have got all the theories, maps and other thingies to backup their claims. Whether it’s true or not, the thing is that the […]



Solution to FATA Crisis

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Anyone could go blue in the face by claiming that local militias could be dismantled or cowed down by the kind of military operation going on currently in the Khyber Agency. Millions of people of FATA live differently then we do, and they are doing it for centuries, and they are in no mood to […]