A new report from the New America Foundation states that one of every three people killed in the U.S.’s not-so-secret drone war in Pakistan is a civilian. The report also discloses that none of the strikes in 2009 targeted Bin Laden, and that they have had little impact on the Taliban’s ability to plan operations [...]
Even the newly restored judiciary cried out that they are virtually unable to take action against the atrocities of the police. Justice Javed Iqbal was so glum when he said that he would never joined the police force after watching the video clips of police beating the citizen of Pakistan on the roads.
Our police is [...]
There are many interesting questions which are still in dormant status but lurking in the background to come out in the near future.
With the tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto more than two years ago, her widower Asif Ali Zardari took hold of the party and then the presidency and he also pledged with the workers [...]
It’s prohibited to prepare, import, sell or buy alcoholic beverages in Pakistan. Only specific joints are allowed to import and sell the liquor to the non-Muslims. There are many laws and regulations in acquiring such licence. There are authorities which regulate and control the distribution, sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
But like every other thing [...]
Up till now President Asif Ali Zardari has been following the footsteps of former dictator Musharraf, rest assured he will be carrying on the same streak in the future. During Mush-ruffian era, all that climaxed over the Emergency and then Emergency Plus, and now when the daggers are drawn between the Zardari and the Chaudhry, [...]
We didn’t need the ratification of Robert Gates that the infamous murderous organization like Blackwater is operating in Pakistan. Islamabad, Karachi and Peshawar have become dens of Blackwater and though our interior minister is still unaware of their presence, media is screaming hoarse about their activities.
Senior investigative journalists of GEO news and Jang has disclosed [...]
Target killing in Karachi is going on while the coalition partners in the Sindh government are bashing and then forgiving each other. Common poor people are dying on the roads by unidentified marksmen, and yet the authorities are dumbfounded and silent.
Under Anti-Terrorism Act, the Sindh Government has given Rangers complete control for establishing peace in [...]
In Hamzoni, Tehsil Miranshah, North Waziristan, the tribal have shootdown American spy drone which was hovering in the area in the quest of target. The incident happened when five or six drones were flying very low in the aera, and the tribal opened fire at them.
It should be remembered that though these drones have killed [...]
The Pakistani army said Thursday during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates that it can’t launch any new offensives against militants for six months to a year to give it time to stabilize existing gains.
The announcement probably comes as a disappointment to the U.S., which has pushed Pakistan to expand its military operations [...]
Clash is on, arms are out. Supreme Court has dished out its detailed verdict upon the infamous NRO, and the government has returned the recommendations of chief justice after making objections on it. The government ministers and governors are out making all kinds of threatening gestures. President himself is out to garner some votes before [...]
