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Gilani’s Misery

By Salman Mugsi • Jul 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is a homeopathic premier for sure, and he is aptly termed as PM of between Lahore and Multan. He even doesn’t have any say in the Islamabad, where his majestic PM House is standing so proudly but keels in front of the President House, from where everything sprouts.
Who decides and [...]



Load shedding or Masochism

By Anwar Jalal • Jul 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Load shedding is a greatest crisis going on across the country .However in some areas load shedding time is unscheduled as well as too long. while in some areas there is such type of load shedding which can not be called load shedding but totally a twaddle. One such locality is the civil residential area [...]



What Caused Justice Chaudhry to Release a Beast?

By Hassan Amin • Jul 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The root cause of the current turmoil in our country are the Terrorist Sympathizer Mullahs. When it comes to accepting mistakes and learning from them, we need to examine the biggest and the most recent ones first.
When it comes to confronting terrorism, the biggest mistake (deliberate or inadvertant) in recent times,  was committed by the [...]



Uptill The Last Terrorist

By Haris Hashmi • Jul 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

This is the last chance for us to wipe out the militancy and terrorism once and for all from the country. It’s good that our security forces are not caving in and they are chasing the terrorists all over the place; from Swat to FATA to Bannu. The fact is that unity and coordinated efforts [...]



Taliban’s Internal Clashes : Origin of Baitullah Mehsud

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jul 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Right now Pakistani establishment is hard at work in propping up Qari Zainuddin Mehsud against the chief terrorist of Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) Baitullah Mehsud. Qari Zainuddin is busily trying to gather support against Baitullah, and establishment is helping him in this regard.
It all started when a militant Abdullah Mehsud returned from Gitmo in 2005 and restarted [...]



Massive Protests against Indian Occupation Forces in Baramula

By Hassan Amin • Jul 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

In occupied Kashmir, thousands of people marched in defiance of strict curfew restriction in Baramulla on Wednesday as the death toll rose to four. The protests erupted on Monday when thousands came out on the streets in Baramulla against the harassment of a woman by Indian Policemen. Troops fired live rounds to disperse the demonstrators and [...]



No Operation in North Waziristan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

It is a wise step indeed to assure the Wazirs and Mahsuds of the North Waziristan that there will be no operation in their areas. Baitullah Mahsud and his terrorists are operating in the South Waziristan and this is considered an epicenter of terrorism in the whole region. In the previous operation Baitullah slipped to [...]



Kurram Agency Genocide

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Do you know that Kurram Agency, which is the part of Pakistan is inaccessible from Pakistan and also the people from Kurram Agency cannot travel to the Pakistan? For two years, the main road of Parachinar is cut off and nobody can travel on it. If somebody has to go to rest of the Pakistan, [...]



Chauhar Chowk Suicide Attack : Another Intelligence Failure

By Maria Sultan • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

If you live or have been to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, you will be will aware of the blockades, pickets and barricades after every kilometer. You get extensive driving training by passing throuhg innumerable zigzag barricaded ways on the main and by-roads.
It seems that all this security is there to harrass and [...]



Indian Occupied Kashmir: Innocence Faces Oppression

By Hassan Amin • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

A fearless Kashmiri toddler tries to snatch baton from an approaching Indian Soldier, while his brother tries to dissuade him for his own safety