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This is not Our War

By Ali Yar Khan • Oct 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

We must not get subdued by the notion which is being thrust upon us by the so-called liberal media and the so-called enlightened factions of our society that this on going war in our FATA and Swat area solely belongs to us and not to America and we have to rummage through that area without […]



Key of War on Terror

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Oct 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Bajaur Agency is the smallest agency of the tribal region of Pakistan. It is about 45 miles (72 km) long by 20 miles (32 km) broad. It’s population is also very sparse and the terrain is hilly and mainly not inhabitant. This agency is the focus of the operation carried out by the security forces of Pakistan for the […]



The Way Forward

By Muskan Hina • Oct 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

No matter how many Friends of Pakistan, our beggar rulers manage to accumulate under the roof over the years, and no matter how many billion dollars they manage to receive in alms, even the $700 billion in bailout would be like drops in the desert for the Pakistani economy.
Never a beggar becomes independent and financial […]



Orakzai Agency: Pakistan Army Retaliates in Grand Way

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

Just few hours back, a suicide  bomber struck in the jirga in the Orakzai agency and blown to bits some 110 people and injured hundreds of others. The Jirga meeting was being held mainly to form a tribal Lashkr for ensuring a clampdown on terrorist activities in the Adezai area.  Terrorist didn’t like it and […]



Global Systemic Financial Meltdown

By Fatima Tassaduq • Oct 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The US and advanced economies’ financial system is now headed towards a near-term systemic financial meltdown as day after day stock markets are in free fall, money markets have shut down while their spreads are skyrocketing, and credit spreads are surging through the roof. There is now the beginning of a generalized run on the […]



Swati Terrorists Go After Educational Institutes

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The Swati terrorists have now blown up Excelsior College and Sangota Public School. They are blowing up all the schools and colleges in the area one by one. What these terrorists are trying to achieve by this torching the educational institutes? Why they are taking their revenge on the centers of education?
Already the literacy rate […]



Interview with Mr. Saddrudin Hashwani After Marriott Blast

By The Pakistani Spectator • Oct 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Mr. Saddrudin Hashwani does not need any introduction. He is Chairman of the Hashoo Group, one of Pakistan’s largest Industrial groups, with extensive interests in tourism, travel, real estate development, pharmaceuticals, IT, and oil and gas sectors. Inspite of the tremendous losses suffered by him, with great courage and patience, he put all his might in […]



Talks of ISAF with Taliban

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Oct 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, the top British commander in Afghanistan says it’s not possible to win the war against the Taliban and that a deal with the Islamic militants might have to be reached to end their insurgency.
In order to reach any deal, the only way forward is the dialogue, and one wonders as how the […]



Nothing Wrong With Bank Alfalah or Standard Chartered or Any Bank

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Oct 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The rumors factories are running high in the country. Financial crisis is reigning high throughout the world and even the Americans are feeling that they are badly hit and they are now talking about the Great Depression II. When the financial markets in the United States cough, the markets of Asia catch fever and the […]



It is only in Pakistan….

By Rana • Oct 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics

My son just started going to school…..I put him in a private english school in gulberg….he is in preschool. The first day I went to drop him, it was crazy. It took me half an hour to drop him….why? because there was one car there to drop one child….and the queue was one km long……..In […]