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Will US let Pak Army be crowned for Victory in Waziristan?

By A Khokar • Nov 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After incident of 911, US declared an all out war against terror in our region against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. There was the time when  war was seen drawing nearer to our western borders that Al Qaeda was allegedly using our FATA territory as their sanctuaries. Reportedly Al Qaeda was carrying out their subversive activities [...]



Arrogant U.S. Misses the Message From Pakistan’s People

By A Khokar • Oct 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

There has always been in American foreign policy circles, a virus called ‘arrogance’, caused by the hereditary assumption that Americans know better than others. Surprisingly, this does not always prove the case, but the condition seems highly resistant to treatment, even by experience.
There seems a high probability that the disease has struck Obama administration policy [...]



It’s Time to Strike the Right Cord

By A Khokar • Apr 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There seems to be lot of confusion regarding Tehrik e Taliban-Pakistan (TTP) and it status. One is amazed to know that how a ‘copy cat’ bunch disguise as Taliban is allowed to operate along our western border especially in Dir and Swat areas– so freely. They are posing, as some medieval colonial provosts is holding [...]