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Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’

Preventing US / NATO Attack on Western Border: An Effective Option

By Farid Masood • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Time is running out for Pakistan, due to our wrong foreign policies we have to face such days. From July 15th, next two months are very crucial for Pakistan’s safety. Time has passed for dialogue; time is running our for our political leaders, they should abandon foreign tours join Parliament to make a goal oriented […]



Who the Hell is Seeking Permission?

By Farid Masood • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Our new-born government through its various officials including foreign minister and our President General (Retd) Musharraf have time and again reiterated that we will now allow any action by Afghan or NATO forces within Pakistani territory.
On the other sides drones fly in our air space, air force jets comes and bomb the area and safely […]



There is victory in sight for George W Bush?

By A Khokar • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Features

Where as purported presence of Al-Qaeda among Taliban on Pak-Afghan border has so far served as a tool and a lynch pin of Neocons dream hegemonic policy in Middle East and Central Asia. US has virtually been showing its craze to depict Al Qaeda as an omnipotent force, an imaginary, invisible enemy in disguise to […]



America Can Afford to Attack Iran

By Salman Mugsi • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

America is using mainly English soldiers in Iraq with its own soldiers and taking massive help of NATO forces in the Afghanistan, and now it intends and has planned to use Israel to attack the Iran. For Pakistan, it has got Indian in the store. With no burden at all on it’s exchequer and with […]



Pakistani woman in Bagram : Are we an independent nation?

By M. Waqas (MPA) • Jul 8th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

The other day British journalist Yvonne Ridley stunned the nation when she called for help on Sunday for a Pakistani woman she believes is being held in isolation by the Americans in their Bagram detention centre in Afghanistan, for more than four years.” I call her the ‘grey lady’ because she is almost a ghost, […]



Dr A Q Khan’s Rhetoric is on Purpose

By A Khokar • Jul 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Once, the thriving business in FATA used to be the production of warriors called Mujahideen for Afghan war in eighties. After Afghan war these warriors were abandoned but the doctrinaires kept their faith in training and heat of this dogma remained on. The controversial breeding of ‘products for war on terror’ that we allowed to […]



Dr. Qadeer, My lord, You are Expendable

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jul 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Dr. Abdul Qadeer is a national hero and he has done a lot of things for Pakistan. He is the founding father of the Atomic Bomb of Pakistan, which now ensures our security from the Indian and other aggression, but he is not the only won who gets the whole credit, as he has contributed […]



Why Dr. Qadeer Has Become Active Now?

By Altaf Khan • Jul 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Put the emotions and sentiments and the specious nationalistic colors aside for a while and ponder a little. When the spotlight of the growingly alarmed world is focused on the Pakistan right now in the wake of war on terror, and the trumpeting of the all too powerful US media that Osama Bin Laden is […]



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 […]



Ally or Lackey?

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jul 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

While Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik, former interior minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao and National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani; all are busy in shooting statements to please the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher while they have shed their […]