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Islamabad’s effort for a greater influence in Kabul

By Ahmed Rashid • Mar 17th, 2010 • Category: Features

After the failure of high level talks between India and Pakistan over their long running disputes, both countries are now locked in an escalating proxy war in Afghanistan. If no solution is found to reconcile Pakistani and Indian interests in Afghanistan, the coming months might see stepped up terrorist attacks against Indians in Kabul and [...]



Indo-Israeli Relations on a cross roads

By Afshain Afzal • Mar 12th, 2010 • Category: Politics

India and Israel had been enjoying close secret cooperation since decades. The Indian stance during pre-partition times was anti-Israel due to aggression on Palestinian. All India Muslim League and other Indian political parties were much critical to US and Britain due conspiracy against Palestinian in which they helped Israel to illegal occupy Arab lands. During [...]



The Decoy Pullout

By Afshain Afzal • Feb 6th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Indian Defence Minister AK Antony recently announced that pull out of 30,000 troops from occupied Jammu & Kashmir state. Although there are no signs of on ground move but a brigade of Indian agents have started infiltrating into Pakistani territories to harness fifth columnists to start their campaign. The people across the Line of Control [...]



Pakistan Rejects U.S. Call To Go After Militants

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jan 21st, 2010 • Category: Politics

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 [...]



Purposeless knee-jerk reactions

By Dr Shireen M Mazari • Jan 10th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

So the US has decided to increase the torture for travellers from Pakistan and other “suspect” countries. It is not just Pakistanis who will now face the “full-body pat downs” but anyone who has visited Pakistan or any of the other countries either seen as supporters of terrorism or countries of “special interest”. Interestingly, these [...]



Is Zardari Equivalent to Bhutto and Benazir?

By Ali Yar Khan • Jan 2nd, 2010 • Category: Politics

President Asif Ali Zardari has said he is equipped with ‘political weapons’, which he will use when the time comes or the need arises. He says that the spirits of Zulfikar Bhutto and the his late wife Benazir Bhutto speak through him.
So do you think that Asif Ali Zardari is really the successor to the [...]



Knee Jerk Reaction by PPP

By Haris Hashmi • Dec 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics

If there is a consensus throughout Pakistan that NRO is a black law and it’s against the basic human rights and against every law, and when even the lawyer of the government has called it so, and government hasn’t defended the NRO in the courts, and the court have ruled against NRO, then why PPP [...]



Victimization of Asif Zardari

By Umer Toor • Dec 28th, 2009 • Category: Politics

From the outset, the anti-Bhutto forces have always ganged up to either keep the Bhuttos and their party out of power or to pull their legs from the citadel of power. These are the people who have always spoken against the PPP and for the public stances this party has always taken in the face [...]



Role of Democratic government & Suspicious activities of Americans in Pakistan

By Guest Blogger • Dec 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Western countries and international community always discouraged military government in Pakistan. They imposed different types of restrictions if armed forces rule the government. They always stress on the need of democratic government.
Now let see why military has to come forward to rule in Pakistan? When Mr Musharaf left government, there were sufficient funds and public [...]



Supreme Court Wants to Punish Zardari

By Umer Toor • Dec 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

For two weeks, the apex court of Pakistan deliberated upon the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) cases and it seemed that only one person was under the magnifying glass of the judges. The man in the President House is the only target of the judiciary, media and some of the arm-chair strategists.
More than eight thousands people [...]