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War on Terror : For Us, Pakistan Comes First

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Now here comes the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen. It’s second visit of Michael Mullen to Pakistan in these three months, and his visits have always brought some change in the policies on war on terror, and this visit which has come so close to the horrendous suicide attack […]



War on Terror : A Smoke Screen

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Rehman Malik was so eager to please the masters in Washington that as soon as the Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte raised his objections over the peace process with the militants in the FATA area of Pakistan, Rehman Malik fired the statement that there would be no talks with […]



New Wave of Suicide Attacks?

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • May 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

As the central Amir of Tehreek-i-Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud announces the end of negotiations with the government officials, Pakistanis across the country once again become very apprehensive about their security.
It seems that this government is running in a circle. They changed the ‘war on terror’ policy and now once again have reverted back to the […]



American Aid to Pakistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Apr 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The Pakistan has changed and so is the masters in Washington, whose mastery is in bit doldrums right now, and due to uncertainty in Washington about their own new President, they are pretty much unsure about what to do about their favorite yet uncertain ally in the war on terror.
Just to show their “sheer” support […]



USAID is Watchman of US in Pakistan

By Amna Gilani • Apr 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

For it’s war on terror United States Purchased Pakistan for $3 billion. In 2003, under the Camp David accord, the United States agreed to provide $3 billion in assistance to Pakistan — half military and half budget financing. It means that in five years, US will pay Pakistan $600 million per annum and according […]