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Posts Tagged ‘Khyber Agency’

Writ of Government

By Asad Ghauri • May 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Asalam Alaikum,
Rulers of Pakistan are saying that Writ of Government is prior to all and who so ever try to challenge it govt. will response him hard and harsh, its look like some spritual and holy writ for which govt. has to respond in full power.
Let start from Karachi and end at Khyber. Government officials [...]



Terrorists are Terrorists

By Fatima Tassaduq • Mar 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

As the Drone attacks, military operation and the armed activities of terrorists become a routine in the tribal region of Pakistan, there is a rising talk of having the same situation in the Balochistan province, where the land is fertile for such operation due to the already restive situation.
The recent suicide attack in the Jamrud [...]



Khyber Agency Blast and Media Attitude

By Anwar Jalal • Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics

More  then 50  persons have been killed and above  hundred injured by a suicide bomb blast  in a mosque during Friday  prayers at  Khyber agency ,This is a big tragic  happening however the TV channels gave so little coverage to it  as if it were an immaterial event.
Few days back a suicide  blast at  a [...]



It’s Not Pakistan of Baitullah Mehsud and Maulana Fazlullah

By Mohsin Sehgal • Feb 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan’s history is the mumbo jumbo of the blunders made by the military dictators and the civilians autocrats. Every region has it’s strategic importance and if you are on the map of earth then you are strategically important. There is nothing weird or conspirational about it. Pakistan’s obsession with becoming the pivot for the region [...]



Feverish FATA on Placebo

By Dr RazaHaider • Feb 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Up till now it is as clear as truth that the composite actions in conductivity, are the typical acts of subversions recipes, as practiced by Indian RAW. Bridges, schools, shelters, offices, resorts and pumps and any thing that may distort economy and move and reversion to peace, is almost destroyed.



I want to Lodge a Case in Taliban’s Court

By Sumaira Bajwa • Jan 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The Orakzai chapter of the proscribed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has established Shariah courts and complaint centres in most parts of the agency, directing people to resolve their disputes in accordance with the Islamic laws.
Sources told The News that following enforcement of Shariah in Mamozai, Akhonkot, Tor Samat, Baghbani Killay, Jabah, Mirkalamkhel, Farid Garhi, Ghaljo, Kundi [...]



Heart of the Wise

By Dawar Naqvi • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
When a whole world is sad on recent Israeli attacks in Gaza, extremist in Pakistan continues bomb blasting.
Today they have done in DI Khan.
This is not done by Israeli or Indian.
They are Muslim Pakistani [...]



RAW is Actively Engaged in Terrorism in Pakistan

By A Khokar • Jan 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Indian intelligence - RAW network in Afghanistan is the main cause of destabilization in Pakistan; writes Akhtar jamal in ‘Pakistan Observer’ dated 30 December 2008.
ISLAMABAD — According to informed sources Indian intelligence officials working in the disguise of diplomats in Embassy and Consulates in Afghanistan have set up a vast covert operation network to destabilise [...]



Swat Falling : Anybody At Home ???

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Dec 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Militants in the Swat have proclaimed on the radio in the Swat valley that all the girls schools be closed down till January 15th. People are complying, and the government is doing nothing. Private schools and the government schools disseminating girls education are being closed. Hundreds of these schools have already been blown up by [...]



The UN and the Puzzle Of World Problems

By Kiran Ali • Dec 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The UN, designed right after the Second World War, was basically to serve as a barrier against the third world war. The UN Charter , however , the document which was to serve as the constitution of the world organization , enclosed other functions too , that were binding upon the body. The UN hierarchy , in fact , was designed to [...]