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Incursion Versus Invasion

By Gul Raiz • Oct 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

It’s time that we shed our morbid aloofness that we are so important that America is all time thinking about wiping us out of the map of the world, and Israel and India are just focusing on one point agenda of finishing off us from the face of earth. Yes, Israel and India do want […]



China & Miracles

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Oct 6th, 2008 • Category: Features



May the Enemy Beware…

By fzuberi • Oct 6th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

I have failed to take in….failed to understand… that HOW is it? that it’s us… muslims, who are considered extremists….aka..Terrorists….??
When…not a single muslim country is invading…or attacking any other country…
When…there are several muslim countries under foreign invasion…
When…it is accepted that…the attack & invasion of one of the countries…namely Iraq…was a mistake as there were […]



Spiral Downward

By Salman Mugsi • Oct 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics

US President George W. Bush has met with the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan, with 2008 already the bloodiest year for international troops in the war-torn country since the 2001 invasion. Both men have said that their war in Afghanistan is spiraling downwards due to the support to Taliban from across […]



How Funds Are Being Arranged For Suicide Bombers

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

Suicide attacks are damaging the very core of Pakistan and they have arrested the whole nation into a thick cloud of despair and misery and disappointment. There are only handful of the terrorists are out there and they have taken the whole of the system and state hostage, and it seems that there is no […]



Three Moons, Three Eids: Where Is Our Unity

By Farid Masood • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Features

In Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Arab States are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr today. May there be Eid in Pakistan Tomorrow. Weather experts say that sighting of moon in Pakistan will be most probably on the evening of 30th Ramadan rather than 29th Ramadan. So Eid in Pakistan may be after two days of Saudi Arabian Eid […]



Eid Mubarak, Don’t Forget Our Troops

By Gul Raiz • Oct 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics

On This Eid, remember to share our moments of happiness with the poor and destitute in keeping with the spirit of Islam. Eidul Fitr signifies the culmination of the holy month of Ramazan and is a gift of Allah Almighty for his faithfuls for fasting with devotion during the holy month.
Sectarianism, terrorism and militant activities […]



We Won’t Be Happy on Eid, If We Were a Nation

By Ghazala Khan • Oct 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

More than 40 suicide attacks have already happened in Pakistan alone this year in which hundreds of people have died and thousands have got injured, affecting hundred of thousands of people all around the country for ever. For these families, life will never be the same. The remains of suicide attacks and bomb blasts are […]



War On Terror (Part1) : Public support in Pakistan

By Mudassar Jawad • Sep 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan decided to align with US after 9/11 and became the frontline-state in War on Terror. We were (probably) aware of the fact the war in the neighboring country – Afghanistan – will affect Pakistan as well, however, we did not anticipate that this war will become our own war. A war where our own […]



America Supporting Baitullah Mehsud

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Sep 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Right now America, India and Afghanistan are working against the Pakistan. India has more than ten thousands troops on the grounds near the Pakistan Afghan border and they have got 107 intelligence units and 14 consulates on the Pakistan Afghanistan border from Torkhum to the Chaman border.
America has gathered it’s literally thousands of terrorism experts […]