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Posts Tagged ‘Terrorism’

Safety in “Big Daddy’s” Shadow?

By Dan Tow • Sep 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

I couldn’t resist a few remarks on my impressions of the recent American nominating convention for the Republican Party, nominating John McCain for their candidate. I’ll be relatively brief, for a change. American presidential nominating conventions have changed over my lifetime. In the 1960s and earlier, these conventions were news-making, business-like affairs, where important party […]



Precarious Pakistan

By Ghazala Khan • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Though I wasn’t around in the world when the East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971, I even then feel pangs of pain. After reading through the accounts of that era, and then extrapolating it with the current happenings in Pakistan, the situation looks more grimmer and more bleak and the foreseeable future is very alarming.
Well […]



Media / Army / Laal Masjid

By Capt(R)Dr Razahaider • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

a is appreciating that present trend and policies of media……………….we all need army ,not just to keep our self secure .



Cheapest bomb ,the human bomb

By Capt(R)Dr Razahaider • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

17 years old beautiful Lebanese girl sana mehad ali blew herself………..threatening the globe and………. neither Islam is ALQaeeda nor ALQaeeda is Islam



Why PPP is Delaying Judges Reinstatement

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Apr 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The new round of rigmarole created by Pakistan People’s Party has done what the doctor prescribed for the General (r) Musharraf. The more delay in the restoration of the judges and the more frustration among the populace.
After the 18th February, where the stance of PML-N has remained pretty much straight forward and crystal clear over […]



America need to Define Islam

By Capt(R)Dr Razahaider • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: Misc

America being, the state of art and advancement, can not be expected to show its incapabilities over defining Islam…………….. and its various components, as the nation has inborn scholars and departments on the subject with extensive over view and horizon, and well mannered interpretations .



Afghanistan Detains 68 Pakistanis After Attack on NATO

By Salman Mugsi • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Afghan government run by Americans and Indians, and symbolically supervised by Hamid Karazi leaves no occassion pass by to punish Pakistanis in the name of terrorism. As soon as any suicide attack is carried out in Afghanistan, the Afghan authorities start arresting Pakistanis to show activity for their NATO masters to earn the breads.
According to […]



Talibans Bite Back : Tariq Azizuddin Still Held

By Fatima Tassaduq • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

We all know the heck about how we created the genie of Taliban and how the chickens have come back home to roost, but the kidnapping of Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan is yet another feeler for the Pakistanis to rethink about their stance and approach about war on terror and about relations with the Afghanistan […]



A True Story of 9th April: Existence of Latent Terrorism?

By Farid Masood • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

This is a true story of a person who faced the riots in Karachi on 9th April 2008. The identifications have been eliminated due to some specific reasons. Brother of that affected person has told us this story, it is being appended in his words:
“My brother is a government officer and residing there for years. […]



President Bush Gone Mad

By Farid Masood • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Dawn reported that US President Bush, while defending his decision to halt withdrawal of troops from Iraq after July, said on Thursday that the US disengagement from the Arab country would strengthen Al Qaeda in Pakistan.
I had already shared a joke on TPS , I append again in this regard:
A teacher asked a question […]