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India’s Chernobyl

By Mamoona Kazmi • Jan 9th, 2010 • Category: Politics

There are no doubts in the importance and utility of nuclear power but it requires a responsible attitude from the authorities concerned with this sector. Any irresponsibility and lack of attention can create havoc like Chernobyl. Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear reactor accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant [...]



Car Bomb Blasts in Pakistan: Is Russia Involved Once Again?

By Maria Sultan • Dec 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

I still remember the dark days of General Ziaul Haq, when first time the car bomb blasts in busy markets of the Pakistan became a routine. At that the Afghan intelligence agency Khad was carrying out those attacks with the backing of the USSR.
In Pakistan, once again the car bomb blasts have become a norm. [...]



Talking Past is Fun, Taliban are Current

By Mohsin Sehgal • Nov 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It’s true that Pakistani ISI and American CIA with the help of other Western powers and Middle East powers helped created Mujahideens of 80s, in which Pakistan was the front line state, and this ragtag force equipped with state-of-the-art weapons defeated USSR, which resulted in it’s historic breakup.
That was then surely in the interest of [...]



Veto Behavior

By Prof. Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi • Sep 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The Libyan President Muammar Qadafi addressing the 64th session of the UN General Assembly rightly pointed out that the use of veto in Security Council by the Permanent 5 has lost its validity long ago and in large it has been exercised against the very principles of the UN Charter. Similar viewpoints have been shown [...]



60 years of Pak Russia relations

By Dil Nawaz • Sep 14th, 2009 • Category: Features

When Islamic Republic of Pakistan came into existence in 1947, Russia was known as the Godless Empire of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics under brutal dictator Joseph Stalin. This inherent difference in ideologies resulted in tensions from the very start, but the refusal of the first prime minister of Pakistan to accept the cordial invitation [...]



North Korean Nukes and World Response

By Farid Masood • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

It was fall 1998, when North Korea tested a three stage missile, last stage of that crossed over Japan. Japan in response raised her concerns and US troops present in Japan might had told the authorities that ‘Don’t worry we are here to protect Japan.
Japanese the first ever nation till now which faced nuclear disasters [...]



An Open Letter to American Policy Makers

By Hamid Majid Abbasi • May 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Its been years I have listen to the noble intention, nearly all US Presidents and there teams had for Pakistan. This is the same feeling that I got just days earlier, when President Obama unleashed his AFPAK policy.



Sacrifice for the Nation

By Farid Masood • May 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The day of 28th May, a day cannot be forgotten. In 1974 India tested Nuke which was an eye opener for Pakistan. Mr Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Mr Ghulam Ishaque Khan & Dr Abdul Qadeer were the key persons who taken the initiative to make Pakistan a state that can have a compatible deterrence.
Again on 11th [...]



Monkey Dance

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jul 11th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Many of us have witness in streets of cities, people with a monkey come and entertain the residents. Acrobats performed by the monkey on the instruction of the master really amuse especially the children. This is a source of earning for the monkey’s master and off-course for the monkey too.
The third world countries perform like [...]



Access to Dr. A.Q. Khan

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jul 2nd, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Dawn Post
“WASHINGTON, June 27: US lawmakers demanded direct access to Dr A.Q. Khan on Wednesday, arguing that the network of nuclear proliferators he allegedly set up was still active and could not be shut down completely without his cooperation.”
He is our National Hero. Therefore, we should reject any such demand like to interrogate him, [...]