Source: Middle East Times
Back home in the sub-continent, they say you should always stay away from the cops; their friendship as well as adversity is bad for one’s health. I am reminded of the advice as the world’s chief cop, the United States, bombs its allies and friends in Pakistan. With friends like these, do […]

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Source: The Wall Street Journal
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — On the eve of a meeting with the top U.S. military commander, Pakistan said its soldiers had orders to fire on American troops if they entered from Afghanistan on raids.
Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, Pakistan’s chief military spokesman, said such an event would be unlikely — a signal of […]

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I am going to try to be as blunt and straight-forward as possible without deviating from the issue at hand (NOTE: I said I’ll try!).
This ‘one sided’ peace agreement with the Taliban holed up in Pakistan’s North is NOT GOING TO WORK!
Unless Islamabad has a few tricks up their sleeves and are earnestly at […]

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Why am I not surprised to hear this? *chuckles*
So our democratic, non-barbaric, pious, and ‘civil’ government has had the door slammed on their face by the T-Boys. Ha. Were you really expecting them to do otherwise? How silly of you.
There were basically four demands put forward by the T-boys to our kind government:
- Withdrawl of […]

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Source: The News International
Several high-profile retired generals, air marshals and admirals, who have asked President Musharraf to resign, have announced to seek an unqualified apology from the Pakistani nation for imposing martial laws in the past, abrogating the Constitution several times and not letting democracy flourish in the last 60 years.
They would make this admission […]

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Source: The News International
The retired generals, who President Musharraf described as ‘good for nothing’, have invited General (retd) Pervez Musharraf and many others to their next meeting on Thursday.
“We invite you as General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, along with your star-studded team of ex-servicemen to join us. Honour us with your presence and give us your […]

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Source: Dawn
By Syed Irfan Raza
Military authorities are pressuring the city managers into constructing a service road adjacent to the site of new General Headquarters (GHQ) along Khayaban-i-Iqbal, though the project has been rejected by the Planning Division, sources in the civic body told Dawn on Wednesday.
The sources said now the Capital Development Authority (CDA) […]

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Source: Dawn
A number of retired chiefs of the army, air force and navy and dozens of former commanders and some retired junior commissioned officers on Tuesday called upon President Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf to step down as head of the state to pave way for complete restoration of democracy in the country.
Organised by what is […]

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