Source: Sydeney Morning Herald
By Jamie Pandaram
First terrorism, now politics threaten Australia’s series against Pakistan, with Indian Cricket League players taking on Ricky Ponting’s side in April certain to be met with Indian fire.
Pakistan’s sports ministry cleared the way for the banned players to return to domestic cricket on Monday, but the government is also keen […]

[Read more →]

Source: The Acorn
Praveen Swami’s 2006 book India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad: The covert war in Kashmir, 1947-2004 is a book that you must read. Now, for reasons best known to the marketing department of its publishers, the international edition was priced out of reach of most people. Yet it is ‘most people’ who should […]

[Read more →]

When the GEO TV flashed the breaking news of a terrorist attack at a hospital in D.I.Khan on 21st August 2008, I was having fun with friends. The mention of D.I.Khan made me pause, have my fingers crossed and set my eyes at the TV. In line with my fear, it was a targeted attack […]

[Read more →]

Source: All Things Pakistan

Most Pakistanis seem to like Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic Party candidate for President. However, for most, Senator Obama’s “Pakistan Connections” were limited to (a) his rather strong words about Pakistan, including about sending troops into Pakistan, and (b) his choice of Senator Joeseph Biden, who has a long and deep […]

[Read more →]

 This opinion was first published at The WeCite Blog
I’m not convinced we are winning it in Afghanistan. I am convinced we can… We are looking at a new, more comprehensive strategy for the region that would cover both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. In my view, these two nations are inextricably linked in a […]

[Read more →]

 This opinion was first published at The WeCite Blog

All so called patriotic rallies, all sit-ins, all strikes and damages incurred to public properties and buildings, all efforts to get rid of a dictator have paid off! Democracy has won in Pakistan, Ladies, Gentlemen, Politicians, and Laywers (yes, the politicians and the lawyers are a separate […]

[Read more →]

Source: Teeth Maestro
Tables have turned for the better for Asif Zardari since the assassination of his wife Benazir Bhutto on 27th December, he is been literally handed the leadership of the most popular party on a silver platter, he then spins it all to his advantage and consequently his party wins the elections to make […]

[Read more →]

A couple of weeks back, DAWN News TV channel broke out the story of massive corruption and abuse of power by the Naval Chief Admiral, Afzal Tahir. The people of the locality spoke out against him telling he has been harassing the residents using violent methods. Armed men blocked public roads and passages leading to […]

[Read more →]

 
Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal’s dream of Pakistan turned into a reality on 14th August 1947. Surely, they did not know that the Pakistan they dreamt about is still far from reality. Though, despite of its socio-political problems Pakistan has done considerably well in the past 60 years but that doesn’t not mean in any regard […]

[Read more →]

A Rare Unreleased Video of Benazir Bhutto Murder - last few seconds before the shooting
http://unbealiveblenews.blogspot.com/

[Read more →]

The directionless PPP government seems to be dropping in darkness. The 100 days treated as a litmus test for a nascent government to prove its willingness and capacity to perform have been wasted. The regime seems to be treading the same path of preserving the status quo. The president is as dummy as was Shaukat […]

[Read more →]

Open Letter to Dr Shahid Masood!
Sir,
Hats off for you for the pro gramme that you sir have been anchoring.. You are my MENTOR and i really look forward to look at every single airing of your pro gramme religiously..!
Dr Sahib i am pushed to write this email to you at an hour where the Pakistani […]

[Read more →]

We have always been hearing in our lives that it’s never too late to get back to the right path but when it comes to politics in this country this does not hold true.
With a lot of Generals and Politicians making new revelations these days and apparently trying to bring truth to this nation, those […]

[Read more →]

digg_url=”http://ale-xpressed.blogspot.com/2008/05/kalabagh-and-pti.html”;

The government of Pakistan shelved the controversial Kalabagh dam project on May 27, 2008. Three provinces of Pakistan, other than Punjab, had strong reservations over the project. Musharraf, during his times announced to build the dam despite those reservations but could not. This was probably the first good move by […]

[Read more →]

Now, that the news of Musharraf’s resignation are popping up, arrangements are being made to provide him the safe passage. This leaves me with nothing to be happy about. What difference will it make if he now leaves with a safe passage ? He might move to his heaven, Turkey […]

[Read more →]

Almost an year back, following the links on the Google search results for ‘Baluchistan Geography’ I happened to visit a blog titled Gedrosia. The content at the blog came as a surprise to me and I dropped an email to the blog-owner. Today, I feel myself in a better position to understand his feelings, being […]

[Read more →]

28 May, 1998: Pakistan successfully tested its nuclear weapons at Chaghi hills in Baluchistan. The government promised the necessary follow-up measures for the people of the area to avoid any after-effects but did not fulfill the promise and hundreds, if not thousands, are known to be suffering for the effects of the nukes.

Was having nuclear […]

[Read more →]

Uninhabited deserts, barren land and an under-developed region going through insurgency for long – this is what I knew about Baluchistan before setting my foot there. There has been a curiosity somewhere inside me to know the details but it never grew strong enough to make a trip to the province. A few of us […]

[Read more →]

Iftikhar Chaudhry took oath on PCO in 2002 and now rejected the PCO in 2007?
The PCO which Musharraf presented in 2002 was not declared null and void by the Supreme Court of that time. The PCO of 2007 declared martial law in the country and abrogated the constitution. It was anti-constitutional, anti-state and clearly against […]

[Read more →]

Literacy is the heart and life blood of development. Without it, Pakistan will remain an impoverished and a weak Third World country. If education does not prevail, the problems of Pakistan will reach at a stage which will make this country very vulnerable.
Stastically, Pakistan has made reasonable march since independence in many fields including education. […]

[Read more →]

Source: The emergency Times
Please find the transcript of Zardari’s interview with BBC below. Alternatively you can listen to it here: Listen 3 mins 35 secs
Summary:
Zardari accuses the CJ of playing politics. Mr. Zardari himself is known as 10% before the Nation while the CJ Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is the Second most popular figure in history […]

[Read more →]

For a Nation every Individual is the star in the galaxy of its destiny. The story of Pakistan is the story of ambitious generals who are denying the people of their rights; therefore, today’s Pakistan is a baby who is deprived of mother’s milk. At the age of sixty, it should been as strong as a […]

[Read more →]

Source: Teeth Maestro
An article written by Abbas Kassar in The Pakistan Weekly caught my eye which was titled Musharraf Threatens To Dissolve Assemblies If Judges Restored, it raises some serious concerns about the looming threat wielded by Musharraf and his right to exercise article 58-2(B) of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Quite simply utilizing this […]

[Read more →]

Source: Emergency Times
Altaf Hussain had resigned a few hours back but now he has retracted his resignation.

[Read more →]

By Syed Ale Natiq (ale-xpressed.blogspot.com
Now we can see through the fog - the artificially created duplicitous fog to misguide the people of Pakistan by the two-faced stance of PPP. Ever since the Musharraf’s ruling coalition started losing its credibility and the PPP started to get an increased level of attention in the media, it has […]

[Read more →]