There are many problems and ills in Pakistan. Lets start with the basic one i.e. establishing Religious Schools on the line of Deeni Madrassas. Govt. should come forward and should give option to the poors in particular and middle income group in general to send their kids for free religious education in Govt funded schools. […]

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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 […]

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Source: Dawn

Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi warned Pakistan on Sunday against “taking India’s wish for peace as a sign of weakness” and said her country was capable of giving a “befitting reply to those using their soil for abetting and promoting terrorism against it”.
“Our wish for peace and friendship should not be taken as a […]

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Source: PTI

Describing terrorism as a “real” threat to improving relations between India and Pakistan, US has welcomed Islamabad’s action against militant groups following the Mumbai attacks, but stopped short of confirming details of reported arrests.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice maintained that these non-state actors “clearly used the Pakistani territory” for the Mumbai strikes and […]

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Source: Press TV
A senior Pakistani official has warned that the US military operations in the country are hampering government’s effort to curb terrorism.
Criticizing recent US missile attack at a house in northwestern Pakistan Tuesday, Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi decried that his country was being made a ’scapegoat’ for the US-led international failure to […]

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Source: Daily Times
The generation entering professional life towards the mid and late 1990s was uni-focal on Islam and conversant only with Islamic discourse on politics, society and global affairs. They had a natural affinity with Islamic radical elements like the Taliban
The September 20 suicide attack in Islamabad was the deadliest so far by Islamic militants […]

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Source: Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday condemned the blast in New Delhi and expressed grief over the loss of lives in the terrorist attack.
In a message, Gilani strongly condemned the menace of terrorism and extremism that has gripped many parts of the world.
Expressing deep sorrow over the tragic incident […]

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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 […]

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Source: Press Trust of India
Sridhar Krishnaswami
Washington, Sept 15 (PTI) In the backdrop of an upsurge in unilateral American strikes on militants near Pakistan’s Afghan border, a US Congressional panel is set to examine the rationale of F-16 programme with Islamabad as part of its war against terror.
Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman, the Chair of the House […]

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Source: Kansas City
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Seven years after 9/11, al Qaida and its allies are gaining ground across the region where the plot was hatched, staging their most lethal attacks yet against NATO forces and posing a growing threat to the U.S.-backed governments in Afghanistan and nuclear-armed Pakistan.
While there have been no new strikes on […]

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Source: Daily Times
* US president says every nation has an obligation to ensure its territory does not become haven for terror
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has the responsibility to battle terrorists and must ensure its Tribal Areas do not become sanctuaries for them, United States President George W Bush said on Tuesday.
“Defeating these terrorists and extremists is in […]

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Source: Tehran Times

First Vice President Parviz Davoudi and Pakistani Premier Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday called for adoption of a defined strategy to fight terrorist groups and terrorism.
The two sides discussed the issue over phone on Thursday.
According to the Presidential Office Information Center, Davoudi strongly condemned the recent terrorist act against the Pakistani premier […]

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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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Source: Hindustan Times

The serial blasts in Jaipur on Tuesday are the direct result of Pakistan’s bid to step up terrorism in a renewed attempt to dictate terms on Kashmir, say intelligence officials.
With Tuesday’s attacks, terrorists have now struck thrice in as many days. The first two days saw attacks on Samba, the border town in […]

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Source: Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkey discussed defence co-production and decided to initiate a “strategic dialogue” to boost mutual ties, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday.
He was addressing a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan after a formal meeting. Babacan arrived in Pakistan on Friday on a two-day official visit.
“We […]

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Source: Thaindian News
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has criticised Pakistan for not doing enough to curb terrorism and has told President Pervez Musharraf to lift his game. Rudd told Musharraf that he needs to do more to stem the flow of arms and support to the Taliban in remote areas of Pakistan, reports the Australian […]

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The national and provincial elections in Pakistan have taken place about 50 days ago on 18th February and yet the national and provincial governments have not come into being. The national cabinet has been announced but it has not taken charge. And the provincial governments will take a few more days to be completed. This […]

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Source : msnbc
3 soldiers killed, 2 injured during simulations to show off arsenal
POKHARAN, India - The Thar desert boomed with artillery guns as tanks kicked up dust and fighter aircraft flew on bombing runs.
It may have looked like war, but it was actually an elaborate simulation to demonstrate to international observers that India has become […]

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Source: The Associated Press
A look at suicide attacks in Pakistan this year:
_ March 11: Separate bombers shatter seven-story police headquarters and house in Lahore. At least 27 people killed, more than 200 wounded.
_ March 4: Two bombers blow themselves up at navy training college in Lahore, killing four college employees.
_ March 2: Bomber attacks tribesmen […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
In a press briefing given by the US State Department on 10th March a few questions were raised on Pakistan and its ongoing judicial & political crisis. It seems that the US Government is still not willing to come clean and talk about the restoration or independence of judiciary, despite one reporters direct […]

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This question has been wracking the minds of those who are concerned about Pakistan’s welfare for long but it has gained importance because terrorist attacks mainly in the form of suicide and bomb attacks continue to take place in the country despite the fact that the opposition has gained the majority vote and is likely […]

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Source: The Associated Press
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON
The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 26, 2008; 4:16 AM
UCHRAI SAR, Pakistan — Hardcore militants who seized Pakistan’s most scenic valley are still holed up in its snowy heights, three months after President Pervez Musharraf sent in the army to show his resolve against spreading Islamic extremism.
Down below, life in the towns […]

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Written for The Harvard Crimson 
by Samad Khurram
The former head of the Pakistani Inter-Service Intelligence’s (ISI) political cell recently confessed that he was responsible for political manipulation in Pakistan’s 2002 elections that led to Islamists coming to power in two provinces and gaining 59 seats in the National Assembly. This fraud was the work of the America’s […]

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Source: Globe and Mail
New government must mend deteriorating economy and tackle Islamic extremists in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan
SAEED SHAH
ISLAMABAD — The challenges facing the new government in Pakistan can be summed up as FATA and atta.
FATA is the acronym for the federally administered tribal areas - the badlands on the Afghan border that are reputedly […]

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The national and four provincial elections held in Pakistan on 18th February 2008 are truly a ‘victory for Democracy’ as stated by the official US sources.
The atmosphere in Pakistan due to President Musharraf’s determined fight against terrorism and extremism and the political opposition which had not been there for the first seven years of his […]

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