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 […]
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
May 23rd, 2008 Fauzan · 1 Comment
Filed Under: News From You
Root of all these acts in Pakistan: Police
May 14th, 2008 Aimon · No Comments
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 […]
Filed Under: Politics · terrorism
Pakistan, Turkey discuss defence co-production
April 20th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
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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Rudd asks Pakistan to do more against Taliban
April 12th, 2008 Aimon · No Comments
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 delay is becoming intolerable
April 7th, 2008 javedrafiq · 1 Comment
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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India tests military power near Pakistan border
March 21st, 2008 Aimon · 40 Comments
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 […]
Filed Under: Technology
Suicide Attacks in Pakistan - An Overview
March 13th, 2008 Sana · 2 Comments
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 […]
Filed Under: Static Info · terrorism
US still playing ‘Dumb’ on the issue of Judiciary in Pakistan
March 13th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
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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What is the real motive behind terrorists attacks in Pakistan?
March 4th, 2008 javedrafiq · 6 Comments
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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Pakistan Army Occupies Swat Valley
February 26th, 2008 Sana · 2 Comments
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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The Failure in the War on Terror - Not Osama but Musharraf
February 26th, 2008 samadkhurram · 10 Comments
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 […]
Filed Under: Emergency 2007 · News From You · Opinions · Politics
Terror and flour: duelling decisions in Pakistan
February 26th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
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 […]
Filed Under: Politics
A milestone bigger than elections
February 20th, 2008 javedrafiq · No Comments
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 […]
Filed Under: News From You
Kerry to visit Afghanistan, Pakistan
February 15th, 2008 Aimon · No Comments
Source: Boston.com
WASHINGTON—Sen. John Kerry leaves this weekend for a four-day trip that includes stops in Afghanistan and Pakistan, two key countries in the fight against terrorism.
more stories like thisAn aide says Kerry will depart Saturday as part of a congressional delegation. He will travel with Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Joe Biden and Nebraska Sen. […]
Filed Under: Politics
Islam only has the solutions to world’s most pressing problems
February 8th, 2008 javedrafiq · 6 Comments
Islam only has practicable and durable solutions to world problems
THE two most pressing problems facing the world at large today are terrorism and AIDS, and various measures that are needed to fight them cost billions of dollars without achieving much. In other words, the battle against them is very feeble.
However, Islam is a ‘deen’ or […]
Filed Under: News From You · Religion
Pakistan Is Threatened, CIA Chief Says
February 6th, 2008 WellWisher · No Comments
From: http://www.washingtonpost.com
By Walter Pincu
Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Radical elements are now a threat to the survival of Pakistan, prompting Pakistani military leaders to recognize that more aggressive efforts are needed to get the elements under control, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell said yesterday in testimony before […]
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Appeasement of terrorists can bring peace but destroy Pakistan
January 26th, 2008 javedrafiq · 6 Comments
Pakistan has been faced with the twin menace of terrorism and extremism for quite some time and some in Pakistan claim, and still others in the West think, that a democratic dispensation can rid thecountry of the problems of extremism and terrorism.
This is not true. While it may be true that a return to democratic […]
Filed Under: News From You · Opinions
What Plagues Pakistan?
January 17th, 2008 Tanvir Hussain Bhatti · 6 Comments
Pakistan is at the crossroads of grave challenges that have plagued the social, political and economic fabric of the country. Its economy is in a shambles; its politics is based on fragile democratic institutions and powerful dictatorship; and its society is confronting relentless gauntlets of growing intolerance and extremism. Its enemies are sparing no effort […]
Filed Under: News From You · Opinions
Order in Pakistan to shoot on sight
January 15th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Source: The Australian News
SHOOT-on-sight orders were issued to Pakistan’s security forces last night after suspected al-Qa’ida and Taliban-linked militants detonated a powerful bomb in the heart of the industrial zone in Karachi, the Islamic nation’s economic capital.
Filed Under: Politics
The west has not just repressed democracy, it has aided terror!
January 10th, 2008 durrani · No Comments
Source: The Guardian
Pakistan has as many paradigms as pundits. What is clear, however, is that meddling will only ever foment disorder
Simon Jenkins in Lahore
The Pakistani senator gazed at the headline in despair. It read: “US weighs new covert push in Pakistan”. Washington was authorising “enhanced CIA activity” in the country while US Democratic candidates […]
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Britain jails man for planning terrorist acts in Pakistan
January 8th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Source: AFP
LONDON (AFP) — A 29-year-old dentist was jailed in London on Tuesday after admitting planning to travel to Pakistan to carry out unspecified acts of terrorism.
Sohail Qureshi, who was sentenced to four and a half years, was detained at London Heathrow Airport in October 2006 carrying thousands of pounds in cash, as well as […]
Filed Under: Politics
Qazi Hussain - the real terrorist?
January 8th, 2008 youaskedforit · 52 Comments
Ever thought why there is no threat to Qazi Hussain’s life, when there is a threat to every leader life including Fazal-ur-Rehman?
Jamaat is trying to impose Islamic rule through supporting suicide bombings in Pakistan….
They were sending Jihadist in Kashmir and Afghanistan..it is a known fact…now the same “Jihadist” have become terrorist and destroying Pakistan. , […]
Filed Under: News From You · Opinions · Politics
Musharraf Allows U.S Forces to Operate Freely in Pakistan
January 6th, 2008 Maria · No Comments
Source: www.pkpolitics.com (Pakistan Politics)
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“The Pentagon has re-negotiated a new agreement which expands its role in Pakistan to allow […]
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Pakistan agents ‘staged escape’ of terror suspect
December 23rd, 2007 Sana · No Comments
Source: Times Online
FRIENDS of Rashid Rauf, the man wanted in Britain for last year’s Al-Qaeda plot to blow up transatlantic airliners, believe that he did not escape from custody last weekend but was kidnapped by Pakistan’s military intelligence agency (ISI). They fear he may be shot.
Filed Under: Politics
Picture of secret jailing emerging in Pakistan
December 20th, 2007 Aimon · 2 Comments
Source: Saint Francisco Chronichle
Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies, apparently trying to avoid acknowledging an elaborate secret detention system, have quietly set free nearly 100 men suspected of links to terrorism, few of whom were charged, human rights groups and lawyers say.
Those released, they say, are some of the nearly 500 Pakistanis presumed to have disappeared […]
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