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Politics is Politics

By ahsan • Sep 20th, 2009 • Category: Politics

According to a newspaper’s report Indian former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh is visiting Pakistan in the last week of September, 2009 to participate in the series of meetings with the media men and selected gathering, he expects as mark of respect for picking up courage to speak the facts about Mr. Jinnah and axing [...]



Whistle at the Fizzle

By ahsan • Sep 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics

India claimed to have conducted a 45kt thermonuclear (fusion) test, a 15kt fission test and a 0.2kt experimental test on May 11, 1998, besides a 0.5kt test and a 0.3kt test on May. After the tests, India claimed that “the yields, estimated through close-in measurements, are consistent with design yields and have been confirmed by [...]



US agenda in S Asia?

By ahsan • Sep 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

According to the Washington Times, CENTCOM Chief General David Petraeus would open the intelligence organization called the Centre for Afghanistan Pakistan Excellence. The organization would be headed by Derek Harvey, a retired colonel in the Defence Intelligence Agency, and would focus on training military officers and covert agents and analysts. In other words, the intelligence [...]



Obama’s new exit strategy in Afghanistan

By ahsan • Sep 17th, 2009 • Category: Politics

While the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen hinted on Taliban’s effort to gain access to nuclear weapons for killing large bulk of Americans, the US and Nato allies in Afghanistan are trying to reach out to the second tier of the Taliban leadership.
In a briefing paper for President Barack Obama on [...]



India’s Dubious Character in Mumbai Investigations

By ahsan • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

India is not in a mood to let the Mumbai probe go in a smooth fashion. Earlier, on the request of Pakistan to provide necessary information regarding the incident, India has been sharing the information with Pakistan in bits and pieces. As a result, fourth folder has been handed over to Pakistan few days back. [...]



Pakistan Navy Strikes Dwarka in 1965 War

By ahsan • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

With the construction of its first ATV nuclear submarines named ‘Arihant’ with Russian collaboration, India has altered the balance of power in the region adding new dimension in Pakistan’s threat perception.  India became the sixth country in the world to possess under water nuclear capability.  The way the India is equipping with the most sophisticated [...]



New conspiracy against Pakistan

By ahsan • Sep 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Indian government failed to provide any concrete proof against Pakistan’s involvement in Mumbai attacks. Despite Pakistan’s repeated requests to provide concrete evidences, including the conversation between militants involved in Mumbai attacks and Indian authorities, India is using delaying tactics by providing lists of same suspects belonging to Lashkar-e-Tayiaba (LeT) which it provided during attack on [...]



Is India Gearing Up for a Nuclear Test ?

By ahsan • Sep 12th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Given the backdrop of the recently concluded Indo-US Nuclear Deal, the chorus of concerned voices emerging from India – and US, lamenting the purported “qualitative and quantitative” improvements in Pak nuclear arsenal is loaded with implications; worrisome not only for Pakistan but for the entire Region. Two reports originating in the US have laid down [...]



IPI Gasline - Crucial for Energy Requirement

By ahsan • Sep 12th, 2009 • Category: Politics

While Pakistan welcomed the US offer to help it overcome the energy crisis, the US made it clear that it was linked to the relinquishing of long-dreamt-about Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.  The need for natural gas is more imperative than ever both for India and Pakistan.  Long-term projections indicate that the demand for gas [...]



Might should not be international law

By ahsan • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: Politics

US is continuously experimenting on the developing countries, trying to bring the fruits of democracy and capitalism at the grass root level. For doing this, no matter the US may have to slaughter the whole population of that country, it will go ahead to accomplish its set objectives. So far we have not witnessed even [...]