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Karzai-Taliban Coalition Government in Afghanistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Aug 4th, 2011 • Category: Politics

The relationship between United States and Pakistan are improving rapidly. ISI and CIA have also mended their ways a lot. The cooperation in regard of war on terror has been reestablished on more realistic ground, and there is no more annoying pressure of do more without sensing the ground realities.
The major breakthrough is that both [...]



Al Qaeda Inviting America to Quetta

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 31st, 2011 • Category: Politics

Where Pakistani forces and the security agencies are trying their utmost best to safeguard the interests of the Pakistan, the terrorists outfits who are being funded by the foreign powers are busy at damaging the Pakistan’s foundations and along with carrying out the attacks, they are providing apt opportunities to the CIA and NATO forces [...]



CIA Paving Ground to Invade Pakistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jul 11th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta is hard at work for creating a level playing ground for the US forces to invade Pakistani areas starting from the tribal belt. Panetta is the man who is the in charge of this task and he is being aided by the whole apparatus of CIA in this [...]



ISI Didn’t Kill Saleem Shahzad

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 18th, 2011 • Category: Politics

I am ill at ease with the media trial of the security agencies. It seems that a faction of media, civil society, all those West-funded NGOs are hell bent on defaming the security apparatus of the country.
Now an organized campaign is underway against the army, para-military forces and the security agencies. Dollars are literally flowing [...]



Demeaning of Pakistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 14th, 2011 • Category: Politics

It is a fact that United States has damaged the reputation of Pakistan and its security apparatus in the recent days. From the issue of Raymond Davis to the Osama killing, US has shown no compassion and trust towards the Pakistani forces and its government and now Pakistan is furious and it has shown that [...]



Fracturing Armed Forces Image is not Good

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 13th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Serious mistakes have been made by the security personnel and their bosses in recent years and before. The backlash by the media over these mistakes has been blown out of proportions, though. What do they want exactly? They want security agencies and the army to sit on their knees and ask for apology and then [...]



Did America Kill Ilyas Kashmiri to Damage Pakistani Credibility?

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 7th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It’s been Pakistan’s long standing take, not-so-overtly, that its the United States and NATO who need to “Do More” than the other way round.
Pakistan’s security forces and apparatus is stretched the Western porous border and is also vigilant on the hostile Eastern one, while also keeping a stringent eye in scattered parts of Gilgit Baltistan [...]



Where is Dr. Ayman Al Zawahiri?

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • May 2nd, 2011 • Category: Politics

It seems that there is some really solid weight behind the claim of US that the Osama Bin Laden has been killed. But this has left a great trail of the gaping question, and the biggest of them is that “Where is Dr. Ayman Al Zawahiri?”
Both Osama Bin Laden and Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri always [...]



Petraeus and Pakistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • May 1st, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Given the track record of CIA and the US forces in the Afghanistan so far, there is little hope for them to win the war in Afghanistan by just changing the generals.
The new CIA Chief David Petraeus cannot save the US from defeat in Afghanistan.
The not-so-cozy relationships between the Pakistani and US spy and military [...]



Homeland Security Agency for Pakistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Nov 20th, 2010 • Category: Politics

It’s already very late that we must cut the crap and establish a national homeland security agency with only mission: securing our homeland. The prime objective of this agency is to ensure the eradication of those who want to destroy our national fabric. It’s overriding and urgent mission should be to lead the unified national [...]