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Time Pakistan Give Freedom to Afghanistan and to Itself

By Gul Raiz • Nov 17th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Before you declare me a traitor, I want to assure you that I am a born Pakistani and still living here and will live here until you lynch me or throw me into Arabian Sea. But I would keep on speaking truth and what I feel is better for my motherland.
Yes my heart aches when [...]



No More Slaugher Please

By Gul Raiz • Nov 13th, 2011 • Category: Politics

I mean what the heck. Just read the following:
In a news report, it is said that the head honcho of Taliban Mullah Omer has said in his recorded message that Taliban shouldnt be slaughtering the people anymore, and the Taliban should keep themselves about the technology and science through the websites, and also they will [...]



Are Drone Attacks Harming Pakistan?

By Gul Raiz • Nov 1st, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

We should be thankful to the United States for cleaning up our own mess for us, whereas some Talibanic frame of mind leaders and people are trying to stir up anti-US sentiments among the masses. They are singing the same old frenzic and sentimental slogans to cajole the people.
If you look at the results of [...]



What Needs To Be Done from Pakistan Side in FATA

By Gul Raiz • Oct 25th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It’s so painful to see that every time we need a stick and acute pressure to do the needful. Why don’t we just get our act together, draw a crystal clear framework as how we are going to proceed in this war against terror and then do the needful.
We say in public that we are [...]



America Pakistan ; Pyar Tu Hona He Hai

By Gul Raiz • Oct 20th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

I am quite faithful that there would never be a direct war between the Pakistan and the United States of America. There would never be a burning hatred between the Americans and the Pakistanis. Both governments would never sever their ties.
The bonds between US of A and Pakistan are way too strong to get broken [...]



Friend Afghanistan or Slave Afghanistan

By Gul Raiz • Oct 11th, 2011 • Category: Politics

The time has come when our establishment has to decide as what they actually need regarding their policy towards the Afghanistan. Afghanistan has long suffered due to the foreign occupations and also with the foreign interference in which Pakistan has put its fair share.
Pakistani people have sacrificed a lot due to Afghanistan. Afghan immigrants are [...]



Emirates of North Waziristan

By Gul Raiz • Oct 10th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Just imagine what would happen when Americans would leave Afghanistan and would leave a trail of destruction and restiveness behind. This isn’t that much far, as the Obama has already announced the withdrawal time line and at maximum within couple of years, they would leave this devastated country.
Whether Americans leave Afghanistan now, two years later, [...]



Pakistanis Not Haqqanis

By Gul Raiz • Sep 28th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Just because we are afraid of more suicide attacks throughout our country, we are getting blackmailed by a terrorist group and ready to lock horns with the superpower of the world? We perhaps think that United States won’t attack us because we are the nuclear power or we have remained steadfast ally of US up [...]



Musharraf Sooba

By Gul Raiz • Aug 16th, 2011 • Category: Politics

It would be a folly to create a new province consisting of Urdu speaking community on the basis of language or ethnicity. The people of Karachi and Hyderabad have got a separate identity from rest of the Sindh, and their culture, education, and status is very much different, so much so that Sindhis and Urdu [...]



Hina Rabbani Khar is Fatima Jinnah of Today

By Gul Raiz • Aug 1st, 2011 • Category: Politics

Syed Pervaiz Musharraf recognized the talent of Hina Rabbani Khar and brought the charming and intelligent lady to the circles of Islamabad, where by sheer hardwork she made her way to the top, and has played pivotal role in the economics and the foreign affairs of the country.
By keeping low profile, she has achieved so [...]