US-led Northern Distribution Network (NDN) transiting provisions to coalition forces in Afghanistan comprises of 70% of the NATO supply, while Pakistani routes provide only 30% of them, and as the blockage of NATO supply lines continues in Pakistan, US has finally agreed to a total overhaul in Pakistan and their talks with the Pakistani establishment [...]
The good news for the Afghans and Pakistanis is that Al Qaeda has truly weakened and the biggest proof of that is the considerable reduction in the attacks of Predator surveillance and strikes. Military operations on both sides are now just tackling with the Taliban, and the network of Al Qaeda has practically dismantled.
Ayman al-Zawahiri [...]
My heart goes out to those policemen who sacrificed their lives for the fatherland against fighting the terrorists in the most posh areas of the Karachi. Just imagine those poor policemen with meager salary and no resources at all working in the most rich area of Karachi, and even then not getting away from their [...]
I am tired of hearing that we had a great golden past. Since my birth and since I have seen around, I have found my country dirty, dishonest, corrupt, and without the proper education and healthcare infrastructure. I refuse to hear that our great forefathers were some grand men and women who did grand things.
I [...]
If you spare me the emotional and sentimental hogwash and read the article before bashing me and declaring me a traitor then it would be great for a change. But I know there are some who would hate to accept the logic and would keep on singing the old hate songs.
India is our neighbor and [...]
We can change our friends but not our neighbors. Why is it that our neighbours are not happy with us and we have got a declared enemy on our Eastern border, hostility towards the Afghan and Iranian border, and a tepid border with the China?
We have not much worries from the Chinese border and from [...]
Sometime I really wonder about the armchair strategist who occupy chairs in the TV talkshows from 7 to 11 in Pakistani private channels. These people sit there with intelligent frowns and loud voices and start telling ways as how Pakistan pressurize the United States.
These are the same people who say that Pakistan would never be [...]
It’s so easy and convenient to blame and make wild allegations in the aura of conspiracy theories upon the America, India and other countries and groups. For us Pakistanis the favorite pastime is to hatch and then spread conspiracy theories. We think that we are the most important in the world, and the whole world [...]
I got the chance to attend a public meeting of Imran Khan, the chairman of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf few days ago. I always wanted to hear the man live and it was quite an excitement before the speech and I was looking forward to it. Like many other people, I used to think that Imran Khan [...]
There is no doubt that the late Salman Taseer was a big mouth careless person who showed extreme carelessness during the Asia Bibi blasphemy issue, and his followed up statements were also not careful and hurt many throughout the Muslim-dominated society of Pakistan.
But that doesn’t allow anybody to take law into his or her hand. [...]
