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Posts Tagged ‘Baghdad’

Zardari Could Follow Karzai

By Salman Mugsi • Nov 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics

To the dismay and shock of American policy makers, the so-called puppet Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he would guarantee security for Taliban leader Mullah Omar if he ever wanted to negotiate and said Western allies should remove him or leave if they disagreed with that.
As the war against terror in Afghanistan is [...]



Bundoo Budmaash

By M Mirza • Nov 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Zardari’s Assurance to American People

By Muskan Hina • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has said that he can assure the American people that no big terrorist attack is going to be planned against the U.S. in the tribal areas. Regarding the missile attacks in FATA, Zardari said, “obviously the people who are using the strikes are confident that they’re doing something. [...]



Political Development

By M. Waqas (Ex MPA) • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There is a dispute over the definition of political development. There are wide differences over the definition regarding the form of government, legitimacy, authority, leadership and law making.
Political development can be defined as a process by which a political system acquires an increased capacity to sustain successfully and continuously, face [...]



Quake of 18th February

By M Mirza • Nov 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Tan-e-Murda Mien Jan Paida Ker

By M Mirza • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Interfaith Harmony and Zardari

By Rohail Butt • Nov 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has once again left for United States of America. This time he has left for attending the interfaith conference slated November 12-13 under the aegis of United Nations (UN). This conference is being held on the initiatives of the Saudi Arabia King Shah Abdullah. President Bush, Shah Abdullah, President [...]



Green Zones in Pakistan

By Sameer Shaharyar • Nov 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In order to thwart the terrorists attacks in Islamabad and in the provincial capitals upon the important government offices and embassies and other installations, it is being seriously considered that Iraq and Kabul-like green zones are to be established where entry would be restricted and scanning would be conducted on all the inlets and even [...]