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WHO IS BARACK OBAMA & HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM

By Prof. Michael Brenner • Dec 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

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The only WMD found in Iraq; Flying Shoes

By A Khokar • Dec 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Last Sunday, President Bush ducked two shoes hurled toward him in Baghdad. And the “shoe incident” shows how the results vindicated his stubbornness. A great deal of justified criticism can be leveled at the Bush administration that Iraq has turned so dire.
The shoe-thrower Muntadar al-Zaidi (who works for an Egypt-based media outfit) walks out in [...]



After China, Iran Also Admonishes Pakistan About Terrorism

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Dec 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Something very very incompetent is going on the foreign front of Pakistan. Pakistan is fast becoming pariah and there is no sense of urgency in the leadership which is busy in bringing in Darbari governance in the country. India is fast weaving the net around the Pakistan and yet the rulers are unaware and oblivious [...]



The Habitual Hypocrite

By Dr RazaHaider • Dec 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

One more funny business of India on behest and behalf would be treated as punishable. India should abstain and avoid the pleasure of securing the intent by simply placing the placebo of inadvertency.



Dhaka Fall : Lesson to Be Learned Quickly

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Dec 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The country which was founded for the fulfilling of golden objectives of justice, equality and freedom in the name of a religion which condemns all kind of discrimination (racial, ethnic, provincial, linguistic, sectarian, color, creed) , a religion which does not allow any kind of unjust action and which promotes the concept of universal brotherhood [...]



A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue

By Dawar Naqvi • Dec 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue.
That’s why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
On 5th of December 2008, Richard A. Boucher, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia,
called on MQM chief Altaf Hussain at the MQM’s international secretariat in London and discussed with [...]



Pakistan: Ally or Agent of America?

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Dec 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The truth of the world is that the super powers have no allies, only agents. The colorful and forced title of “Favorite and Frontline ally” in the war on terror of US slapped on Pakistan has worn out and now the same Pakistan is eating hundreds of onion while getting spanked by hundreds of sticks [...]



Allah o Akbar Ya America Akbar ?

By Mushtaq Ahmad • Dec 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Terrorism and the Image of Islam

By Kiran Ali • Dec 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Another front page story of terrorism hitting right in to the heart of Islam … tarnishing the image of a peaceful Islamic country.
I have a piece of advice for Islamic Political Parties through out the world … Hezbollah has set quite a good example by not only establishing an impressive social welfare wing system [...]



Chaos in Nato Headquarters

By Rauf Amir • Dec 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)