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Posts Tagged ‘Bajaur Agency’

10 Lessons All Pakistanis Must Learn

By Hassan Baig • Dec 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

“Mulk khud hi chalta rehay ga” (approximate translation: the country doesn’t need our contribution to thrive) is a sentence many Pakistanis are prone to saying. I confess that till a few years ago, I myself was confident of this misleading notion. Misleading and dangerous - especially in today’s volatile climate. [...]



For The Intellectuals

By Anwar Jalal • Dec 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Suppose if Pakistan government officials would ask rather instruct US government that it should deal with the Latin Americans states in just manner how this would sound ? Has Pakistan such right? Perhapes answer may be “NO “and to many probably it would be a big joke [...]



Surgical Attacks by India on Pakistan for Non State Actors

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Dec 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics

India is frantically asking permission from United States for limited air strikes in Azad Kashmir upon the so-called camps and joints of Laskhar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad. India hasn’t got any proof of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai attacks, and that has been verified by the Mike Mullen, who is in New Delhi trying to cool down [...]



Loya Jirga

By Dawar Naqvi • Dec 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that Pakistan revolution.
 
Million people sacrificed their lives to give us beautiful gift of Pakistan.
But what we are doing with this gift.
We are allowing group of [...]



Damadola’s Reaction in Mardan

By Muskan Hina • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

What else was it? More than dozen people died in a suicide attack near Punjab Regimental Center, Mardan this evening. This suicidal attack came when people of Pakistan started to forget the bloody nightmarish memory of attacks in the wake of change of government.
But United States doesn’t want stability in Pakistan. US was ill at [...]



American Missile Attack in Damadola Bajaur Agency

By Fatima Tassaduq • May 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Just when the NWFP Government made a pact with the Talibans in the province according to which Taliban announced cease fire and the NWFP government also ensured them that they would work together for the lasting peace, a missile struck the Damadola area of Bajour Agency, Pakistan.
Two planes came from nowhere and struck the house [...]