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“Leading from behind” revealed some facts about bin Laden!!

By Sobia Raja • Aug 25th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story

Leading from behind, the book written by author Richard Miniter a former reporter with The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal unveiled some important facts about the Osama bin Landen’s death in Pakistan and all the drama that was created at that time, according to ISI played an important role in providing the information [...]



Master Meets Murshid

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 25th, 2012 • Category: Politics

The only problem is that here the Murshid is not really the Pir of master, but the situation is vice versa, so you will clearly see a meek Murshid playing the role of Chaila in Seoul in couple of days. US President Barack Obama will hold talks with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday [...]



Are we making a fair Judgment?

By Razwan Khan • Mar 8th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

A couple of regrettable incidents during the last few weeks seem to have overshadowed the good work done by U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. The video depicting U.S. Marines urinating on Taliban corpses and the unintentional burning of the Holy Koran have prompted an understandable anger from the people of the Af-Pak region. The [...]



Ghairat Brigade of Blogistan

By Gul Raiz • Dec 17th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Now the ghairat brigade at TPS should be much happier as dollar is crossing the Rs. 90, economy is melting down like ice in Africa, and no one is ready to trade with us. To add insult to the injury, even China has refused to give us some soft loan.
We might get some dimes from [...]



Understanding Obama and His America

By Dr. Haider Mehdi • May 18th, 2011 • Category: Politics

“We would like to have escaped the conflict, but we know there is no point in it.”
from Hostages by Anne Perry, on the Irish conflict
Pakistan is in for its eventual long and difficult battle for survival, likely to be unfolding in the coming months at the hands of Obama’s America, and in no less measure, [...]



Most Precious Thing We Lost Due to Terrorism

By Muskan Hina • Jun 1st, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

New year is here. World is making pledges about the future and people are quite hopeful to have a bright future in the new year and beyond. New sun of new year has brought merriment and promises for many across the globe, and yet we here in Pakistan are rocking with terrorism and every imaginable [...]



US’ Pakistan Policy

By Afshain Afzal • Apr 29th, 2010 • Category: Politics

By closing our eyes, the devil would not disappear. One seriously doubts if some one has really given any serious thought to US President Barack Hussain Obama‘s last years statements. While delivering speech regarding new US strategy in War on Terrorism US President Obama  said what should have opened the eyes of many “Al Qaida [...]



Containing India

By Dr. Haider Mehdi • Apr 23rd, 2010 • Category: Politics

Oh farewell the streets of sorrow
and for all you streets of pain
I’ll not return to feel more sorrow
Nor to see more young men slain
- From a song of the Irish Republican Army
“…peaceful activism is doomed to fail in the face of state repression,” wrote Eric Randolph on “Gandhi’s legacy at stake” (Guardian News)
What India is [...]



Nuclear Safety Summit: Pakistan Standing Tall

By Momin Iftikhar Momin • Apr 18th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The recently concluded Nuclear Security Summit has had the world attention riveted at Washington where 47 nations, represented by top echelon of leadership, gathered to craft an agreement that would keep the nuclear technology safe from the reach of terrorists. This was the largest assembly of world leaders hosted by an American President since the [...]



American Exit Strategy in Afghanistan

By Shanzeh Iqbal • Apr 16th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Is US heading towards an exit strategy in Afghanistan? The whole world is curious about this. It is a general perception that America is facing a defeat in Afghanistan. At domestic level the public support for Afghan war is waning sharply. Only 36 percent Democrats think the war is worth fighting in Afghanistan. The ratio [...]