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Posts Tagged ‘Blackwater in Pakistan’

Blackwater is Spying Against Journalists and Bloggers in Pakistan

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Feb 5th, 2010 • Category: Politics

We didn’t need the ratification of Robert Gates that the infamous murderous organization like Blackwater is operating in Pakistan. Islamabad, Karachi and Peshawar have become dens of Blackwater and though our interior minister is still unaware of their presence, media is screaming hoarse about their activities.
Senior investigative journalists of GEO news and Jang has disclosed [...]



History of DynCorp

By Shayan Khan • Oct 12th, 2009 • Category: Misc

DynCorp traces its history back to two companies formed in 1946: Land-Air Inc. and California Eastern Airways. Land-Air started as a maintenance contractor for the U.S. Air Force in 1951. That same year, Land-Air was acquired by California Eastern Airways Inc. (later California Eastern Aviation), which got its start airlifting supplies to Asia for the [...]



DynCorp in Pakistan

By Salman Mugsi • Oct 12th, 2009 • Category: Politics

DynCorp is a firm providing security for US diplomats in Pakistan is equipped with sophisticated weaponry that appears more suited to Special Forces commandos, raising questions about its real role in a country facing a serious terrorist threat.
Remember the Inter-Risk? Inter-Risk – a subcontractor for the US firm DynCorp International. Inter-Risk, KBR,  Blackwater, and DynCorp [...]



Blackwater Training Afghan Army

By Shayan Khan • Oct 1st, 2009 • Category: Features

Building up Afghanistan’s army, which has become a top priority in the Obama administration’s strategy, will not be simple, no matter how many more U.S. troops are going to be provided Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal.
Army building, like nation building, is a challenge in a country in which corruption is rife and illiteracy is high. Nine [...]



From Free Mason to Blackwater to Xe Services

By Guest Blogger • Sep 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)

Courtesy: Jang



Proofs of Blackwater’s (Xe Services) Presence in Karachi

By Guest Blogger • Sep 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics

A report published in Urdu daily, Jasarat has claimed country’s intelligence agencies have submitted their report regarding Xe (Blackwater) to the federal interior ministry. The report includes proofs of XE Services (also Blackwater) presence in Karachi besides shocking story of their nexus with the political party dominating the city. The report also contains details of [...]



Government Must Confront Haroon Rasheed Over Blackwater

By Haris Hashmi • Sep 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Pakistan’s primacy in the region cannot be ensured by fiat or trying to keep the world out. It must be based on a conscious strategy of leadership that adapts to the changed political environment. Pakistan is going through a tough time and has already seen worst of it and has emerged more resilient, powerful and [...]



Profile of Inter-Risk

By Sher Ali • Sep 20th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Date of Formation
Inter-Risk was formed and registered with Registrar of Firms, Islamabad 0n 01 September, 1988.
Date of Incorporation
Inter-Risk became a Private Limited Company incorporated with Corporate Law Authority on 12 February, 1991.
The resources of the State are neither ample nor flexible enough to contain the threats to national security. This is especially so, if measures [...]



Blackwater in Islamabad

By Salman Mugsi • Sep 20th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Blackwater or Xe is  in Pakistan. They are hiring people from all walks of life including media, students, retired bureaucrats and military men, businessmen and others. They are up to something very nefarious possibly taking over the nuclear assets of Pakistan. They are strengthening themselves in every notable city and town and soon they will [...]



Blackwater Weapons Provider’s Office Raided by Pakistan Police

By Sher Ali • Sep 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Pakistani police raided a local security firm that helps protect the U.S. Embassy on Saturday, seizing dozens of allegedly unlicensed weapons at a time when unusually intense media scrutiny of America’s use of private contractors has deepened anti-U.S. sentiment.
Two employees of the Inter-Risk company were arrested during the raids in Islamabad, police official Rana Akram [...]