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Strategic Defiance or Poker?

By captainjohann • May 29th, 2012 • Category: Politics

Strategic Defiance of Pakistan/ What can India do?

When the Senate of Pakistan passed the 14 point plan(40 Point sub plan), many thought it will be a sort of white wash to open the NATO supply route and give fig leaf to the ruling establishment  for getting some green packs.What came out of the [...]



Pakistan Lease Gilgit-Baltistan to China?

By Overseas Blogger • Feb 13th, 2012 • Category: Politics

Today, I was kind of taken aback when I saw reports on Gilgit-Baltistan. Headlines such as “Pak considering proposal to lease Gilgit-Baltistan to China”, set against at the backdrop of the hearings by the US Congress’s Foreign Affairs committee on the situation in Balochistan. This could be the part of larger strategic concerns/suspicions of both [...]



A Long walk back home

By A Khokar • Dec 29th, 2011 • Category: Features

Like Qaid e Azam M A Jinnah as founding father of Pakistan, in Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk an Ottoman and Turkish army officer is the founding father of modern Turkey. As a revolutionary founder of Republic of Turkey he after defeating the allied forces gained remarkable successes in military campaigns to secure independence for Turkey. [...]



Euroasian Union and Pakistan

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Nov 8th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

While we are at it, why not just become little bit more innovative and flexible and forge new ties with other regional powers, and Russia comes first there. Yes we fought a war in Afghanistan, but that was it, and we have got to move forward, and establish a trust relationship there too.
Our some people [...]



To Bring Change in Pakistan

By Guest Blogger • Jun 30th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Pakistan, a country of one hundred and eighty million people, nearly 62nd year of its independence, but still in its immaturity, I would like to give here a comparison to china ,and of course India, we started the journey all together, at this day of age china is on its boom hitting the markets of [...]



America is Here to Stay

By Tahir Hameed • Jun 9th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The Dum Dums sitting in the seats of power have to realize that USA is here to stay. Its eyes are upon the resources and minerals in Afghanistan and perhaps in Baluchistan as well. The incident in Abbotabad was created to show that the ISI is incapable. And the Americans net aim is to get [...]



Is Pakistan True Friend of China?

By Tazeen • May 20th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

One has to give credit to China for tolerating a friend like Pakistan. A friend, who spare no moment to kowtow in front of America, and when in need and bitten by the US, goes straight running to China. Whether US threatens to Pakistan, or India shows eyeballs, Pakistan look at once towards the China.
In [...]



Zardari regime is so much desirable; Obama admin is loving it

By A Khokar • Sep 22nd, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Soon after the incident of 9/11; the American adventurists, took Musharraf by surprise to ask him to become their ally. Reportedly, without giving a second thought Musharraf opted to become a US proxy  to serve US interests in this region. But soon after, it was realized; that somehow, he was proving to be a tough [...]



We want Electricity in Pakistan

By Guest Blogger • May 11th, 2010 • Category: Misc

We want Electricity in Pakistan, Electricity now @11 Rs. per unit, and it will increase after every two months due to acceptance of  American & IMF policies.
IRAN agrees to give the Electricity on urgent basis to Pakistan at very cheap Rates Rs. 1.18 per unit.
Also CHINA offers to Pakistan at just Rs. 300 per month [...]



Washington summit on nuclear security

By Afshain Afzal • Apr 17th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Attacks on Iranian nuclear and missile site seem impossible because at this juncture if the west makes a mistake to attack Iran the whole Muslim world would be united. In case of attack on Iran, the spade work carried out by anti-Islam forces since 17 century to divide the Muslims on sectarian lines would vanish [...]