The Pakistani Spectator

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against US President Barack Obama, demanding legal basis for America’s deadly drone attacks overseas.
The lawsuit requests essential information on the fatalities of drone strikes and other information essential for judging the legality of using armed drones to carry out targeted killings, the United Press International [...]

President Barack Obama has finally announced his long-awaited new US strategy on Afghanistan after extensive consultations with his advisers: some wanted to increase 30,000 additional troops so that they could concentrate their effort in the south and southeast, in the provinces that border Pakistan, while others advocated at concentrating on the strongholds from where the [...]

Britain’s top judge has expressed concern about the use of pilot-less drones as weapons of war. His comments come at a time when there is a growing international concern about the danger these pose to the civilians.
Drones have become an important weapon against the Taliban in the remote mountainous borderlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan, reports [...]

The Buzzwords stinks. Time to come to basics now. Hassan Nisar rightly pointed out in his interview with Dr. Shahid Masood that all they knew are 400 to 500 sentences and if we snatch these sentences out of their mouth these so called politicians couldn’t speak anymore. Why not to guess the governments through Buzzwords? Like to begin with

Pakistan’s Foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi in a recent joint press conference with the special envoy to the region, Richard C. Holbrooke and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen at his side,  said: “We did talk about drones, and let me be very frank: there is a gap between us.” [...]

The New York Times’ news was stunning and shocking that that Drones’ attack can be extended to the Southwest province of Balochistan.    The major factor accountable for the attacks under consideration by the Obama Administration was the Taliban/Al Qaeda militants factor having permeated the province, particularly the Pushto speaking belt since US attack on Afghanistan [...]

When Islamabad and Lahore and Karachi are buzzing with the talks of power struggles, 17th and 18th amendements, the Frontier province is slipping out of our hands. Just watch the incoming news and it’s enough to tremble our minds and hearts.
Swat is Burning, Bajaur is smouldering, Kohat is under the strike of rockets, Kooza Bandi [...]

And these relations can only be honest if Afghanistan get rid of Indian influence. Afghanistan has never gained anything from India despite of being used as lackeys to create instability in the Pakistan. During it’s war against terror, United States utilized some material support from India along with the intelligence data to crosscheck ISI, and [...]

Our new-born government through its various officials including foreign minister and our President General (Retd) Musharraf have time and again reiterated that we will now allow any action by Afghan or NATO forces within Pakistani territory.
On the other sides drones fly in our air space, air force jets comes and bomb the area and safely [...]