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Posts Tagged ‘Faisal Shahzad’

Plague and the cure; Rehabilitation

By Ethsam Waheed • Jun 2nd, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

So here I am, wake up early morning and grab a newspaper before I head out for a long day ahead of me. The streak of news that strikes my eye and mind is very alarming. A few terrorist in Afghanistan sprayed poisonous gas on some girls along with the teacher injuring all of them. [...]



Fallouts of the Bomb That Never Exploded

By Alam Rind • May 31st, 2010 • Category: Politics

The world media got chocked with the story of an attempted car bomb attack at Time Square, New York City on May 1, 2010. After about 53 hours U.S. law enforcing agencies arrested Mr. Faisal Shahzad an American of Pakistani origin from John F. Kennedy International Airport, while he was on board Emirates Flight 202 [...]



An enigma called Faisal

By Momin Iftikhar Momin • May 21st, 2010 • Category: Politics

For a couple of days Faisal Shahzad has made headlines for his aborted attempt to blow up a vessel in Times Squares at a time when this “crossroads” of the world was packed with tourists. For those who are familiar with Manhattan topography, the site is not far off from the location of “ground zero”, [...]



A new terrorist network or what?

By Afshain Afzal • May 20th, 2010 • Category: Politics

While scanning certain US based newspapers, in order to find out latest about the arrest of Faisal Shahzad, I came across quite similarity in all the reports, rather these were to an extent replica of each other.  A striking point I noticed that every newspaper, magazine and media channel dubbed Faisal as Pakistani-American. It reminds [...]



North Waziristan Operation

By Ali Yar Khan • May 11th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Faisal Shahzad’s failed terror attempt has provided a formidable niche to the United States to force Pakistan to start the long pending North Waziristan operation. The Pakistani forces have carried out operation in Swat and almost every agency of the tribal regions and has so far confined to carry out targeted and limited activities in [...]



The Bombshell of Faisal Shahzad may Not be the Last in Series

By A Khokar • May 8th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The entire year of 2009 can be said that it was a year full of turmoil for Pakistan. But with the arrival of New Year 2010, there started blowing a different type of breeze. During three month preceding April; it could be felt a mark reduction in suicidal actions; rather by now it was reduced [...]



Huma Mian Profile

By Sher Ali • May 7th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Pakistani authorities have arrested several members of the family of Times Square bomber Faisal  Shahzad, including his father-in-law, Iftikhar Mian.
News reports in the US initially suggested a possible Colorado connection between Shahzad’s wife, Huma Mian, and Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan national who pleaded guilty to a foiled New York subway attack. But attention in Pakistan [...]



Faisal Shahzad: Pictures and Profile of Terrorist of Time Square

By Haris Hashmi • May 4th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Faisal Shahzad spent five months in the city of Peshawar before he came to America and then he planned the attack.
He basically belongs to Pabbi, Nowshera and remote town of Northern Pakistan in the province of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa.
His one house is in Hyatabad, Peshawar and one in Karachi.
He has one brother and his family is [...]