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Posts Tagged ‘FATA’

Pakistan and the Endgame in Afghanistan

By amicus • Nov 9th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After completing the review of America’s ongoing ‘war on terror’ and related situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Barack Obama addressed the nation from West Point, New York, on December 1, 2009, to announce:   “.. as Commander-in-Chief, I have determined to send an additional 30,000 US troops to Afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will [...]



Are Drone Attacks Harming Pakistan?

By Gul Raiz • Nov 1st, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

We should be thankful to the United States for cleaning up our own mess for us, whereas some Talibanic frame of mind leaders and people are trying to stir up anti-US sentiments among the masses. They are singing the same old frenzic and sentimental slogans to cajole the people.
If you look at the results of [...]



Dire Consequences for Pakistan

By Adnan Arshad Mansoori • Oct 26th, 2011 • Category: Politics

After years of demanding Pakistan crack down on militants in a lawless tribal area on its border with Afghanistan, the United States has now set out a possibly tougher challenge — bring those militants to the peace table. Earlier - On a two-day visit to Islamabad last week, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called [...]



PAK-AMERICA FLUX

By Air Cmdre (r) Khalid Iqbal • Oct 26th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

By and large, Hillary Clinton has a balanced approach towards Pakistan. Her comprehension of Pakistan’s difficulties is fairly accurate. But, these days, American foreign policy is being run by a puppeteers’ mafia comprising; Pentagon, Wall Street, Military Industrial Compel and above all re-election campaign managers. Former defence secretary, Robert Gates, once scornfully commented that budget [...]



Pakistanis Not Haqqanis

By Gul Raiz • Sep 28th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Just because we are afraid of more suicide attacks throughout our country, we are getting blackmailed by a terrorist group and ready to lock horns with the superpower of the world? We perhaps think that United States won’t attack us because we are the nuclear power or we have remained steadfast ally of US up [...]



The Darkened Horizon

By A Khokar • Jul 22nd, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Watched the most horrible Video of Killing of some 16 Policemen by TTP that sometimes back in one of their raid at police chowki in FATA; they abducted number of policemen from the post and were keeping them as hostages. TTP has finally released Video where all of them are killed by their firing squad.
The [...]



Abbottabad Fiasco An Introspection

By Air Cmdre (r) Khalid Iqbal • Jul 21st, 2011 • Category: Politics

Even after more than two months, public anger against America’s cowardly ambush in Abbottabad has not receded. It has changed in form. From an outrage against the armed forces, it has transformed into a national resolve; an anti-America attitude. Focus of anger has largely shifted from the armed forces to other reasons leading to Abbotabad [...]



Give Zawahiri to America and Have Peace

By Gul Raiz • Jul 13th, 2011 • Category: Politics

America has to get out of Afghanistan by the end of the 2014 and they have to finish the counter-insurgency against the Taliban by the end of the 2012. But the thing is that US has failed to do so and believe that it is impossible without the help of Pakistan, and they want Pakistan [...]



Epicenter of War on Terror Will Be Pakistan After Some Months

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jul 5th, 2011 • Category: Politics

General David Petraeus has said in clear words that the within next few months, the whole war on terror will be fought in the Pakistan. After the severance of CIA and ISI relations, it seems that the United States has decided to take the final action and now its just matter of time.
After Iraq and [...]



Pakistan: Pan-Islamism in Army

By Inam R Sehri • Jul 2nd, 2011 • Category: Politics

In Pakistan, Brig Ali Khan’s arrest on 6th May 2011 under specific approval of COAS Gen Kayani speaks the deep roots of Islamists still having rising trends in the Pakistan Army. He was posted in the GHQ Rawalpindi since two years. He was arrested on the allegations of keeping contacts with Hizbut Tehreer (HT) which [...]