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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 [...]



New Round of Indo-Pakistan Talks – February 2010

By Afshain Afzal • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: Politics

No leader in either India or Pakistan would oppose continuity of peace process between India and Pakistan. Ironically, off the record, the masses of both the countries feel proud over the instigating statements by their leaders against each other. The leaders are well aware from psyche of the masses that elect them and therefore unwittingly [...]



The Decoy Pullout

By Afshain Afzal • Feb 6th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Indian Defence Minister AK Antony recently announced that pull out of 30,000 troops from occupied Jammu & Kashmir state. Although there are no signs of on ground move but a brigade of Indian agents have started infiltrating into Pakistani territories to harness fifth columnists to start their campaign. The people across the Line of Control [...]



The Intelligence Trap

By Afshain Afzal • Jan 30th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Five American citizens namely Waqar Hussain Khan, Umar Farooq, Ahmed Minni, Ramy Zamzam and Aman Yemer have been recently arrested from Pakistan city of Sargodha. A senior Pakistan Police official, Usman Anwar disclosed that a case has been registered against the five for violating Pakistan’s Foreigners and Cyber Acts. These men were picked up from [...]



Arrests of Americans in Different Cities

By Haris Hashmi • Dec 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Within the span of few days, the rate of arrests of American nationals in Pakistan in different cities has increased. Few of them belong to the embassies and few of them Muslims who came all the way to Pakistan to join the terrorists.
The arrested Americans who belong to the embassies have somethings in common. They [...]



Osama Bin Laden’s Poetry

By Gul Raiz • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

The pending publication of Osama Bin Laden’s poetry in the academic journal Language and Communication next month is sparking some debate. While the poems could provide insight into Bin Laden’s psyche, many people wonder why the heck you would give the guy another forum.
The poetry is being translated by Professor Flagg Miller who teaches Arabic [...]



Why Dr. Aafia’s Children Were Also Taken By United States?

By Fatima Tassaduq • Sep 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Due to the immense pressure from media and the people, Dr. Aafia herself emerged on the scene and was first taken to a United States military base in Bagram, Afghanistan and then flown to New York, where she is facing charges of assault on US military personnel in Ghazni. During interrogation at the base she [...]



Dr. Aafia Siddiqui : Her Ordeal and People of Pakistan

By amicus • Sep 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Here’s an Article by  Deborah Scroggins,an American journalist and author on Dr. Afia Siddiqi-the Women who’s calling a Mohmmed Bin Qasim. Where are Human Rights Activists, Civil Society and National Concience.
Look at her ordeal, the allegations, her sufferings and let some one answer the questions, where was she? Whose custody she was? What happened to [...]



Dr. Aafia Says “Send My Food to My Son in Afghanistan”

By Muskan Hina • Sep 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Anita Loos - “Memory is more indelible than ink.”
The daughter of Pakistan, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is facing the trial in the American court, and the charges upon are the most ridiculous one every heard of. She has been through great misery and great pain, and her body is full with wounds and years of torture [...]



Precarious Pakistan

By Ghazala Khan • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Though I wasn’t around in the world when the East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971, I even then feel pangs of pain. After reading through the accounts of that era, and then extrapolating it with the current happenings in Pakistan, the situation looks more grimmer and more bleak and the foreseeable future is very alarming.
Well [...]