Barack Obama has said that he is not against war, only against stupid wars. One might then reasonably ask if the present war in Afghanistan is not a stupid war. During the election campaign, the president-elect said it was the “right war” (instead of the one in Iraq), and that he would even support opportunistic [...]
Do you know Pakistan has also got a premier? Yes, we have a puppet in our lush Prime Minister House, which has become adept at issuing tasteless and bland statements and has developed a super-natural ability inaugurate different buildings, roads, hospitals, shows, and other things at short notice. That is not all. He has also [...]
Where people once roamed free, the markets were crowded, businesses thrived and life seemed untroubled – Islamabad may never be the same again, so believe the residents. Such are the security concerns that police, paramilitary Rangers, guns and pickets are now the significant features of a town that was known for its peace and quiet.
Gone [...]
Afghans are tough, religious, independent, armed and they have been facing attacks from their North for the last three thousands of years. Whereas the more than two or three years of American generations have been raised in fast food, jazz, casinos, free sex and nightlife and academics. Where Afghans knows what it takes to kill [...]
As soon as the Musharraf has gone and the new army leadership has started sending Pakistani forces and the intelligence agencies in the tribal agencies and Swat, all hell seems to break loose. Now our security forces are engaged in almost all the tribal agencies and in the Swat area, and the things are very [...]
The truth is that the ongoing war against terrorism in the tribal and some regions of Pakistan not solely belongs to Pakistan, rather’s, its the war of the world. Pakistan’s actions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban had brought greater security to the West, but at great cost to Pakistan, with thousands of Pakistanis killed and [...]
The population of seven agencies of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is very much less as compared to the total Pakistan’s population. It’s just less than 3.5 million, most of which is ignorant, jobless and very much living in stone age. But these people are tough, religious, loyal, revengeful, loving and hospitable. They are [...]
Quaid-e-Azam said to the British governor of the FATA upon skirmish from Afghanistan in the tribal region, “Tell them in the language of guns and bullets that Pakistan is going to live forever. ” These words needs to be the crescendo of every citizen of Pakistan in the face of coward terrorism.
It’s true that inferno-like [...]
It is reported that few girls from the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan are going to the tribal areas and in the Swat region to get training of fighting and suicide bombings. These girls are influenced by the Lal Masjid operation and they want to take revenge. Many girls were present and died in [...]
