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Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’

Fatima Hussaini Forced to Unveil in Madrid Court

By Maria Sultan • Sep 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Spanish Justice, a farce and full of prejudice.



US to send all weapons of Iraq war to Pakistan

By Bilal Sulehri • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)

Courtesy: Express News



Afghanistan - Post Election Scenario

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: Features

With the country engaged in war, the electoral process in Afghanistan never looked open and valid in the eyes of Pakistani leaders. Still, a country without the requisite ingredients of democracy such as political parties or a universally accepted constitution cannot have credible electoral process. Pakistan does wish for political stability but the [...]



Might should not be international law

By ahsan • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: Politics

US is continuously experimenting on the developing countries, trying to bring the fruits of democracy and capitalism at the grass root level. For doing this, no matter the US may have to slaughter the whole population of that country, it will go ahead to accomplish its set objectives. So far we have not witnessed even [...]



Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh!

By Mian Usman • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh [Shaikh Abul Hasan Ali Bin Usman al-Hujwiri al-Jullabi al-Ghaznawi]
Any one writing on Hazrat Ali bin Usman Al-Hujwiri, in spite of his popularity amongst all classes of people and the deep veneration in which he has been held for nearly 900 years, is faced with considerable difficulty. There is no authentic biography [...]



Clash Of The Titans

By Muhammad Ali Sajjad • Aug 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Author’s note: It was the post By Maria Sultan on Aug 17th, 2009 under the title “7000 American Marines in Islamabad ???” that prompted me to write this article.
Where It All Began And The Previous Attempts:
Pakistan’s nuclear capabilities has always been a cause of major concern for the Western countries, particularly the USA. And there have [...]



What are Rental Power Plants

By Guest Blogger • Aug 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

In Pakistan, you are damned if you do and you are damned if you don’t. Not always, but more often than not. There is massive power loadshedding across the country, factories and plants are closing down, manufacturing businesses and exports are down, unemployment and poverty is increasing, there are riots on the streets, trains and [...]



Question for Pakistani Intellectuals

By Anwar Jalal • Jul 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Whenever some Muslim countries( Palestine, Iraq. Chechnya ,Bosnia ,Kashmir, Afghanistan etc ) have ever been attacked or atrocities are committed to Muslims by (non Muslim) states or powers , the people of Pakistan , in particular Pashtoon have always shown solidarity with them by arranging protests ,demonstrations , strikes and public meetings besides [...]



Tracking Bin Laden: CIA’s Make-Believe Musing

By Guest Blogger • Jun 23rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Recently, US intelligence Chief Leon Panetta claimed that Osama Bin Laden is alive and hiding in Pakistan . On the contrary, Pakistan intelligence sources claim that Osama is no more. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) insistence on Osama being alive is substantiated by his audio tapes only. The only proof, however, cannot be taken [...]



North Korean Nukes and World Response

By Farid Masood • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

It was fall 1998, when North Korea tested a three stage missile, last stage of that crossed over Japan. Japan in response raised her concerns and US troops present in Japan might had told the authorities that ‘Don’t worry we are here to protect Japan.
Japanese the first ever nation till now which faced nuclear disasters [...]