The Pakistani Spectator

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Posts Tagged ‘Liberty Attack’

What’s Next in Pakistan?

By S.Baloch • Mar 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

25th of February 2009, a new page in the history of this country was marked..It was an other such page that once again shows that Pakistan is unpredictable.A page which shows that the country is hard to manage, and is slowly becoming an unruly state.And one more thing that this page is going to write [...]



Few Questions About Attack on Sri Lankan Team in Lahore

By Rohail Butt • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The repeat of Mumbai attacks, Lahore attack on Sri Lankan cricket team is the story of incompetency and ineligibility of the law enforcement agencies of Lahore. Gunmen attacked Sri Lanka’s cricket team in a gun and grenade assault Tuesday in Lahore that killed eight people including six police personnel and wounded five members of the [...]



Lahore Attack On Sri Lankan cricket team - Is It Inside Job?

By Zahid Abdullah • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Lahore Attach On Sri Lankan cricket team - Is It Inside Job?
It is believed that security was hopelessly inadequate. I wouldn’t rule out Tamil tigers/India or Even inside job. The next few day may give clues as to who benefited from this attack.
The inside job and by that i don’t mean non state actors. I [...]



Beneficiaries of Attack on Sri Lankan Team on 3/3

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Well, Pakistan Cricket at home is at halt now for an indefinite period as no team would like to visit Pakistan to play cricket. Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa and other teams refused to visit Pakistan long ago, and now after this terror attack there is no chance of cricket in the short-to-medium run, [...]



Sri Lanka, We are Sorry

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Mar 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

On Tuesday morning, our revered Cricketing friends from Sri Lanka were attacked in Lahore, leaving the whole nation embarrassed, shocked and with our heads shaken in disbelief. With the approval of the Colombo Government, SL team decided to tour Pakistan despite security fears and they courageously defied the advice by other Cricketing nations. India [...]



Who Dunnit ? Liberty Attack on Sri Lankan Team

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Mar 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

In the post-9/11 world in general and in the post Mumbai Attacks in specific, one thing always assumed whenever there’s a terrorist attack is that it was perpetrated by Muslim extremists, and in case of India even before the smoke of attacks dies down, Indian officials start finger pointing on Pakistan. In case of Pakistan, [...]



Sri Lankan Cricket Team Attacked : India Behind Terrorism?

By Farid Masood • Mar 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Today morning while Sri Lankan cricket team being escorted to Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, was attacked by almost a dozen gunmen. This incident took life of five policemen and injured five players and one official of Sri Lankan cricket team. Sri Lankan sports minister is trying for the urgent return of the team.
The version of this [...]



Pakistan achieves yet another milestone - The Lahore Chapter

By Farrukh Ahmed • Mar 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Don’t mind my sarcastic title on the post, but honestly that’s what we’ve come to as a nation.
With the breaking news starting off the day on yet another sad note about the attack on Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Lahore, we’ve shown the world once again that we deserve to be called a Terrorist State.
Every [...]