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Posts Tagged ‘Mangal Bagh’

How Funds Are Being Arranged For Suicide Bombers

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Oct 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Suicide attacks are damaging the very core of Pakistan and they have arrested the whole nation into a thick cloud of despair and misery and disappointment. There are only handful of the terrorists are out there and they have taken the whole of the system and state hostage, and it seems that there is no [...]



Eid Mubarak, Don’t Forget Our Troops

By Gul Raiz • Oct 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics

On This Eid, remember to share our moments of happiness with the poor and destitute in keeping with the spirit of Islam. Eidul Fitr signifies the culmination of the holy month of Ramazan and is a gift of Allah Almighty for his faithfuls for fasting with devotion during the holy month.
Sectarianism, terrorism and militant activities [...]



We Won’t Be Happy on Eid, If We Were a Nation

By Ghazala Khan • Oct 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

More than 40 suicide attacks have already happened in Pakistan alone this year in which hundreds of people have died and thousands have got injured, affecting hundred of thousands of people all around the country for ever. For these families, life will never be the same. The remains of suicide attacks and bomb blasts are [...]



War On Terror (Part1) : Public support in Pakistan

By Mudassar Jawad • Sep 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan decided to align with US after 9/11 and became the frontline-state in War on Terror. We were (probably) aware of the fact the war in the neighboring country – Afghanistan – will affect Pakistan as well, however, we did not anticipate that this war will become our own war. A war where our own [...]



America Supporting Baitullah Mehsud

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Sep 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Right now America, India and Afghanistan are working against the Pakistan. India has more than ten thousands troops on the grounds near the Pakistan Afghan border and they have got 107 intelligence units and 14 consulates on the Pakistan Afghanistan border from Torkhum to the Chaman border.
America has gathered it’s literally thousands of terrorism experts [...]



Heads Must Roll

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Cut the crap and come to the crux of the matter regarding the on going war in Pakistan. Government should show some sense of urgency and instead of formulating committees, government must come up with some large scale intelligence reformations on the national scene involving all the stakeholders.
The recurrent suicide attacks and the bomb blasts [...]



The Real Sport

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Sep 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


US Army Knocking on Door

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Sep 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Will this also happen  in Pakistan? Imagine US marines knocking on your doors in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Kohat and rest of the cities?
Wakeup Pakistanis, wakeup. Stop militants who are providing ample excuse to US to come, and also show stern resolve in front of US led NATO aggression. Treasure Your Freedom.



We Can Still Win at Western Borders

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Sep 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Nowadays the media and some so called intellectuals are exuding their wrath over the army and the security forces due to the situation in the tribal regions and their repercussions and overflow in the country. They are slamming the past defense strategy and they are slamming everything we did in the past on our Western [...]



Firing on NATO Helicopters : Well Done Pakistan Army

By Fatima Tassaduq • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The wreck of the United States drone and the firing on the NATO helicopters must have given a befitting message “Pakistan would not tolerate violations of its sovereignty” to the aggressors.
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said its helicopters were conducting routine operations inside Afghanistan when they came under small arms fire from a Pakistani [...]