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Posts Tagged ‘Middle East’

Be an Apologist - Without Apology

By A Khokar • Jun 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Obama returns to the Oval Office in Washington where conservatives are deriding his trip abroad as an “apology tour.” In keeping with their general philosophy of giving no quarter to President Barracks Obama, conservatives spent much of last week lambasting Obama’s visit to the Middle East as an “apology tour.”
It was widely thought that Obama [...]



Obama’s Speech is Good But World Need Action

By Shayan Khan • Jun 7th, 2009 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Politics (Urdu), Worth A Second Look

Barack Obama, Yes you can, but you cannot if you merely keep giving lip service to the people of the world. Your glossy speeches heavily sprinkled with lofty words, noble ambitions and promising future are very welcome, but we have over the years grown very apprehensive and wary of such ornamental rhetoric, and now want [...]



Indian Army Preparing for Coup in India

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Burma, now Indian army is also flapping it’s wings to have a coup and “discipline” the Indian people. Indian army’s inroads in the political arena through BJP and some of the hawks in Congress are all too visible. Their involvment in the riots and terrorists activities, manipulation of politicos and technocrats, [...]



Democracy & Former Islamic Colonies in Asia

By Prof. Michael Brenner • Jan 26th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The common experience of British dependencies in Asia was direct, custodial rule over a prolonged period. I believe that this is the principal reason why constitutional democracy has fared better there than in the Arab Middle East.
That experience was shared by the two largely Islamic states that had formed part of colonial India: Pakistan [...]



Wishing a Better Future for Middle East

By A Khokar • Dec 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

Nectar and fragrant delights are the divinely blessings, ordained by Almighty God to the bees to receive a feast of regale and delicacy from the flowers. Bees gets this as a pleasant reward while serving the divinely mechanism of nature; of transferring the pollen of flowers to the stigma. Bees may not be aware of [...]



Afghanistan and India should abstain from provoking

By Dr RazaHaider • Jun 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

In my opinion this is a clear war tactics to engage the target on multiple ends so to dismantle the thoughts in linear and defending pattern.



If the Tomatoes and Cucumber was the Only Export ?

By A Khokar • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

With what ever cleverness, the corporate western media portrays and tries to articulate the case of ‘Global war on Terrorism’ and justify the invasion of sovereign countries in the name of promoting peace; like Iraq or (now) Iran in the Middle East on the flimsy pretexts or go sit in Afghanistan with a hope to [...]



Attack and Raids of NATO in FATA

By A Khokar • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Here we have got here; virtually a repeat scenario of Lebanon 33 days war in southern Lebanon, when Hezbollah had to confront the so called invincible Israeli Army. Lebanon air spaces were void of any air defence and not a single shot that Lebanon regular Army could fire. A thorough softening up of [...]



Collateral Damage

By Faraz Beg • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

December 27, 2007 will be remembered not only for the murder of Benazir Bhutto, but also for the blood bath in Karachi. However, since no harm was done to my loved ones, I, selfishly, forgot it as another bad day. Until yesterday!

Yesterday I got a call from an old acquaintance, let’s call him Shahid. [...]



Iran Invasion

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Mar 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Ahmedinejad regime’s nuclear ambitions are not the most likable thing for the Bush administration, but that doesn’t mean that Bush gets out of the White House after giving the last evil gift of Iran Invasion to the world.
Already in operation wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has not only ruined those countries but also have adversely [...]