Two newspaper reports:
1. The US Embassy in Islamabad hosted an event on July 3, 2011 in support of gay rights. Speaking on the occasion, US Deputy Ambassador Richard Hoagland stated that the US would support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights in Pakistan. “I want to be clear: the US Embassy is here to support [...]
Hazara region has remained tranquil and calm even in the days of extreme terrorism in the neighboring PATA belt. It was even said that terrorists are heading towards this area, but this area never created any problems for anyone and always contributed positively, but the ANP has disturbed the delicate balance and now things are [...]
A rare show of unanimity was witnessed when the 18th Amendment Bill was passed by the National Assembly with 292 votes. No doubt it is a great victory. It reflects the philosophy of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The country is reaping the harvest of the policy of reconciliation. The 18th Amendment Bill would restore the [...]
There are four or five areas throughout Malakand Agency, which remained in the limelight right through the operation Rah-e-Raast including Peuchar, Matta, Mingora and Swat. There were other names, but these four names resonate with everyone. Fierce fighting has occurred in these areas, and during the fight every single resident evacuated the area and ran [...]
Pakistani security forces have broken the back of terrorists in the Swat and FR Bannu. With the terrorists of Swat on the run and Janikhel tribe of FR Bannu pleading for forgiveness, things also look hopeful in the South Waziristan,where security forces have started a massive operation.
With the summer of heat on cruel rise, the [...]
Pakistani army is not some sort of occupied force in the Malakand Agency and the FATA. It is fighting for the survival of the motherland and they are giving everything to root out the terrorism which has choked the life in the Pakistan. The soldiers and the officers of the Pakistan army are fighting in [...]
I hear people talk about the participation of Indian personnel in the Taliban ranks. Some say Russia is involved. My only question here is: who cares if the Taliban are Indians or Russians or even Japanese? Whoever they are, they are not good people, they are bad. The Pakistani army is the protagonist here, we need to support them.
At an altitudue of almost 9000 meters, there lies Peuchar where the top leadership of Swati Taliban under the directions of Fazlullah, once a chairlift operator controls the insurgency in the Malakand Division. Peuchar is a rugged mounaineous region with pine forests, was once famous for it’s juicy apples is now known by the full [...]
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The Taliban is a concept. Or more accurately, the reputation that a concept has. Without the concept, they are a loose militia band that can just as easily turn on each other. However, they are bound together by an extremist ideology that is a very strong unifying force for otherwise not unity [...]
During the five years Taliban held court in Afghanistan, horror stories of the ruthless rule exemplified by the fiercely Wahabbi interpretation of Sharia, spread far and wide. The spiritual kin of Taliban across the border in Pakistan conversely labelled the same horrific tales as inspirational and even necessary. Back then the threat of such a [...]
