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Posts Tagged ‘Nato’

Issue Ignored is a Crisis Invited

By Zeenat Rehman • Dec 28th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

US-led Northern Distribution Network (NDN) transiting provisions to coalition forces in Afghanistan comprises of 70% of the NATO supply, while Pakistani routes provide only 30% of them, and as the blockage of NATO supply lines continues in Pakistan, US has finally agreed to a total overhaul in Pakistan and their talks with the Pakistani establishment [...]



The Politics of Uncertainty

By amicus • Dec 27th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

On 25th December, the nation celebrates the 135th Birth anniversary of Quid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan was, “There is no doubt that the future of our state will and must greatly depend upon the type of education and way in which we bring up our children as the future servants of Pakistan…What [...]



Let this truth be known

By A Khokar • Dec 26th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Although it is yet to be proved whether memogate scandal cooked by the personal cabinet of President Zardari for their treachorous act, asking the US government to demonize Pakistani armed forces and risking the national security is true or false but it has done one thing; it has brought Pak Military, government, Judiciary and the [...]



Sorry, We Dont Have Control Over Army/ISI

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Dec 26th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

I am not huge fan of Nawaz Sharif but despite of my reservations about him I have to be fair and give credit to him for sticking to his principled stance of cutting the role of army and its affiliated agencies to their actual size and making their budget accountable and audited.
He seems to be [...]



General Mattis Offer Apology

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Dec 24th, 2011 • Category: Politics

General James N. Mattis, the head of the US Central Command is a professional soldier and has seen it all from Iraq to Afghanistan. He is not only an experienced commander, he is also a skilled negotiator with tough guys in tough conditions, including insurgents.

As his career tells us that he commanded 1st Battalion 7th [...]



Shamsi Airbase; Red With Pakistan-Afghan Blood

By Ali Yar Khan • Dec 16th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In his celebrated column Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan mentioned that 16th December, 1971 was the day when we as a nation must have learned some ever-lasting lessons, but we didn’t. Dhaka we lost, and General Niazi surrendered along with 90 thousands soldiers. A Hamoood-ur-Rehman commission was formed, and it put forward it’s truthful facts and [...]



Beyond BONN II

By Air Cmdre (r) Khalid Iqbal • Dec 14th, 2011 • Category: Politics

As expected, Bonn II Conference did not go beyond the rhetoric. Conference convened to encourage talks with the Taliban and boost the regional cooperation, brought forth the reality of a dead ended peace process sans Pakistan. Though Taliban had been engaged in peace talks for years, they also didn’t show up for the event; they [...]



End Game and Blessed is Pakistan

By Adnan Arshad Mansoori • Dec 13th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Indians, Americans, NATO Countries & above all Israeli Commentators here-at this Esteemed Forum — We love MANKIND as much as we are Taught to love Ignored & Crushed Indians, the rest of NON-Believers are no different than us, Hard working, family loving, most of the time honest. However there are few who nurture only haters [...]



Cowboy’s Rage

By Air Cmdre (r) Khalid Iqbal • Dec 9th, 2011 • Category: Politics

A premeditated attack by the NATO forces on Salala outposts depicts a typical American cowboy’s psyche of executing unprovoked attacks and using disproportionate force against humble targets. It was indeed a cowardly attack and an act of aggression against Pakistan.
The nation that was highly polarized on the memo gate episode promptly put its act together [...]



Memogate Ka Mamoon

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Dec 5th, 2011 • Category: Politics

United States has come to the rescue of the Zardari regime by killing two dozens of Pakistani soldiers on the Western border. With this attack and the ostentatious defiance of PPP towards US, the attention has been diverted to the NATO attack, and things have cooled down on memo of Haqqani.
The loser in both cases [...]