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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
There are latest reports that TTP hirelings are being heavily armed and paid by CIA and made to infiltrate in Pakistan from Afghanistan. They are assigned with the tasks to fire back especially by mortars fire on different borders villages from inside Pakistan to instigate the military clashes on the border.
Recently civilian causalities have also [...]
There is no doubt over the fact that the Mohmand Agency gruesome incident, where NATO helicopters attacked a military check post at Salala, leaving up to 28 soldiers dead and injuring 13 others has damaged the Pakistan-NATO relationships to a great great extent. The question is whether the current tough and [...]
What a unique and unprecedented scene is there outside. The NATO, ISAF, and American forces are begging for pardon and asking for apology and showing their regret repeatedly, but the fiery, steadfast, and upright commander in chief of Pakistan is not budging.
President Asif Ali Zardari has refused a request by the United Arab Emirates [...]
§ 1 January 2011: US drones launched 3 separate strikes killing 18 civilians. No reaction from Pak military, political leadership.
§ 7 January 2011: According to anonymous Pakistani officials, a USA drone strike in North Waziristan killed at least 4 civilians. No reaction from Pak military, political leadership.
§ 12 January 2011: US drones fired 4 missile [...]
