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Posts Tagged ‘Operation Siraat-e-Mustakeem’

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 happenĀ  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 [...]



We are a Confused Nation

By Rohail Butt • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Confusion is not a habit or custom, rather it’s a disease. Confusion renders a man useless, and it chokes the nations and countries, and when nations become victim of the confusion, they inhilate in no time. Pakistan is passing through a sea of confusion.
Pakistan is going through a war, but Pakistanis are in confusion about [...]



Blocking NATO Supplies in Pakistan : Ridiculous

By Muskan Hina • Sep 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Not only the demands by some of the intellectuals to halt the NATO supplies in Pakistan are utterly preposterous, they are also very dangerous and are intentionally or unintentionally aimed at alienating Pakistan from the international community.
All the NATO forces deployed in Afghanistan right now are the donors to Pakistan and the whatever left of [...]



Fork in the Road for Pakistan

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Sep 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Our so cherished and touted sovereignty is on test put by the United States contineus incursions, and in the name of hot pursuit the attacks by the US forces are on the rise, and despite of some assurances from the Mike Mullen, there is no drop in the flights and attacks of drones.
The skies of [...]



Unity of Leadership Against Aggression

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Sep 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

It was very relieving to note that all of the top leaders of country including President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani were of the same wavelength to not to allow the US to conduct air strikes or ground operations inside the Pakistani [...]



Islamabad Suicide Attacks ? An Insider Job

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Sep 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics

A car loaded with explosives struck at the main gates of one of the few five star hotels in Pakistan, and the hotel is in ashes and flames are engulfing the whole area. More than 50 have died and many are injured.
I have just one question:
If this attack has been carried out by the Taliban, [...]