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Posts Tagged ‘Pakistan army’

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 [...]



Armed Forces Protect Us; We Must Treat Them With Respect

By Shaukat Masood Zafar • Dec 24th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Well trained and dedicated to its duties, Pakistan’s army is the best and advanced one in the world. It is the best organized and well disciplined group in the country, always fully aware of the internal and external threats faced by the country. Every soldier is always ready to defend the country in all situations. [...]



Another Storm Against Army

By Maria Sultan • Nov 23rd, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The way Husain Haqqani has come running over to the chilling Islamabad hints at the strong probability that he is perhaps innocent, and the way President Zardari and his team is working hard to convince the highups in military establishment that they were not at all involved in any misadventure against army is another thing [...]



Quaid’s Pakistan or Establishment’s Pakistan?

By AA Khalid • Jun 17th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

No surprises then that the Pakistan Army has consistently gone against the Quaid’s vision of Pakistan in its lust for power and in pursuit of this power the Pakistani Army has created distortions about our history and religion as seen in the sort of textbooks available in Pakistani schools. There is no justification whatsoever for Army intervention in politics. The Army should not make policy fullstop.



It’s Never Too Late

By Asad ur Rehman • May 15th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The U.S operation in Abbotabad on 2nd May 2011 raised several questions and concerns in Pakistani people about their country’s sovereignty and safety. Though every one know that U.S spies are operating directly in Pakistan since 9/11 with the consent of Pakistani military and civil government but still they haven’t conducted any ground operation in Pakistan till 2nd May



Osama Betrayed and India pays the price

By captainjohann • May 4th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Now that Osama was eliminated by US Navy seals inside Pakistan, some hard questions face India. The recent visit of Kiyani to Abbotobad, ISI Chief Pasha’s visit to USA to meet with Panetta (without being arrested in spite of Rana trial in Chicago) and of course Kiyani’s meeting in Bahrain with Admiral Mike Mullen and [...]



Pakistan Army, The reserve sons in times of Need

By Dr RazaHaider • Aug 26th, 2010 • Category: Politics

“So nothing new; it’s a call to Pakistan Army and if president of Pakistan and similar designation holders as Chief Justice and parliament; can ask military to act on behest and behalf of their power for implementation of their order; people of Pakistan reserves their right as well to ask with same threshold therefore to hold the fort that is being under possession of flaws and criminal files. “(Dr Raza)



Famine that would soon become Sin

By Dr RazaHaider • Aug 15th, 2010 • Category: Politics

“We must understand; following strategy is only applicable within the dominion of Arm forces and my opinion is; the same tool of application should be requested through the similar route as appeal. This is because Arm forces are the only organized organization that have defined criteria’s of monitoring and implementation and have similar capability to look after legitimately and with confidence and commitment.”



We Rule, You Protect

By Umer Toor • Feb 27th, 2010 • Category: Worth A Second Look

The weather is changing in Pakistan, and the scorching summer is giving way to chilling cold, and that also means that there will be less load-shedding of electricity. But the mind inevitably turns towards the state of affairs of the country and desperation prevails.
Why we even discuss that in case this government fails, the system [...]



Let’s stand clear on Paki Terrorists Issue

By A Khokar • Dec 10th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The war on terror declared by USA after the incident of 9/11 was ultimately brought to our western borders under the pretext that US lead NATO forces had come here fighting all the way chasing the terrorists of Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda a stateless organisation was declared by US as their enemy. Allegedly this organisation was [...]