The Pakistani Spectator

Where people once roamed free, the markets were crowded, businesses thrived and life seemed untroubled – Islamabad may never be the same again, so believe the residents. Such are the security concerns that police, paramilitary Rangers, guns and pickets are now the significant features of a town that was known for its peace and quiet.
Gone [...]

Afghans are tough, religious, independent, armed and they have been facing attacks from their North for the last three thousands of years. Whereas the more than two or three years of American generations have been raised in fast food, jazz, casinos, free sex and nightlife and academics. Where Afghans knows what it takes to kill [...]

As soon as the Musharraf has gone and the new army leadership has started sending Pakistani forces and the intelligence agencies in the tribal agencies and Swat, all hell seems to break loose. Now our security forces are engaged in almost all the tribal agencies and in the Swat area, and the things are very [...]

The truth is that the ongoing war against terrorism in the tribal and some regions of Pakistan not solely belongs to Pakistan, rather’s, its the war of the world. Pakistan’s actions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban had brought greater security to the West, but at great cost to Pakistan, with thousands of Pakistanis killed and [...]

The population of seven agencies of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is very much less as compared to the total Pakistan’s population. It’s just less than 3.5 million, most of which is ignorant, jobless and very much living in stone age. But these people are tough, religious, loyal, revengeful, loving and hospitable. They are [...]

It is reported that few girls from the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan are going to the tribal areas and in the Swat region to get training of fighting and suicide bombings. These girls are influenced by the Lal Masjid operation and they want to take revenge. Many girls were present and died in [...]

It is clear even to the Americans and British and many European nations that the war and operations are getting them nowhere in Afghanistan and there is no way they could win this war in the near or even far future. They have understood that if they carry on with this armed streak, they could [...]

John McCain:
# Arizona senator since 1987
# Age: 72
# Vietnam war hero, foreign-policy hawk and “maverick” senator ready to work with Democrats on legislation.
Slogans: Country First; Reform, Prosperity, Peace.
Line of attack: Barack Obama is too inexperienced, a celebrity not a real leader.
Running mate: Sarah Palin
# Alaska governor since November 2006
# Age: 44
Barack Obama:
# Illinois [...]