There has never been the time that military in Pakistan ever came in power at its own for the heck of it. It was always there on the demand of public and the politicians of the time; when they felt that a group in power has crossed all the limits of their corruption and nepotism. [...]
After listening to the news that Ex-President Pervez Musharraf is retuning back home during January 2012; it looks as ‘chicken is coming back home to roost’— but is that the case?
Musharraf may be maligned for many things being a dictator but there is no denial that present Pak government was installed under US directive by [...]
Pakistan and India may be known for the poverty stricken masses deprived of basic civic amentias or equal job opportunities but owing to the current economic disasters and recession engulfing the West; the state of affairs of the masses out there is also not very different especially in US, the land once famously known for [...]
America Sends Christmas Present to her Favorite Saudi princes
One must hold that thought about democracy in the Middle East while US sell $60 billion of military hardware to the princes of Saudi Arabia. The U.S. closed the first $30 billion half of a major arms deal Thursday to send 84 F-15 fighter jets to a [...]
In recent past numbers of Pakistani leaders were killed and we do see that certain political parties and their affiliates tend to keep them placed on very high pedestals as they all died in the best cause and services of Pakistan but sadly this may not be true. So let’s try to see them in [...]
Day by day; this news in the Media is becoming clearer that President, Asif Ali Zardari had the knowledge of raid on CIA compound of OBL at Abbotabad. From the operation timings point of view; it may be that he knew it vaguely but for sure President Asif Ali Zardari knew about the OBL fiasco [...]
Pakistan’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity should be respected and the incident should be thoroughly investigated and be handled properly. It was indeed shocking incident, but instead of crying like a widow and acting like orphans, we should show some sagacity and maturity and cash in on this incident.
Yes, I am saying [...]
The map shown by Altaf Hussain MQM, during his Press Conference with redrawn borders arrangement of Pakistan is not something new that we may have come across. This is a known conspiracy theory which is said to be breeding in Pakistan. In fact he is referring to an old known puke spewed once by one [...]
In Friday’s Washington Post, the paper published a must-read study tracing the evolution of the Central Intelligence Agency from an intelligence-collection and -analysis operation to a new shadow military force.
In the decade since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the agency has undergone a fundamental transformation. Although the CIA continues to gather intelligence and furnish analysis [...]
America has to get out of Afghanistan by the end of the 2014 and they have to finish the counter-insurgency against the Taliban by the end of the 2012. But the thing is that US has failed to do so and believe that it is impossible without the help of Pakistan, and they want Pakistan [...]
