The Pakistani Spectator

A discussion of the effects of blasphemy laws on freedom of speech and religion.

Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani is one of those 40 personalities who shaped the United States capital of 2010, according to a magazine.

The Washingtonian Magazine, in its December 2010 edition, says no other city in the world offers the mix of politics, business, arts, philanthropy, sports, think tanks, universities, and culture that Washington does. Here [...]

Soon after the incident of 9/11; the American adventurists, took Musharraf by surprise to ask him to become their ally. Reportedly, without giving a second thought Musharraf opted to become a US proxy  to serve US interests in this region. But soon after, it was realized; that somehow, he was proving to be a tough [...]

WASHINGTON, DC: (June 25, 2010) On the eve of United Nation’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the president of Baloch Society of North America (BSO-NA), Dr. Wahid Baloch, met with Vice-President Joe Biden to draw his attention to the gross human right violations, ongoing military operation and enforced involuntary disappearances in Pakistani [...]

The developing scenario on the horizon in the West shows that US Pull out from Afghanistan is now eminent and it may start earlier than expected. In the West; all along Afghanistan war has been considered as an unwanted war and consequently Britain as well as Canada are seen impatient to pull out their troops [...]

For any humble citizen of Pakistan; religion may not be the criteria of one’s nationality, as Islam is a peace loving religion which teaches that ‘there is no compulsion in religion’[2;256] and there should not occur any clash in understanding one another as ‘For me is my work and for you is your work. You are [...]

In order to put a tap on the US crimes, Washington has started quick reimbursement of US $ 600 millions from Coalation Support Fund (CSF) to Government of Pakistan for military operation in the year 2009. It is interesting to note that recently Pentagon submitted report on “Progress Towards Security  and Stability in Afghanistan” to [...]

New year is here. World is making pledges about the future and people are quite hopeful to have a bright future in the new year and beyond. New sun of new year has brought merriment and promises for many across the globe, and yet we here in Pakistan are rocking with terrorism and every imaginable [...]

Taliban can well be defined as the group which came in power after the end of Afghan war in Afghanistan. This group was weary of a trivial US byplay that their main benefactor, on the behest of whom they fought Afghan war and had very successfully defeated Soviet Union, it un-expectantly dumped them and left.
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Two weeks ago, I talked with Naomi Klein about her new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. If you missed the original video, you can watch it here, and the longer transcript is here. You can also learn more about the book and read excerpts here.
At that point, the Blackwater scandal over [...]