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Posts Tagged ‘USA’

He Came, He Saw, He Conquered

By Faiz Al-Najdi • Jan 4th, 2012 • Category: Politics

Irshad Salim – a consultant, journalist/writer and a motivational speaker, who is an American national of Pakistani origin living in New York and currently visiting Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on a professional consultancy assignment with a local contractor gave an informal talk to Pakistani expats, and said he still loves Pakistan, calling himself a “stranded [...]



PPP-MQM Coalition

By Dawar Naqvi • Oct 7th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Those who are critical of Alliance are the same people who have done nothing for 30 years. The PPP-MQM coalition is the best alliance in the current situation. Leaders of both the parties should be duly lauded for entering into this accord.
In recent months hundreds of people have been killed in the series of [...]



Pakistan/Indian relations during US threat

By captainjohann • Oct 3rd, 2011 • Category: Politics

After Admiral Mullens threat to Pakistan, I was wondering what should an Indian government’s response   being the neighbour who will be affected most in case of an actual confrontation between the two erstwhile Allies in the war on terror as well as old SEATO/CENTO partners. Most of the Indians will like a hot war [...]



I HAVE SEEN AMERICA

By Nadeem Ahmed • Aug 25th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Let us Muslims and Pakistanis get rid of our bad things and let us get educated in science and work towards inventing things for the betterment of humanity and let us contribute to this world like those Kafirs are doing and join hands with them for sanity and peaceful world, so that our children may have all good things which we could not have and let our children live in peaceful societies where there is no hate and no discrimination and where there is love and care for each others as human beings



America, We Don’t Need Your Aid

By Zeenat Rehman • Jul 13th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan has suffered billions and billions of rupees on the war against terror and the losses to the economy are uncountable. Pakistan has gone 30 years back due to this war and terror and the whole infrastructure is in disarray and there is no further development and progress. This is just the material loss, the [...]



Are Drones Worth it?

By Abdul Samad • Jun 20th, 2011 • Category: Politics

US drone strikes, carried out by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operated remotely from Creech Air Force Base located in Nevada U.S.A, have seen a meteoric rise during the Obama administration, largely parallel to the December 2009 troop surge of 30,000 soldiers. While drones foment anti-American sentiment in Pakistan where they are conceived as an unlawful intervention [...]



America is Here to Stay

By Tahir Hameed • Jun 9th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The Dum Dums sitting in the seats of power have to realize that USA is here to stay. Its eyes are upon the resources and minerals in Afghanistan and perhaps in Baluchistan as well. The incident in Abbotabad was created to show that the ISI is incapable. And the Americans net aim is to get [...]



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 [...]



Burning of Quran! What does it Reflect?

By Asad ur Rehman • Apr 6th, 2011 • Category: Features

Quran is the last and most important Divine book for the Muslims around the globe. It provides them guidance in every walk of life and not only to Muslims to every individual on the planet. There had been few conspiracies going on against Muslims and Quran from a long time. Sometimes caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) were drawn to ignite Muslims and sometimes their holy book was humiliated but Muslims faced these challenges with utmost patience and courage.



10 Reasons Why I don’t trust Super Power

By Asad ur Rehman • Apr 6th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

America is the super power of the world. I don’t have any personal grudges with American citizens or the country itself. There are number of factors on the basis of which I have no faith in American governments.