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Was Mumbai the Kargil 2? Joining the jigsaw puzzle: Was Mumbai the Kargil 2? What is Pakistan Army/ISI upto this time? Incriminating evidence against the unholy nexus between ISI and jihadi/sectarian forces in Pakistan Spare a few minutes in reading the following various reports. Pause and reflect for
Toying with terrorism – Kamila Hyat reveals ISI’s close association with the Taliban: Thursday, December 25, 2008 (The News) The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor There is a distinct note of helpless frustration in the statement by the NWFP government calling for action against militants in Swat to
Nawaz Sharif, India & The ‘Daughters Game’ – By Ahmed Quraishi: Nawaz Sharif, India & The ‘Daughters Game’ So happy are the Indians with Mr. Sharif that they ordered their ambassador to travel to Lahore and personally deliver Manmohan Singh’s regards to him. Meanwhile, the disgruntled former premier continues to
Nawaz Sharif, India & The ‘Daughters Game’ – By Ahmed Quraishi: Nawaz Sharif, India & The ‘Daughters Game’ So happy are the Indians with Mr. Sharif that they ordered their ambassador to travel to Lahore and personally deliver Manmohan Singh’s regards to him. Meanwhile, the disgruntled former premier continues to
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi carried out Marriott attack – Dawn Report: Lashkar-i-Jhangvi carried out Marriott attack By Our Reporter (Dawn News) ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik revealed on Monday that the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi organisation carried out the terrorist attack on the Marriott hotel
Urdu ka janazah hay zara dhoom se nikle – by Mosharraf Zaidi: Urdu kay aakhree lamhay Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Mosharraf Zaidi The glorious tales of wit, spirituality and love from Urdu’s golden age are sometimes so heavily infused with South Asian Latin (better known as Persian) that my generation of
Urdu ka janazah hay zara dhoom se nikle… By Mosharraf Zaidi: Urdu kay aakhree lamhay Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Mosharraf Zaidi The glorious tales of wit, spirituality and love from Urdu’s golden age are sometimes so heavily infused with South Asian Latin (better known as Persian) that my generation of
Dumb questions invite dumb answers – By Aziz Ahmad: Dumb questions invite dumb answers Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Aziz Akhmad The Mumbai attacks had not even ended yet, when a TV reporter of a Pakistani channel, armed with a microphone and a camera — and a dumb question
Dumb questions invite dumb answers – By Aziz Ahmad: Dumb questions invite dumb answers Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Aziz Akhmad The Mumbai attacks had not even ended yet, when a TV reporter of a Pakistani channel, armed with a microphone and a camera — and a dumb question
Reality, deception and hidden agenda of opinion polls in Pakistan: Here are two articles (by Afreen Baig and Abbas Athar) on this topic critiquing the validity as well as the hidden agenda of political surveys and polls published in Pakistani and international media. Foreign Polls and Surveys: Reality, Deception
Foreign Polls and Surveys: Reality, Deception and Hidden Agenda: By: Afreen Baig Recently, it had become sort of a fashion, to give reference to Foreign Polls and Surveys while speculating on the future of Pakistan and the popularity levels of our leaders. Later it was Pakistan’s election process
India steps up vigil along Rajasthan border: Pakistan deploys forces on the border…: The Times of India22 Dec 2008, 0302 hrs IST, Vimal Bhatia, TNN JAISALMER: Even as India refused to take the military option off the table while asking Pakistan to rein in the terrorists, the Indian
India steps up vigil along Rajasthan border: Pakistan deploys forces on the border…: The Times of India22 Dec 2008, 0302 hrs IST, Vimal Bhatia, TNN JAISALMER: Even as India refused to take the military option off the table while asking Pakistan to rein in the terrorists, the Indian Army’s and IAF’s quick
Islamabad says should war break out with New Delhi, the option of using nuclear weapons would not even be on the table in Pakistan.: Pakistan rejects nuke use against India Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:20:18 GMT Students protesting over reports linking Pakistan to the Mumbai attacks in a demonstration in Islamabad Islamabad says should war break out with New Delhi, the option of
Islamabad says should war break out with New Delhi, the option of using nuclear weapons would not even be on the table in Pakistan.: Pakistan rejects nuke use against India Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:20:18 GMT Students protesting over reports linking Pakistan to the Mumbai attacks in a demonstration in Islamabad Islamabad says should war break out with New Delhi, the option of
Pakistan’s War against Terrorism – Al Jazeera TV Report – By Rageh Omaar: Pakistan’s War Rageh Omaar speaks to those who say Pakistan is paying the ultimate price in theso-called ‘war on terror’ [GALLO/GETTY] As the fallout from last month’s bloody siege in Mumbai focuses the world’s attention on Pakistan’s ability to
Pakistan’ War – Al Jazeera TV Report – By Rageh Omaar: Pakistan’s War Rageh Omaar speaks to those who say Pakistan is paying the ultimate price in theso-called ‘war on terror’ [GALLO/GETTY] As the fallout from last month’s bloody siege in Mumbai focuses the world’s attention on Pakistan’s ability to
Lal Masjid arms seized during operation ‘stolen’: Did ISI ‘retrieve’ its assets for redistribution to Takfiri Deobandis?: Lal Masjid arms seized during operation ‘stolen’ by Mohammad Asghar ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: A large quantity of arms, seized by security forces during the Lal Masjid operation and stored in the Aabpara police station’s heavily guarded armoury, is missing,
Ansar Abbasi’s column on the Mumbai terrorist attacks and Ajma Kasab. Abbasi is in the ‘denial’ mode.: Ansar Abbasi’s column on the Mumbai terrorist attacks and Ajma Kasab. Abbasi is in the ‘denial’ mode. Do you know why? Because he is most probably on the payroll of the Taliban. He is a stauch supporter of Mullah
Media war and India-Pakistan tension: As the world worries about India and Pakistan going to war over the Mumbai attack of November 26, 2008, Pakistan is all set to take on India if it attacks. Defence ministry officials in Islamabad, responding to an intelligence
Taliban enforce sharia in parts of Orakzai Agency: (Supported by ISI? Where is the writ of the Pakistan Government?): Taliban enforce sharia in parts of Orakzai By Saboor Khan HANGU: Local Taliban announced to impose sharia and to ban cutting forest trees in several areas of Upper Orakzai Agency on Sunday, local sources said. The sources said the
Taliban enforce sharia in parts of Orakzai Agency: (Supported by ISI? Where is the writ of the Pakistan Government?): Taliban enforce sharia in parts of Orakzai By Saboor Khan HANGU: Local Taliban announced to impose sharia and to ban cutting forest trees in several areas of Upper Orakzai Agency on Sunday, local sources said. The sources said the
Hamid Mir nails Pakistan Government’s lie on Ajmal Kasab ….: This Pakistani nailed Pak Government’s lie on Kasab
Hamid Mir nails Pakistan Government’s lie on Ajmal Kasab ….: This Pakistani nailed Pak Government’s lie on Kasab Renuka Narayanan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, December 22, 2008 The Pakistani who had a court case filed against his TV news channel on December 19 for publicly establishing Ajmal Amir Kasab’s
Is Pakistan a failed state? An interesting analysis by Muhammad Hanif: Is Pakistan a failed state? Do Pakistanis love Mullahs? An interesting analysis on BBC Urdu dot com by Muhammad Hanif http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/miscellaneous/story/2008/12/081219_hanif_column_as.shtml
The case of Mariam Nawaz Sharif: Of Pakistani Elite’s Sons and Daughters: By COL. RIAZ JAFRI (RETD.) www.ahme dquraishi.com RAWALPINDI, Pakistan—First it was Arsalan Iftikhar, then Farah Dogar and now something has surfaced against Mariam Nawaz Sharif. This takes me back to General Zia era, when a politician close to him
Where is the suicide bomber Shakiel al-La’l ?: ‘ISI killing US troops in Afghanistan’ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:01:29 GMT President Bush declared war against Afghanistan right after September 11. The title of this war was “ War on Terror”.Pakistan’s powerful spy agency is working with groups
Who is protecting Masood Azhar Deobandi and why?: Why is security establishment protecting Masood Azhar?
Who killed General Amir Faisal Alvi?: Who killed Gen Alvi? By Amir Mir Thursday, November 20, 2008 (The News) LAHORE: The authorities investigating the murder of Maj-Gen (retd) Amir Faisal Alvi, former General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the elite Special Services Group (SSG), by two
Pakistan’s Shia Muslims remain subject to attacks by Al Qaeda, Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba: Terrorists of Taliban cum Sipah-e-Sahabah kill one Shia, injure another and kidnap three
Destruction of NATO trucks in Pakistan: Destruction of NATO trucks and trouble ahead While Pakistan awaits evidence from India so it can prove that it has the capacity to move against non-state actors threatening its writ and allegedly attacking other states in the region, another
What Pakistan Won’t Do, the World Should – Need for an international pressure ot break the Jihadist alliance in Pakistan: The Sovereignty DodgeWhat Pakistan Won’t Do, the World Should By Robert Kagan (The Washington Post)Tuesday, December 2, 2008; A21 “We don’t think the world’s great nations and countries can be held hostage by non-state actors,” Pakistani President Asif Ali
Dr A Q Khan and the language of Al Qaeda – by Farhat Taj: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Farhat Taj In his article on Nov 19, Dr A Q Khan wrote that “mercenaries of Gen Musharraf” killed children in the Lal Masjid operation. They were soldiers of the Pakistani army, not mercenaries. They
We condemn dirty propaganda against Salman Taseer and his family by right-wingers and fake liberals: Related posts: Mudslinging on Taseer family: Mind your language, PPP warns Rana Sanaullah Javed Chaudhry, the mouth piece of Taliban, writes an indecent column against Salman Taseer Abbas Ather condemns personal attacks on Salman Taseer by PML-N After dirty propaganda
The hijacking of 13 trucks carrying military and other supplies from Pakistan to Afghanistan: A tale foretoldWednesday, November 12, 2008 The hijacking of 13 trucks carrying military supplies and other items along the highway from Pakistan to Afghanistan, which winds its short way through the Khyber Agency, is hardly a surprise. Predictions that
Obama’s views on the war on terror and Pakistan: Obama Delivers Bold Speech About War on TerrorPresidential Candidate Pushes Aggressive Stance Toward (Mullah Military Alliance in) Pakistan By JAKE TAPPER (ABC News)Aug. 1, 2007 In a strikingly bold
Lal Masjid is sponsoring sectarian and jihadi activities in the heart of Islamabad: Although, Hamid Mir is notorious because of his sympathies towards jihadi and sectarian organizations, his op-ed in today’s Jang is quite interesting. Read the first paragraph, in which Hamid Mir tells Musharraf that there are certain elements in the
Almost one million people of Parachinar remain stranded for more than a year by the criminals of Taliban, Sipah-e-Sahaba & Al-Qaeda: Appeal for help to the international community PESHAWAR: Delay in reopening road delays return of peace to Kurram By Zulfiqar Ali PESHAWAR, Oct 23: Delay in reopening of Thall-Parachinar Road despite an agreement, reached between the warring tribes of