Newspaper Articles Archive
PML-N’s Corruption in Punjab and Mian Shahbaz Sharif – Javed Chaudhry: Express, 13 Jan 2009 …… Also read: Director Colleges Sialkot Kidnapped by PML-N MNA Khawaja Muhammad Asif and his goondas of PML-N. …. Mariam Nawaz Sharif: Illegal admission in a medical college and migration to King Edward Medical college
The Taliban Militants in Mohmand – manufactured by the ISI, versus the Pakistan Army; The story of the ‘reverse’ jihad: Militants in Mohmand Tuesday, January 13, 2009The fierce clash between militants and security forces in the Mohmand Agency, in which 40 militants and at least six troops were killed, offers evidence that the Taliban and other elements continue to
Oppression of women and other ordinary citizens by Taliban and army in Swat – by Hamid Mir: Swat – valley of horror and terror Tuesday, January 13, 2009 by Hamid Mir The home of Hameedullah Khan in Shakardra village of Swat was destroyed by dynamite last week. He knows who the people who did this to
Differentiate between martyrs and assassins….Don’t misinterpret Imam Hussain and the Battle of Karbala.: Martyrs and martyrdom —Syed Mansoor Hussain The sad thing is that young men who frequently have never lived in a loving home, never have been married or have become fathers are
Prince Harry and ‘royal racism’: “Anyone else here … ah, our little Paki friend, Ahmed,” "“You look like a raghead.”: Prince Harry apologises over ‘Paki’ remark LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry apologised on Saturday after a newspaper website published video footage showing him calling an Asian army colleague a ‘Paki’, saying he had used the term without ‘malice’. The top-selling
In Balochistan Taliban supporters, both covertly and overtly, help extremism against the secular parties: The hinge Monday, January 12, 2009Once again eyes turn towards Balochistan – the largest, least populated, poorest and, by a terrible irony, most resource-rich province of the federation. Concerns are growing that the process of Talibanisation which has created
Declare FATA part of Afghan war theatre: CSIS: LAHORE: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan have been ranked among the ‘most dangerous’ places in the world, according to the Press Trust of India that cited a report by a US think-tank – which has called
Benazir Bhutto’s UN murder probe —by Khalid Hasan: A UN source who wished to remain anonymous said that he doesn’t know what goes on in meetings between Foreign Minister Qureshi and Ban or Zardari, but from the papers the impression at the UN is that the Pakistani
Bomb blasts in Lahore and the problem of ‘sympathetic’ terrorism: Lahore experienced five low-intensity “timed explosions” on Friday, the first day after Ashura, targeting theatres at Al Falah and on Ferozpur Road near Mozang. They were planted on the premises, implying that little or no watch was set up
Mingora’s ‘Khooni’ chowk and the rise of Fauji Taliban in Swat – By Baela Raza Jamil: Saturday, January 10, 2009 The emerging lexicon of ’emergencies and violence’ in the name of religion such as ‘Khooni chowk’ ‘Fauji Taliban’ etc., trigger the urgency for redefining our belief and value systems and what we mean by civil
Acting on the Mumbai dossier – By Praful Bidwai: Saturday, January 10, 2009 (The News) Six weeks after the Mumbai attacks, the Indian government is still groping for a strategy to get Pakistan to crack down on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other extremists. The Pakistani
Terrorists of Sipah-e-Sahaba and the Taliban kill a number of Shias in Hangu and Sibbi….26 dead, 50 wounded: Daily Jang, update 10 Jan 2009 …. Fierce battles in Hangu leave 26 dead By Abdul Sami Paracha KOHAT, Jan 10: A fierce gunbattle between rival sects in Hangu continued on Saturday amid efforts to broker an early truce
Robert Fisk: Wherever I go, I hear the same tired Middle East comparisons: On both sides of the Atlantic the experience has been weirdly repetitive Saturday, 10 January 2009 (The Independent) It all depends where you live. That was the geography of Israel’s propaganda, designed to demonstrate that we softies – we
Two Qaeda Leaders including the mastermind of the Marriott Hotel Bombing Killed in U.S. Strike in Pakistan: By ERIC SCHMITTJanuary 8, 2009 WASHINGTON — An American missile strike on Jan. 1 in Pakistan’s tribal areas killed two senior leaders of Al Qaeda, including one militant suspected of overseeing last September’s deadly suicide bombing at a Marriott
PPP and PTI (Imran Khan) join hands to support Ziaur Rehman Advocate….: Aitzaz, Hamid in all-out efforts to win LBA polls PTI Vice Chairman Hamid Khan and PPP lawyers jointly supporting Ziaur Rehman against Tariq Javed a candidate jointly supported by Kurd and Aitzaz Ahsan in LBA elections PTI VC and
Why did Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani dismiss his National Security Adviser Major General (retd) Mehmud Ali Durrani?: Durrani, a mysterious character? (By Abbas Ather)
From Swat – with no love — The main town of Swat, Mingora, has now virtually fallen to the militants.: From Swat – with no loveZubair Torwali The main town of Swat, Mingora, has now virtually fallen to the militants. The police are escorted by army officials and come out from their ‘hide-outs’ only for a couple of hours.
India provides evidence of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan….: A page from the dossier given to PakistanDossier: handlers used virtual number to contact a mobile with one of the terrorists Siddharth Varadarajan (The Hindu, Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009) New Delhi: Amidst the clutter of telephone calls the Indian
Robert Fisk: Why do they hate the West so much, we will ask: A child injured in the Israeli bombardment of a UN school yesterday is taken to Shifa hospital in Gaza City So once again, Israel has opened the gates of hell to the Palestinians. Forty
IRI award for Sherry Rehman: ISLAMABAD: International Republican Institute (IRI), renowned for conducting various political surveys in Pakistan, has awarded Federal Minister for Information Sherry Rehman the title of ‘democracy’s hero’ for her struggle for democracy in the country. According to IRI, Sherry worked
Terror, not India, the enemy, says ISI chief: LAHORE: Terrorism, and not India, is Pakistan’s greatest enemy, and Islamabad is distancing itself from conflict with New Delhi, Inter-Services Intelligence Director General Lt Gen Ahmad Shujaa Pasha has said, a private TV channel reported. According to the channel,
Robert Fisk: Bring in the peacekeepers? It’s not as easy as it sounds: Tuesday, 6 January 2009 (The Independent) UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, where they have had mixed success Do I hear the braying of the UN donkey in Gaza? On his Middle East tour, the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, may well
According to the polls, Barak’s predicted election result rose within 48 hours by five Knesset seats. About 80 dead Palestinians for each seat.: Molten lead — Uri AvneryIsrael is missing the historic chance of making peace with secular Arab nationalism. Tomorrow, it may be faced with a uniformly fundamentalist Arab world, Hamas multiplied by a thousand. Just after midnight, January 2, Al-Jazeera’s
Baloch protest against ‘Talibanisation’: The Balochistan National Party (BNP) Information Secretary and former senator Mr Sanaullah Baloch told Daily Times on Sunday that “supporters” of the Taliban had “captured land worth Rs2 billion in the eastern and western parts of Quetta” to “undermine
Ansar Abbasi reveals assets of Nawaz Sharif; the story of Nawaz Sharif’s plea bargain…: Sharif family lose 80% of assets, says Qureshi By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The exile of the Sharif family to Saudi Arabia following the pardon announcement by the government, has deprived the Raiwind dwellers of their 15 assets,
Taliban rule the roost in Swat through FM radio – By Rahimullah Yusufzai: Taliban rule the roost in Swat through FM radio Monday, January 05, 2009 (The News) By Rahimullah Yusufzai PESHAWAR: Most people in Swat are becoming regular listeners of the FM radio channel run by the Maulana Fazlullah-led Swati
Edward Said and the Palestine Cause… Palestine "the ultimate test case in the human history": Remembering Edward Said and his services for the Palestinian cause Edward Wadie Saïd MRSL (1 November 1935 – 25 September 2003) was a Palestinian American literary theorist, cultural critic, political activist, and an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights. He
Ambassador Husain Haqqani is all over the airwaves in America defending Pakistan’s case – Times of India: EDITORIAL COMMENT | The War of Words 30 Dec 2008, After a week of belligerence, during which sharp words were traded, Indian and Pakistani officials are cooling it, for now. India’s patience is running thin and it is not
Websites “harmful for the integrity of the country” banned in Pakistan: PTA orders blockade of political webpages, discussion forums Friday, January 02, 2009By Urooj Zia Karachi The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued directives in the last week of December to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), ordering them to block a list
Gaza: the logic of colonial power – By Nir Rosen: As so often, the term ‘terrorism’ has proved a rhetorical smokescreen under cover of which the strong crush the weakBy Nir Rosenguardian.co.uk, Monday 29 December 2008 I have spent most of the Bush administration’s tenure reporting from Iraq, Afghanistan,
Robert Fisk: Gaza…. The rotten state of Egypt is too powerless and corrupt to act: The rotten state of Egypt is too powerless and corrupt to actThursday, 1 January 2009 (The Independent) President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt a country where ‘the idea of service has simply ceased to exist’ There was a day when
In the aftermath of Kashmir polls: Can India and Pakistan agree to confine itself to three subjects: defence, foreign affairs and communications?: In the aftermath of Kashmir polls By Kuldip Nayar STATE elections in Jammu and Kashmir may not have provided many answers but it has made one thing clear: the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference has been exaggerating its strength.It was wrong