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Jihad and the state: By Ayesha Siddiqa Friday, 09 Oct, 2009 Pakistan’s support is critical in reducing the size and subsequently the threat posed by terror networks like Al-Qaeda. –Photo by AP Pakistan’s support today is central to winning the war on terror.
Jihad and the state: By Ayesha Siddiqa Friday, 09 Oct, 2009 Pakistan’s support is critical in reducing the size and subsequently the threat posed by terror networks like Al-Qaeda. –Photo by AP Pakistan’s support today is central to winning the war on terror.
A specimen of Shabaz Sharif’s good governance: “The Humaira Arshad Case”: The power of song Friday, October 09, 2009Songstress Humaira Arshad has produced a few discordant notes. The good lady had gone along with her husband – as is the right of every citizen – to register a complaint at
A specimen of Shabaz Sharif’s good governance: "The Humaira Arshad Case": The power of song Friday, October 09, 2009Songstress Humaira Arshad has produced a few discordant notes. The good lady had gone along with her husband – as is the right of every citizen – to register a complaint at
Paanch choohe ghar se nikle karne chale shikar: Thirteen spymasters gather to stare at each other By Azaz Syed Friday, 09 Oct, 2009 ISLAMABAD: It was an unusual dinner hosted by Javed Noor, the chief of the Intelligence Bureau, at a ‘safe house’ of the civilian spy
Paanch choohe ghar se nikle karne chale shikar: Thirteen spymasters gather to stare at each other By Azaz Syed Friday, 09 Oct, 2009 ISLAMABAD: It was an unusual dinner hosted by Javed Noor, the chief of the Intelligence Bureau, at a ‘safe house’ of the civilian spy
Shame on General Kayani for meddling into the Kerry-Lugar Bill. Leave politics to the politicians please.: Between the lines By Cyril AlmeidaFriday, 09 Oct, 2009 (Dawn) Memo to the Pakistan Army: don’t wait for the revolution in military affairs to get a high-speed Internet connection. Actually, the army could have spared the country a fresh
Shame on General Kayani for meddling into the Kerry-Lugar Bill. Leave politics to the politicians please.: Between the lines By Cyril Almeida Friday, 09 Oct, 2009 (Dawn) Memo to the Pakistan Army: don’t wait for the revolution in military affairs to get a high-speed Internet connection. Actually, the army could have spared the country a
Geo TV Report on Assets of Nawaz Sharif: One of the most corrupt politicians in Pakistan’s history seems to be a ‘maqrooz’ of his own family. What a joke! “that’s one of our top politician beti, biwi se KARZ, oh god…8 lak rupy ki tho sirf woh
Geo TV Report on Assets of Nawaz Sharif: One of the most corrupt politicians in Pakistan’s history seems to be a ‘maqrooz’ of his own family. What a joke! “that’s one of our top politician beti, biwi se KARZ, oh god…8 lak rupy ki tho sirf woh
Aid Package From U.S. Jolts Army in Pakistan: By JANE PERLEZ and ISMAIL KHAN Published: October 7, 2009 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In an unusual move, the Pakistani Army expressed public anger Wednesday at the terms of a large American aid package, saying it interfered with Pakistan’s national
Aid Package From U.S. Jolts Army in Pakistan: By JANE PERLEZ and ISMAIL KHAN Published: October 7, 2009 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In an unusual move, the Pakistani Army expressed public anger Wednesday at
Pakistani Christians fear more extremist attacks: Thursday, 08 Oct, 2009 (Dawn) A man stands guard at the door to a church in Gojra.— Photo by AFP GOJRA: Almas Hameed lost seven relatives when an angry mob burnt down his home in a rampage against Pakistan’s
Pakistani Christians fear more extremist attacks: Thursday, 08 Oct, 2009 (Dawn) A man stands guard at the door to a church in Gojra.— Photo by AFP GOJRA: Almas Hameed lost seven relatives when an angry mob burnt down his home in a rampage against Pakistan’s
A column for Maulana Fazlur-Rehman: By Sohail Qalandar
A column for Maulana Fazlur-Rehman: By Sohail Qalandar
Democracy in Pakistan is challenged by the champions of “National Security”: Wise or unwise, the bill must not become the basis for fresh cleavages between the army and the political opposition on one side and the government on the other. Corps commanders express concern over Kerry-Lugar By Iftikhar A. KhanThursday,
Democracy in Pakistan is challenged by the champions of "National Security": Wise or unwise, the bill must not become the basis for fresh cleavages between the army and the political opposition on one side and the government on the other. Corps commanders express concern over Kerry-Lugar By Iftikhar A. Khan
“Go Get Zardari” campaign in the guise of the NRO frenzy: Who are the key conspirators: Nawaz Sharif, Jamaat-e-(ghair)-Islami, Imran Khan, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Who are their agents: Mullah Media Alliance, Friends of Establishment, Friends of Taliban, Pakistani Taliban Union of Journalists What is their
‘Go Get Zardari’ campaign in the guise of the NRO frenzy: Who are the key conspirators: Nawaz Sharif, Jamaat-e-(ghair)-Islami, Imran Khan, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Who are their agents: Mullah Media Alliance,