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Pakistan: NATIONAL SECURITY AND POLITICS

Posted on12. Apr, 2012 by .

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New PARADIGAM IN PAKISTAN By Brig Yasub Ali Dogar Introduction  The Mehran bank case is being tried in the Supreme Court and is being discussed and debated in media and public at all levels. All sorts of opinions are being voiced. Ever since the judiciary has become proactive under the leadership of the present chief [...]

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Where is Pakistan going

Posted on09. Apr, 2012 by .

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By Syed Areeb Uddin "This country has gone to dogs and I mean it!", exclaimed my uncle Muhammad Tariq Haq, an energy expert while having a cup of cold coffee at my place in the newly arrived summer afternoons of Karachi and the conversation came to the point that too much of power failure will have [...]

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US Government is Behind the Balochi Insurrection

Posted on04. Apr, 2012 by .

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Editor's Note: This article was published on salem.news.com on May 14, 2011. Everyday that passes proves it truth beyond doubt. By Tony Cartalucci Special to Salem-News.com (ISLAMABAD / WASHINGTON) – In the shadow of the “Bin Laden” media circus and increasingly aggressive rhetoric between Washington and Islamabad, the corporate-financier funded NGOs that fomented the “Arab [...]

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Pakistan: ONE LEGGED DEMOCRACY

Posted on15. Mar, 2012 by .

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He started of by holding up the picture of his wife wherever he went, including the General Assembly of the United Nations and still hides behind the Bhutto name.  This is intolerable enough, but the wrong is aggravated by his rough shod style of discharging the strictly limited presidential functions, stretching them to interfere in [...]

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Andrew Gavin Marshall: Imperial Eye on Pakistan

Andrew Gavin Marshall: Imperial Eye on Pakistan

Posted on13. Mar, 2012 by .

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In face of threats, Pakistani leadership has her head in sand

Introduction As the purported assassination of Osama bin Laden has placed the focus on Pakistan, it is vital to assess the changing role of Pakistan in broad geostrategic terms, and in particular, of the changing American strategy toward Pakistan. The recently reported assassination was a propaganda ploy aimed at targeting Pakistan. To understand this, it [...]

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3/11-Afghans will never forget

Posted on12. Mar, 2012 by .

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"This is an assassination, an intentional killing of innocent civilians and cannot be forgiven," Karzai  By Tabish Qayyum – Editor Fortress Magazine Here comes the defining moment in Afghanistan’s infamous war ; 11 deadly years of violence that has jeopardized the entire region seems closer to a reverse-tide as US face a deadly situation post [...]

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Israel’s nuclear stockpile

Posted on09. Mar, 2012 by .

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By Iftikhar A Khan The frenzy of western media, led by the jingoistic American media, against Iran and its nuclear project has a striking similarity to Iraq's so-called weapons of mass destruction in 2003. The US-led invasion of Iraq aimed at divesting it of WMDs, removing Saddam Husein from power, and lastly, the one always [...]

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The Road To Tehran

Posted on18. Feb, 2012 by .

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It Goes Through Damascus By Nile Bowie Between the chaos and artillery fire unfolding in Homs and Damascus, the current siege against the Ba’athist State of Bashar al-Assad parallels events of nearly a century ago. In efforts to maintain its protectorate, the French government employed the use of foreign soldiers to smother those seeking to [...]

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Occupied

Posted on06. Feb, 2012 by .

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By Ashfaq Saraf who is an engineer by profession. He is from Indian held Kashmir.       Through endless alleys in a distant fog, I recall belonging to certainty, I recall feeding a stray dog, I recall fading away into generosity, I recall the birth of a pensive yore When children would shy away From [...]

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Let Dr. Chishty go home

Posted on05. Feb, 2012 by .

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Let Pakistani scientist Dr Khalil Chishty go home, Dr Singh. God knows he has suffered enough! By Aijaz Zaka Syed They say fact is stranger than fiction. Things in real life are sometimes so weird that they defy the absurdity of reel world. The more you read of the tragedy of Dr. Khalil Chishty the more [...]

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