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US not Enemy of Pakistan

Posted on03. Feb, 2012 by .

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untangling the Pakistan-US alliance!

‘If we look at the defenders of current regime in media we find a daughter of one of the most corrupt man, a former civil servant. He might have link with the memo gate and also running ‘parallel intelligence network’ from presidency, especially targeting Punjab Government run by PML-N leader Shabaz Sharif. All these defenders [...]

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THE PAK-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP: ARE WE BACK TO SQUARE ONE?

Posted on30. Jan, 2012 by .

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Liaquat Ali Khan with President Truman

By Mansoor A. Malik Liaqat Ali Khan, the founding Prime Minister of the newly independent state of Pakistan, paid the first official visit to the USA in 1950 after cancelling his arranged invitation to the Soviet Union. The American Influence Agents embedded in our country made sure that the direction of our first Prime Minister’s [...]

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NATO: The Salala Massacre

Posted on27. Jan, 2012 by .

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Nato pakistan-border-attack

NATO’s Naked Aggression Against Pakistan And The Hegemonic Israeli-Indo-American Strategy Behind It By Martin Iqbal and Jonathan Azaziah NATO's Bloody Attack On Pakistan: The Motive In the early morning of Saturday 26 November two NATO Apache helicopters, an AC-130 gunship, and a number of fighter jets perpetrated a sustained and deadly attack on two Pakistani [...]

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Memo Scandal: Don’t shoot the messenger

Posted on25. Jan, 2012 by .

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Funeral service of 24 killed in NATO attack on Pakistan Border Post

Mr. Mansoor Ijaz is a US citizen and quite rightly loyal to his country and close friend of Israel. It is these Israeli connections which late Benazir Bhutto, Asif Zardari and Hussain Haqqani have/had used or wanted to use. By Dr Shahid Qureshi One must be wondering who Mansoor Ijaz is and why is he [...]

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The reprehensible drone attacks

Posted on25. Jan, 2012 by .

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US, the deadliest human killers

By S. M. Hali The reprehensible drone attacks in Pakistan commenced in 2004, nearly three years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. They have been conducted by the Special Activities Division of CIA. The question of the drone attacks targeting terrorists in Pakistan’s Wild West, the tribal areas is rather complex. To date 285 drone [...]

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NATO attack on Salala posts

Posted on24. Jan, 2012 by .

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Salala Post

A Critical appraisal of ignoble NATO attack on Salala posts   By Brig Asif Haroon Raja   It will be recalled that in order to multiply pressure on Pakistan, western border was deliberately heated up by strategic partners sitting in Kabul. Between May and September 2011, tens of deadly raids had been conducted by Waliur [...]

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US-Pakistan: The Alliance That Never Was

Posted on13. Jan, 2012 by .

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anti Aamericanism

By Brigadier (retired) Imran Malik US-Pakistan relations have historically ranged from eras of strong friendships to periods of outright animosities, sanctions and embargoes. This on-again-off-again (non)relationship has been epitomized by the US’ ruthless and brutal exploitation of Pakistan’s peculiar political, economic and strategic vulnerabilities; and her remorseless betrayals of Pakistan at critical times!  The first [...]

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Pak-US Relations: No More Free Lunches

Posted on06. Jan, 2012 by .

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No Free lunch, Uncle Sam

No more business as usual with USA By Brig Asif Haroon Raja When the US decided to invade Afghanistan and topple Taliban regime led by Mullah Omar since it had refused to hand over Bin Laden suspected of being involved in 9/11 attacks, all the neighbors of Afghanistan including near neighbors supported USA. Among the [...]

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Pak-US: Knock for a Loop

Posted on03. Jan, 2012 by .

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Fully paid F 16s were stored under embargo.

“The Pressler Amendment sanctions that prevented the Clinton Administration from delivering 28 Peacegate F-16 aircraft that Pakistan purchased left a long and bitter legacy that we do not want to repeat, especially not now when we need Pakistan's cooperation to fight extremism that threatens us both. We believe the foreign policy consequences of the U.S. reneging [...]

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Pak-US: The New Scenario

Posted on01. Jan, 2012 by .

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Would troops withdrawal be over by 2014?

The emerging geo-political situation in Af-Pak region Gilani’s outbursts against the Army and ISI betrayed his inner anxieties and were at the behest of his master in Presidency who has lost his sleep and is haunted by memogate. Petrified Husain Haqqani, supposedly the key actor in memo scandal is hiding in PM’s House and cursing [...]

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