Move on?
May 16, 2012 – 5:56 pm | 4 Comments

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by Ahmed Quraishi
It is impossible to analyse the latest humiliating diplomatic bungle by Pakistan’s political and military leaderships simply because it defies logic. How can a legitimate and normal diplomatic exercise by a country turn …

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Consequences of The PML-N and PPP Split
February 28, 2011 – 11:46 pm | One Comment
Consequences of The PML-N and PPP Split

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By Rasul Bakhsh Rais
Finally, the PPP and the PML-N have parted ways in the Punjab, after months of bickering and three years of an uneasy relationship. What does this mean for the politics …

US Covert Operatives on the run in Pakistan
February 28, 2011 – 4:48 pm | 17 Comments
US Covert Operatives on the run in Pakistan

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LAHORE: At least 30 suspected covert American operatives have suspended their activities in Pakistan and 12 have already left the country, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Strategic Punishment: A Program To Assassinate Pakistani Military Officers
February 28, 2011 – 3:08 am | 12 Comments
Strategic Punishment: A Program To Assassinate Pakistani Military Officers

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By Ahmed Quraishi
A little over a year ago, before CIA agents were arrested in Pakistan working with anti-Pakistan terrorists, Pakistani military buildings and officers were targeted in brazen, commando-style attacks that were blamed on a …

Pakistan Among Top 10 Nations in Human Development Improvement
February 28, 2011 – 12:42 am | 2 Comments
Pakistan Among Top 10 Nations in Human Development Improvement

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been ranked 10th among the countries in term of human development improvement by the United Nations Development Programme’s 20th Human Development Report 2010.
Those among the 135 countries that improved …

Swiss Citizen Taken into Custody in Balochistan
February 27, 2011 – 11:45 pm | 3 Comments
Swiss Citizen Taken into Custody in Balochistan

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QUETTA: A Swiss citizen has been taken into custody for travelling in Loralai district of Balochistan without a No Objection Certificate (NOC).

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Expired Visa: US National in 14-Days Judicial Custody
February 27, 2011 – 10:50 pm | 6 Comments
Expired Visa: US National in 14-Days Judicial Custody

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PESHAWAR: A court on Saturday remanded in custody an American national thought to have been working for a private security company, after he outstayed his Pakistani visa, police said.
The US embassy in Islamabad …

26/11 NSG Commando Held for Drug Trade
February 27, 2011 – 7:12 pm | One Comment
26/11 NSG Commando Held for Drug Trade

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An NSG commando, who claimed to have been part of the strike team during the 26/11 attacks, was arrested along with an accomplice for allegedly indulging in drug trade yesterday.
26 kg of a banned hypnotic …

CIA Mulls Targeting Pak Diplomats Abroad: Report
February 27, 2011 – 3:27 pm | 3 Comments
CIA Mulls Targeting Pak Diplomats Abroad: Report

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WASHINGTON: Suffering irreparable loss after blowing up of Raymond Davis’ cover in Lahore, the American premier intelligence apparatus is contemplating a tit-for-tat trapping or targeting Pakistani counterparts serving as diplomats abroad.
Well-placed diplomatic sources told Online …

Separatist leader stages fast in Kashmir
February 26, 2011 – 11:22 pm | No Comment
Separatist leader stages fast in Kashmir

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SRINAGAR: A prominent Indian Kashmir separatist leader staged a day-long fast Saturday against large-scale arrests in the aftermath of massive anti-India protests last year.

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ISI demands CIA provide list of contractors working in Pakistan: NYT
February 26, 2011 – 11:17 pm | 18 Comments
ISI demands CIA provide list of contractors working in Pakistan: NYT

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The Inter-Services Intelligences (ISI) has demanded that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) share a list of all its contractors working in Pakistan, the New York Times reported.

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Kashmiris refuse to budge
February 26, 2011 – 1:36 pm | One Comment
Kashmiris refuse to budge

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NEW DELHI (INP) – All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has said that the people of the Indian-occupied Kashmir will continue with their freedom movement till their right to self-determination is …

Link Between CIA And Terrorism In Pakistan
February 26, 2011 – 12:39 pm | 9 Comments
Link Between CIA And Terrorism In Pakistan

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How a growing number of American commentators are concluding that the United States is closely working with the same terror groups it publicly condemns, using them to silently attack its Pakistani ally.
MIKE WHITNEY
WASHINGTON, DC—When CIA …

U.S. Pulling Back in Afghan Valley It Called Vital to War
February 26, 2011 – 12:38 pm | No Comment
U.S. Pulling Back in Afghan Valley It Called Vital to War

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C. J. Chivers, Alissa J. Rubin and Wesley Morgan.
KABUL, Afghanistan — After years of fighting for control of a prominent valley in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the United States military has begun to …

Afghan probe says Nato killed dozens of Kunar civilians
February 26, 2011 – 12:38 pm | No Comment
Afghan probe says Nato killed dozens of Kunar civilians

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Paul Wood, BBC
Afghan government investigators have told the BBC that 65 civilians, including 50 women and children, were killed in a Nato operation last week.
But the Nato force, Isaf, says its initial findings show that …

CIA scandal reflects poorly on US policy towards Pakistan
February 26, 2011 – 12:36 pm | One Comment
CIA scandal reflects poorly on US policy towards Pakistan

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Bruce Loudon From: The Australian
IT has more twists and turns than the best John le Carre thriller, and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan believes that such are the passions unleashed in Pakistan by the CIA spy scandal …

ISI-CIA relations after Raymond Davis | Policy Matters on Dunya TV
February 26, 2011 – 12:35 pm | No Comment
ISI-CIA relations after Raymond Davis | Policy Matters on Dunya TV

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Nasim Zehra, Gen Asad Durrani, Ambassador Riaz Khokhar, Ayaz Amir, and Gen Hamid Nawaz on Dr. Danish
Part 1 of 3

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America’s Mala Fide Intent?
February 26, 2011 – 12:41 am | 7 Comments
America’s Mala Fide Intent?

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By Shireen M Mazari
It seems there are some in the Pakistani media who will buy into the official US line on Davis and get irked, by the likes of this columnist, enough to …

Raymond Davis Refuses to Sign Charge Sheet
February 26, 2011 – 12:35 am | One Comment
Raymond Davis Refuses to Sign Charge Sheet

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LAHORE: Raymond Davis refused to sign a charge sheet in court Friday and insisted he had diplomatic immunity, lawyers said.
The hearing in the murder case against Raymond Davis took place amid high security in …

Pakistan Arrests US Security Contractor as Rift With CIA Deepens
February 26, 2011 – 12:29 am | 8 Comments
Pakistan Arrests US Security Contractor as Rift With CIA Deepens

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ISI tells American agency to unmask all its covert operatives after arrest of Aaron DeHaven in Peshawar, over visa expiry.

Pakistani authorities have arrested a US government security contractor amid a worsening spy agency …

Another US Citizen Taken into Custody in Peshawar
February 26, 2011 – 12:20 am | No Comment
Another US Citizen Taken into Custody in Peshawar

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PESHAWAR: Pakistani security forces Friday arrested an American national on charges of illegally staying in the country, police and intelligence officials said.
Police identified the man arrested on Friday as Aaron Mark DeHeaven, …

Lieutenant General William Caldwell illegally ‘psyched’ bigwigs
February 25, 2011 – 11:48 pm | No Comment
Lieutenant General William Caldwell illegally ‘psyched’ bigwigs

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A US general in Afghanistan illegally ordered a military psychological operations team to manipulate visiting US dignitaries into supporting their calls for further troops and funding, it was reported …

Inside The Secret U.S – Pakistan Meeting in Oman
February 25, 2011 – 11:28 pm | One Comment
Inside The Secret U.S – Pakistan Meeting in Oman

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A host of top U.S. military officials held a secret day-long meeting with Pakistan’s top military officers on Tuesday in Oman to plot a course out of the diplomatic crisis that threatens the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.
The …

Pakistan Leadership in Row Over CIA Shooting
February 25, 2011 – 7:12 pm | 3 Comments
Pakistan Leadership in Row Over CIA Shooting

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By TOM WRIGHT
Pakistan’s spy agency blamed the civilian government for allowing U.S. intelligence operatives to enter the country secretly, sparking an internal feud over a shooting by a detained Central Intelligence Agency contractor, and complicating …

Pak-India Water War
February 25, 2011 – 5:59 pm | 2 Comments
Pak-India Water War

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Abid Latif Sindhu
It is rumored that the Indian government is taking seriously a statement made by the Pakistan Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, during his visit to the United States. The assertion …