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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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Pakistan Tests Nuclear Capable Cruise Missile
April 30, 2011 – 12:08 am | 10 Comments
Pakistan Tests Nuclear Capable Cruise Missile

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ISLAMABAD, April 29 (Xinhua) — Pakistan on Friday successfully conducted flight test of indigenously developed air launched cruise missile, which “can deliver nuclear and conventional warheads with great pin point accuracy,” the …

PAF: Second to None
April 30, 2011 – 12:02 am | 22 Comments
PAF: Second to None

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Shaheen is a born flier high and above the rest, to dive and strike is its favourite sport.

By S. M. Hali
In an era of sophistication and state-of-the-art technology, Indian Air Force (IAF), which enjoyed an …

Pak Army and the US: Gen. Kayani’s Strategic Defiance
April 29, 2011 – 5:26 pm | 7 Comments
Pak Army and the US: Gen. Kayani’s Strategic Defiance

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Islamabad has predictably denied a report in Wednesday’s editions of the ‘Wall Street Journal’ that Pakistan is trying to wean Afghanistan away from the United States and draw it into China’s orbit. …

Pak-Afghan Relations: Frost Is Thawing
April 29, 2011 – 5:12 pm | 2 Comments
Pak-Afghan Relations: Frost Is Thawing

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By Asif Haroon Raja
Pakistan-Afghanistan relations have remained frosty ever since Pakistan came into being. King Zahir Shah, Dawood, Taraqi, Hafiz Amin, Dr Najibullah and Babrak Karmal remained friendly to former Soviet Union …

CIA Spying Under USAID Cover, Fears NAB
April 29, 2011 – 4:55 pm | 2 Comments
CIA Spying Under USAID Cover, Fears NAB

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ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau has unofficially conveyed its apprehensions to some leading security agencies of the country that certain USAID officials, apparently monitoring and executing development work in the tribal areas …

Petraeus Appointment Could Inflame Relations With Pakistan
April 29, 2011 – 4:38 pm | 7 Comments
Petraeus Appointment Could Inflame Relations With Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The appointment of Gen. David H. Petraeus as director of the Central Intelligence Agency puts him more squarely than ever in conflict with Pakistan, whose military leadership does not regard him as …

As Ties With US Sour, Islamabad Turns to Beijing
April 29, 2011 – 4:45 am | 3 Comments
As Ties With US Sour, Islamabad Turns to Beijing

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ISLAMABAD: As ties between Washington and Islamabad reach one of their lowest points in over a decade, Pakistan’s top diplomat is on a trip to Beijing from Thursday (today) to shore up cooperation …

Indian Soldier in Kashmir Turns on Unit, Kills Four
April 29, 2011 – 1:38 am | 4 Comments
Indian Soldier in Kashmir Turns on Unit, Kills Four

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SRINAGAR: A soldier in Indian-administered Kashmir opened fire on his own unit, killing four fellow soldiers and wounding one other, an army spokesman said.

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Indias Ambitious Defence Policy
April 29, 2011 – 12:48 am | 12 Comments
Indias Ambitious Defence Policy

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By Sajjad Shaukat
While exposing India’s ambitious defence policy, Washington-based Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) has disclosed in its report of April 2011 that India has planned “to spend an estimated …

Pakistan: Plugging the Cold Start Gap
April 28, 2011 – 10:13 pm | 7 Comments
Pakistan: Plugging the Cold Start Gap

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Pakistan has successfully conducted the first flight test of the newly developed Short Range Surface to Surface Multi Tube Ballistic Missile Hatf IX (Nasr), much to the chagrin of Indian defence planners, as is evident …

Afghan Taliban will Support Pak Army Action Against Hakimullah Mehsud Led TTP in NW
April 28, 2011 – 10:02 pm | 5 Comments
Afghan Taliban will Support Pak Army Action Against Hakimullah Mehsud Led TTP in NW

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Crumbling unity among militants could provide the Pakistan army an opening to conduct a limited offensive against a particularly vicious Taliban group in a strategic tribal region, according to analysts and a …

Nato, Afghan Forces Attack Pakistani Check Post
April 27, 2011 – 4:51 pm | 7 Comments
Nato, Afghan Forces Attack Pakistani Check Post

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PESHAWAR: Two Pakistani personnel were wounded when Afghan and Nato forces attacked the Pakistani border check post in South Waziristan’s Angoor Adda area on Wednesday, Dawn News reported.

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India Destabilizing Pakistan Using Afghan Soil
April 27, 2011 – 4:30 pm | 5 Comments
India Destabilizing Pakistan Using Afghan Soil

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By Brig Asif Haroon Raja
PM Gilani accompanied by Gen Kayani visited Kabul at a time when a visible thaw has occurred in Pak-Afghan relations. Karzai has repeatedly expressed his keenness to remove misgivings …

Pakistan tells Karzai to Dump U.S.
April 27, 2011 – 10:53 am | 4 Comments
Pakistan tells Karzai to Dump U.S.

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by Matthew Rosenberg
Pakistan is lobbying Afghanistan’s president against building a long-term strategic partnership with the U.S., urging him instead to look to Pakistan—and its Chinese ally—for help in striking a peace deal with the Taliban …

Reclaiming Pakistan’s Lost Space
April 27, 2011 – 12:08 am | One Comment
Reclaiming Pakistan’s Lost Space

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For Pakistan, the costs of this subservience to the US and surrender of national sovereignty has proven extremely costly and far outweighs any short term gains that may have been made.

By Imran …

Imran Khan in CrossFire April 25, 2011
April 26, 2011 – 11:58 pm | One Comment
Imran Khan in CrossFire April 25, 2011

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Imran Khan join Maher Bukhari to discuss Electricity, Drone Attacks & Politics.

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US Targets Pakistani Nuclear Establishment While Concealing Indian Proliferation
April 26, 2011 – 11:43 pm | One Comment
US Targets Pakistani Nuclear Establishment While Concealing Indian Proliferation

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US media launches a campaign to harass and stigmatize legitimate Pakistani civilian nuclear projects. No word on how US government allowed named Indian defense-related companies to be eligible to trade in militarized …

US Duplicity with Pakistan
April 26, 2011 – 9:46 pm | One Comment
US Duplicity with Pakistan

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By Sajjad Shaukat
During his trip to Islamabad on April 20 this year, while praising Pakistan’s military operations against the militants, US Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen blamed in …

General Kiyani did not Contact Singh: ISPR
April 26, 2011 – 9:41 pm | One Comment
General Kiyani did not Contact Singh: ISPR

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RAWALPINDI: A spokesman of Pakistan’s military, on Monday, denied a British newspaper’s report that Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has been communicating with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh …

Massive Jailbreak by Taliban in Kandhar
April 26, 2011 – 9:36 pm | No Comment
Massive Jailbreak by Taliban in Kandhar

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Nearly 500 inmates of Kandahar prison disappear down 1,000ft tunnel – just in time for ‘fighting season’

Kandahar’s prison may not be Stalag Luft III but in terms of ingenuity, organisation and sheer cunning the …

Hafiz Saeed Condemns US Drone Attacks, Defends JuD
April 26, 2011 – 9:22 pm | One Comment
Hafiz Saeed Condemns US Drone Attacks, Defends JuD

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KARACHI: The chief of banned organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has challenged India to prove his organisation’s link to the Mumbai attacks, claiming India would never be able to substantiate this allegation.
Speaking to DawnNews, …

Afghan War: US Blaming ISI for Her Incompetence
April 26, 2011 – 9:08 pm | 2 Comments
Afghan War: US Blaming ISI for Her Incompetence

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By Raja Mujtabah
A few months ago a distinguished Think Tank; the Carnegie Endowment published a well researched report regarding the current situation in Afghanistan. The report entitled, “The Afghanistan at the Breaking Point …

Muslim Unity: A Basic Need For Peace
April 26, 2011 – 8:38 pm | No Comment
Muslim Unity: A Basic Need For Peace

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By Bushra Tarrar
The unity of Muslims the world over is the need of the hour, not for any aggressive design but for own survival, salvation, growth and development. Only unity can bring them …

Propagandists of War
April 26, 2011 – 8:20 pm | No Comment
Propagandists of War

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A few commentators in the Pakistani media are going against the national consensus and are supporting United States’ war in Pakistan and the murder of innocent Pakistanis.

By Akbar S. Babar
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Pakistan …