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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Fear Your Enemy?
May 31, 2011 – 3:26 pm | 24 Comments
Fear Your Enemy?

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Pakistan has on its east a hostile neighbour almost five times bigger in size. Its military is more than twice the size of Pakistan’s army in personnel, and almost four times in military equipment …

Calling America’s Bluff
May 29, 2011 – 8:04 pm | One Comment
Calling America’s Bluff

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HAS Obama unwittingly called his own bluff? The spooky so-called mastermind Osama Bin Laden is rubbed out, courtesy a Hollywood-style hit squad operation. What more is there to say?
Everything, actually. But nervous …

Sochta Pakistan with Moeed Pirzada
May 29, 2011 – 7:53 pm | 10 Comments
Sochta Pakistan with Moeed Pirzada

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Ahmed Quraishiand, Irfan Siddiqui and Gen Hamid Gul Discussing National Security Policy

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Nukes Completely Safe, Says Dr. Abdul Qadir
May 29, 2011 – 7:45 pm | 3 Comments
Nukes Completely Safe, Says Dr. Abdul Qadir

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ISLAMABAD: Dr. Abdul Qadir khan on Saturday has claimed that Pakistan’s nuclear assets are safe and no body can access them; their security is fool proof.
West is making baseless propaganda from the …

US: Friend or Foe
May 29, 2011 – 3:21 pm | 2 Comments
US: Friend or Foe

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By Huma Hashmi-Hanley
Terror strikes into the heart of Pakistan again, as the Naval Base in Karachi is attacked , followed by a suicide bomber ramming his double cabin van into the building of …

Was Pakistan Ready on 11 May 1998?
May 29, 2011 – 3:13 pm | No Comment
Was Pakistan Ready on 11 May 1998?

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by Brig Samson
When Narasimha Rao, the Indian National Congress Prime Minister called for snap elections in 1996, it was time for Pakistan to brace itself for the events particularly if BJP came to …

Pakistan’s Contributions to the Cause of World Peace
May 29, 2011 – 2:56 pm | 7 Comments
Pakistan’s Contributions to the Cause of World Peace

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PKKH Exclusive | Mobisher Rabbani
Peacekeeping is defined by the United Nations as “a unique and dynamic instrument developed by the Organization as a way to help countries torn by conflict create the conditions for lasting …

Taliban Suicide Bomber Injures Nato general
May 29, 2011 – 2:43 pm | No Comment
Taliban Suicide Bomber Injures Nato general

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Governor and NATO Maj.Gen Severly Injured and Police Cheif Gen.Daud Daud Killed

A Taliban suicide bomber seriously injured a senior Nato commander and killed the police chief of northern Afghanistan.
Two German soldiers and at least …

US-India Nexus Bent Upon Splitting Balochistan
May 29, 2011 – 2:32 pm | 6 Comments
US-India Nexus Bent Upon Splitting Balochistan

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LAHORE – American and Indian interests in Gwadar coincide hugely, and both are bent upon splitting Balochistan in order to materialise its nefarious designs of truncating Pakistan and Iran, and denying Chinese …

Angry Pakistan Rejects US Appeal, Plans to Review Drone Campaign
May 29, 2011 – 12:13 am | 4 Comments
Angry Pakistan Rejects US Appeal, Plans to Review Drone Campaign

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Pakistani officials angered by the secret U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden declared they would conduct a full review of operations by U.S. drone aircraft over the country and rebuffed an appeal …

ISI Helped France Smash RAW-Led Terror Network
May 28, 2011 – 1:13 am | 8 Comments
ISI Helped France Smash RAW-Led Terror Network

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LAHORE – French counter-terrorism authorities, acting on an intelligence tip-off provided by Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), have successfully smashed a terrorist network headed by an Indian national.
Well-informed sources said here on …

Banned in India: May Edition of Economist Magazine
May 27, 2011 – 3:24 pm | 3 Comments
Banned in India: May Edition of Economist Magazine

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World’s Largest Democracy Censors A British Magazine.
India’s critics have long argued the country’s democratic façade hides undemocratic practices in a number of areas of concern, like minority rights …

How Pakistan Was Sold to America
May 27, 2011 – 3:02 pm | 13 Comments
How Pakistan Was Sold to America

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By Dr. Muzaffar Iqbal
The standard narrative of Pak-US relationship always goes back to Liaqat Ali Khan’s so-called historic visit to the United States in May 1950, but there are gaps in that narrative …

Pakistan Shuts Down U.S. ‘Intelligence Fusion’ Cells
May 27, 2011 – 2:57 pm | 3 Comments
Pakistan Shuts Down U.S. ‘Intelligence Fusion’ Cells

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Pakistan also tells the U.S. to cut back its troops in the country, in a move amid deepening mistrust after the U.S. raid to kill Osama bin Laden and a CIA contractor’s shooting of two …

China: Protect “Gawadar Port” & Topple Indian Plot
May 27, 2011 – 2:45 pm | 16 Comments
China: Protect “Gawadar Port” & Topple Indian Plot

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By Dr Shahid Qureshi
“MQM (members) had travelled to India on diplomatic passports provided by the Indian government and “were playing into the hands of India” General Moin Haider
“Silence is betrayal to the Pakistani …

Differing Threat Perceptions?
May 26, 2011 – 9:52 pm | 2 Comments
Differing Threat Perceptions?

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Throughout the Cold War the US projected communism as the greater threat than India to Pakistan’s existence. Both in 1965 and 1971, the US “tilted”more towards Pakistan than India, when the chips were down we …

Has America Miscalculated in Pakistan?
May 26, 2011 – 5:56 pm | One Comment
Has America Miscalculated in Pakistan?

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Washington often acts as if Pakistan were its client state, with no other possible patron but the United States. It assumes that Pakistani leaders, having made all the usual declarations about upholding …

Aaj Ki Khabar – 25th May 2011
May 26, 2011 – 5:52 pm | No Comment
Aaj Ki Khabar – 25th May 2011

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Panelist:  Maria Sultan, Marvi Memon & Pervez Mailk

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A Simple Guide To Pakistan’s Enemies
May 26, 2011 – 2:08 pm | 8 Comments
A Simple Guide To Pakistan’s Enemies

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A Simple Guide To Pakistan’s Enemies – The Main Target is PAK ARMY
This article is written in early 2009 when Obama’s AFPAK policy was declared. The internal situation of Pakistan has become more dangerous after …

Foreign Hand Behind PNS Mehran Base Attack
May 25, 2011 – 9:48 pm | 14 Comments
Foreign Hand Behind PNS Mehran Base Attack

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By Akhtar Jamal
Islamabad—Information pieced together by anti-terror experts has confirmed that the May 22 attack at PNS Mehran Base in Karachi was the work of professionals and fully trained terrorists backed and supported …

Pakistan Rejects India’s List of 50 Most Wanted
May 25, 2011 – 5:00 pm | 3 Comments
Pakistan Rejects India’s List of 50 Most Wanted

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Islamabad: The Pakistani interior ministry has rejected the list of 50 Most Wanted men forwarded by India to Islamabad, saying it should first probe if those named in the list were living in …

Analysis on PNS Mehran Base Attacks
May 25, 2011 – 3:43 pm | 4 Comments
Analysis on PNS Mehran Base Attacks

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Dr. ShireenMazari(Defence Analyst) and PTI Spokeperson Brig (r) Samson Simon Sharaf  views on PNS Mehran Base

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Pakistan in a Mess, But Are We Any Better (An Indian View)
May 25, 2011 – 3:30 pm | 4 Comments
Pakistan in a Mess, But Are We Any Better (An Indian View)

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When suspected Taliban militants attacked the Mehran naval base on Sunday night and set off a 17-hour gunfight, India reacted with concerns over safety of the neighbour’s nuclear arsenal.

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“I would Give IAEA Access to Khan”, Said Zardari
May 25, 2011 – 3:18 pm | 3 Comments
“I would Give IAEA Access to Khan”, Said Zardari

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Giving away no secret about how the U.S. conducts its diplomacy the world over, the cable mentioned, “not coincidentally, Ambassador raised the issue during a briefing on the extensive nature of U.S. aid …