Articles in Pakistan
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“Pakistan is a troubled but not a failed state” said British journalist, Anatol Lieven, addressing students at LUMS during his talk on “Pakistan and US Strategy” based on his recent book, Pakistan: A Hard Country. …
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PESHAWAR: Reacting to US President Barack Obama’s admission of drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal belt, elders from North Waziristan have announced a long march from the tribal belt to the Parliament House in Islamabad on February …
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By Amir Mir
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has turned down a demand by United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to release a Pakistani physician who faces treason charges for helping the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the …
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Since Oct 2011, DPC has been at the forefront of massive public gatherings against US attacks on Salala Checkpost,Nato Supplies, Drone attacks and Indian terrorism in Pakistan along with the status of MFN. Lot of …
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By Ahmed Quraishi
The birthday of our Prophet, PBUH, coincided with Kashmir Solidarity Day this year. This is a blessing for one important reason: Kashmiris are on the rise again.
Yes, you might not read this in NYT, …
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“Mr Prime Minister should be thankful to DPC instead of showing concerns against it, that we united the nation and continue to do so on one platform”
” How can a country committed to destroy us can help …
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The military leadership especially has once again come out looking bad with promotions and other such interests leading to what is a major national compromise.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The departure of Husain Haqqani to United States reflects the …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—We released a traitor back in 1969 despite strong evidence. Two years later he led an insurgency in support of an Indian invasion of Pakistan. Today we have released another traitor with a proven …
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A Pakistani boy in the tribal belt volunteered to collect evidence on CIA drones killing Pakistani civilians. He was killed in a drone attack within 72 hours.
SYDNEY, Australia—Australian columnist Justin Randle has criticized United …
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Al Jazeera reports on the boys who never came home.
His unibrow twists and arches furiously. The creases on his face tighten. His eyes shift from the door and with his index finger he points towards …
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KARACHI: Something which perplexes me no end is why majority of Pakistanis do not stand up for their country and defend it when foreign or local media focuses only on the negatives of our society and …
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43 Years Ago, Pakistani Politicians Defended Treason, They Do It Again.
We ignored Agartala conspiracy, released the traitors who broke up the country two years later. We are doing it again in The Memo case.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The …
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Pakistan comes out worse off after Memogate. Before the case, we knew a group of Pakistanis would not hesitate to invite a foreign power to decapitate their own military commanders. But after the case, we …
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Let us give you some harsh factual assessment of the security, political and judicial crisis in the country. Fasten your seatbelts. This one is going to hit hard.
It seems now thaat the nation is going …
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PESHAWAR: Sources Thursday revealed that a trio of German nationals, apprehended on Jan 21 in Peshawar, was about to receive a number of Pakistan Army uniforms for which they had placed an order in the …
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Difa-e-Pakistan Council leadership warned the government that if Nato supply line restored, they would stage a sit-in from Peshawar to Chaman, demaning closure of the supplies to Nato on permanent basis. Jamaat-i-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar …
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WASHINGTON: The US State Department confirmed on Tuesday that Pakistan had told Washington not to send its special envoy Marc Grossman to Islamabad for consultation on exploratory talks with the Taliban.
The confirmation of Islamabad’s refusal …
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The political crisis engulfing Pakistan deepened when the nation’s top court clashed with a beleaguered government already under attack from the powerful army — a combined assault that could bring down the U.S.-backed administration.
The Supreme …
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By Ahmed Quraishi
Pakistan faces a political crisis, the result of a failed democracy and fake democrats. But who is more excited about this? It is the Indians, who surface like autumn frogs at every story …
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His first choice was a military-basher with no record of court successes. His second choice is Raymond Davis’s lawyer. But he’s no good either. Did Haqqani’s friends in US government suggest this choice?
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Soon …
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The army chief shows respect to law. The politicians flout the law and defy the Supreme Court. But that’s not all.
LAHORE, Pakistan—General Kayani, the army chief, has given the country’s politicians a lesson in tactics. …
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Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a drone strike on Thursday, media reports said on Sunday
According to US media reports, Mehsud ‘might have been killed’ in a drone strike that took place on January 12 …
