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

Share

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 …

Read the full story »
Exclusive

PKKH Exclusive content from our team. Articles, Reports, Analysis, Interviews, Videos, WebTV Shows, etc.

Pakistan

Updates and articles on the latest developments in politics, military, and domestic security.

Region

Analysis and updates on developments within the region (India, Afghanistan, China)

Videos

Interviews, WebTV shows, news clippings and others.

World

Indepth analysis on issues of international interest

Home » Archive by Category

Articles in Region

Policy Guidelines For Pak-US Relationship
March 29, 2012 – 9:56 pm | No Comment
Policy Guidelines For Pak-US Relationship

Share
The PCNS recommendations also call for an “End to drone strikes, no hot pursuit by US forces inside Pakistan, strong oversight of the activities of foreign security contractors and the imposition of taxes on the …

Leaked Letter Reveals India’s Military Weaknesses
March 29, 2012 – 8:00 am | 29 Comments
Leaked Letter Reveals India’s Military Weaknesses

Share

NEW DELHI: India’s tank fleet lacks ammunition, its air defences are “97 percent obsolete” and its elite forces lack essential arms, the country’s army chief wrote in an explosive letter leaked Wednesday.
The letter to the …

Discontent among U.S.Troops in Afghanistan?
March 29, 2012 – 1:15 am | No Comment
Discontent among U.S.Troops in Afghanistan?

Share

By Barbara Starr
When a recent New York Times/CBS News poll found that 69% of Americans thought the U.S. military should no longer be fighting in Afghanistan, the reaction from Pentagon leadership was rather predictable. However, …

The West Has Lost in Afghanistan
March 28, 2012 – 10:17 pm | One Comment
The West Has Lost in Afghanistan

Share

Five years ago the Americans were refusing to speak to the Taliban. Now the Taliban are refusing to speak to the Americans. That is a measure of how the balance of power has shifted in …

Thousands Rally in Pakistan Against Cooperation With NATO
March 28, 2012 – 10:02 pm | 2 Comments
Thousands Rally in Pakistan Against Cooperation With NATO

Share

ISLAMABAD: Thousands of members of Difa-e-Pakistan Council groups rallied near parliament on Tuesday as leaders of the right-wing Defa-e-Pakistan Council, including Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, warned the government against reopening routes for transporting supplies to US and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Saeed, …

The NATO Supply
March 27, 2012 – 11:44 pm | 4 Comments
The NATO Supply

Share
NATO Containers should carry perishable items only.

By Brig Asif Haroon Raja
Gen Musharraf had accepted the US demands in September 2001 since he suffered from legitimacy bug and country’s economic health was unsatisfactory.  He agreed …

Pasha Refused US Drone Deal
March 27, 2012 – 10:06 pm | 3 Comments
Pasha Refused US Drone Deal

Share

WASHINGTON — In a bid to save the CIA’s drone campaign against al-Qaida in Pakistan, U.S. officials offered key concessions to Pakistan’s spy chief that included advance notice and limits on the types of targets. …

US Negotiation Efforts with Taliban Have Failed: ICG
March 26, 2012 – 6:32 pm | No Comment
US Negotiation Efforts with Taliban Have Failed: ICG

Share

U.S. negotiation efforts with the Taliban have failed and the United Nations should take the lead to optimize the chances of ending almost 11 years of war, a think tank said on Monday.
In a blow …

West Willing to Leave Afghanistan Without Settlement: Report
March 26, 2012 – 6:21 pm | No Comment
West Willing to Leave Afghanistan Without Settlement: Report

Share

KABUL: The West is prepared to pull out of Afghanistan without a settlement and attempts to negotiate with the Taliban are unlikely to lead to lasting peace, a respected think tank warned on Monday.
In a …

12 Years on: The Massacres of Chattisinghpora and Pathribal and India’s State-Terrorism
March 25, 2012 – 10:33 pm | 3 Comments
12 Years on: The Massacres of Chattisinghpora and Pathribal and India’s State-Terrorism

Share

PKKH Report
On the eve of the then US President Bill Clinton’s visit to India in March 2000, armed militants entered the village of Chittisinghpura in Jammu and Kashmir, lined up the the local Sikh residents …

MFN to India at What Cost
March 24, 2012 – 11:45 pm | 6 Comments
MFN to India at What Cost

Share
MFN status to India conditional to resolution of Kashmir dispute.

“In Shimla agreement when Z A Bhutto agreed to redesignate ‘Cease Fire Line’ to ‘Line of Control’ the fate of Kashmir was sealed. Now the politicians are …

US Overtures And Pakistan’s Stand
March 24, 2012 – 10:17 pm | 3 Comments
US Overtures And Pakistan’s Stand

Share

by Raja Mujtabah
Pakistan has paid a very heavy price for American friendship and at the end of the day Pakistan stands isolated and humiliated in the eyes of its own people. This is the worst …

Indifference, Ambiguities and Double Standards in The French Drama
March 22, 2012 – 2:57 pm | 13 Comments
Indifference, Ambiguities and Double Standards in The French Drama

Share

PKKH Exclusive by Kulsoom Khan with additional reporting by Tabish Qayyum
The aftermath of the French killings has once again unveiled the anti-Islam front the French government openly endorses. When reports first surfaced of a murderer …

The Mumbai Siege: Judicial Circus And The Missing Links
March 22, 2012 – 2:19 am | 2 Comments
The Mumbai Siege: Judicial Circus And The Missing Links

Share

PKKH Exclusive | Salman Javed
The Mumbai attacks not only shook Mumbai and India, but also sent shockwaves across the world, and were instantly labelled as  India’s  ‘9-11′.
On that day, 10 gunmen stormed the streets of …

Panetta Wanted Parallel Intelligence Body in Pakistan
March 21, 2012 – 9:37 pm | 3 Comments
Panetta Wanted Parallel Intelligence Body in Pakistan

Share

WASHINGTON - Former CIA head and current US Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta, had wanted to establish a parallel spy body inside Pakistan hidden from ISI, a noted Pakistani author said, adding the idea was approved by the Obama Administration.
In his …

Another Innocent Indian Muslim Framed For being Pak Spy in India
March 21, 2012 – 9:28 pm | One Comment
Another Innocent Indian Muslim Framed For being Pak Spy in India

Share

NEW DELHI: High drama was witnesses in a trial court on Tuesday when a man arrested on charges of being a Pakistani spy here to kill Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, said he was being framed by …

Re-Engaging US
March 21, 2012 – 9:21 pm | 2 Comments
Re-Engaging US

Share

The US has taken over Pakistani presidency. We in Pakistan may want to hide our heads in the sand. Some of us will argue we can’t take on a hyper, if exhausted, superpower. But if …

The U.S. Empire’s Achilles Heel: Its Barbaric Racism
March 19, 2012 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
The U.S. Empire’s Achilles Heel: Its Barbaric Racism

Share
The latest atrocities in Afghanistan are just par for the course.

by Glen Ford
The American atrocities in Afghanistan roll on like a drumbeat from hell. With every affront to the human and national dignity of the Afghan …

Missing Persons: ISI, MI Counsel Says RAW And Mossad Involved
March 19, 2012 – 11:25 am | 13 Comments
Missing Persons: ISI, MI Counsel Says RAW And Mossad Involved

Share

ISLAMABAD: The counsel for Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) has revealed in the Supreme Court that Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Israel’s Mossad are active in Pakistan. He was …

Indian Delusion: Why India Is Not A Superpower
March 19, 2012 – 11:05 am | 16 Comments
Indian Delusion: Why India Is Not A Superpower

Share
Rich Indians have forgotten the country cannot meet the basic needs of poor people.

by Amrit Dhillon
Rich Indians hallucinating about India becoming a superpower have had delivered a much-needed thump on the head courtesy of a …

Robert Fisk: Madness is Not The Reason For This Massacre
March 19, 2012 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Robert Fisk: Madness is Not The Reason For This Massacre

Share

I’m getting a bit tired of the “deranged” soldier story. It was predictable, of course. The 38-year-old staff sergeant who massacred 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, near Kandahar this week had no sooner returned …

Opinion: US Administration And Military Conduct Brimming With Insanity
March 19, 2012 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Opinion: US Administration And Military Conduct Brimming With Insanity

Share

PKKH Exclusive | By M. Zainulabedin Ameer
“The American administration has an utterly fragile psychological fabric characterized by its hazardous decision making, and its fool hardy troops are no better, shooting their guns like drunken cowboys. …

Of ISI & Legends; Why Ahmad Shuja Pasha will Never Walk Alone
March 18, 2012 – 12:16 pm | 37 Comments
Of ISI & Legends; Why Ahmad Shuja Pasha will Never Walk Alone

Share

Dan Qayyum and Kulsoom Khan  ||  PKKH.tv
Few people are aware of the real force and brains behind the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan in the 80s.
General Akhtar Abdur Rahman, former Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence …

The American War Machine Fueled by Freedom Disparages Islamic Values
March 15, 2012 – 11:09 pm | 5 Comments
The American War Machine Fueled by Freedom Disparages Islamic Values

Share

By Abid Mustafa

“It is unfathomable how American military personnel in Afghanistan could decide to burn copies of the Qur-an. Muslims consider destruction of the holy book blasphemous. A decade after the United States intervened …