Category: International
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The DJ’s of ‘Political Combat’
Guest Blog by Zeeshan Khan (@ZeeshChohan) Perhaps there was no better time to pen this down. With the rising tensions between India and Pakistan lately, the ‘online’ soldiers from both sides have grabbed their keyboards to administer the proceedings between both countries. As the DSL connections became more and more common, there emerged a whole…
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British Army lays claim to the Afghanistan Cricket Team in World Cup
So it seems that the British Army lays claim to the Afghanistan Cricket Team appearance in the World Cup? Ironic that they bomb a country to hell under the garb of “War on Terror” only to rebuild a cricket team? How thoughtful !!! is this English notion of Charity? Or laying the breadcrumbs towards a…
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10 Lessons Pakistan can learn from the Northern Ireland Conflict
Comparing 10 holistic lessons learned from the Northern Ireland conflict to war going on in Pakistan – We simply need to reclaim the Peace in Pakistan – it has to be a combination of good cop – bad Cop approach, meaning Peace Talks combined with threatening use of strategic force, no matter how we do…
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From Mandela to Khan: Extracting Peace in the face of Adversity
With all the condolences messages being sent hailing Nelson Mandela as a symbol for Peace. What people forget is this same “liberated world” used to call Nelson Mandela – TERRORIST MANDELA. All because he fought for peace and worked to end Apartheid rule in South Africa. The struggle to resolve any conflict through a peace…
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Karachi Airport to get a US Army Command Center and not a Narcotic Cell
if its actually Drugs they are after, common sense would urged them to focus on the actual drug trade route that mostly originates along the 2,430 km long Pakistan-Afghanistan which by UNODC estimates accounts for 40% of drug smuggling route into Pakistan
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Conflict of Interest in IRI Surveys
Opinion polls are valid methods of gauging the sentiments of a community but a survey is then critically weighed as to its balance & authenticity when there is a Conflict of Interest specially of financial nature (def: Conflict of Interest occurs when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could…
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Are they “Children of a Lesser God?”
You must have abundantly heard about School shooting in the US where children are brutally murdered by maniacs, the world gushed a shock at the inhumanity of how a person could have the heart to kill a child. What people seem to forget amongst another statistics are the CHILDREN killed in Pakistan courtesy of US…
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The US Drone War in Pakistan Is Back
“Even if the White House doesn’t know a target’s name, he can still BE MARKED FOR DEATH. Obama has provided the CIA with authority to kill not only suspected militants, but unknown individuals it believes FOLLOWS A PATTERN OF MILITAN ACTIVITY, in what it terms “signature strikes.” Thank you to ALL our parliamentarians for this…
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Drone Pilots: Did we just kill a Kid? No .. it was a dog with Two Legs
A drone operator sitting in front of a video screen in New Mexico after he just bombed a target to oblivion “Did we just kill a kid?” he asked the man sitting next to him. “Yeah, I guess that was a kid,” the pilot replied. “Was that a kid?” they wrote into a chat window…
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Dr. Shakeel Afridi – Hero or a Traitor?
Today I was lined up skype into BBC World Have Your Say on Friday 25th May on the issue of Dr. Shakeel Afridi being A traitor or hero – My position was Regardless of who was the target – Dr. Afridi acted as a spy in Pakistan helping a foreign country coordinate an attack of…
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Support a Pakistan & India Peace Film
Ali Kapadia, a filmmaker has recently embarked upon a film which talks about Peace between Pakistan and India – he aims to raise $75,000 through Kickstarter campaign – if you believe in promting peace between Pakistan and India read the story line of this movie it might compel you to support this cause.
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What resuming NATO supply means to me
Rana Usman in his blog I Believe writes What resuming NATO supply means to me – he wraps up his article with these touching words Each day, I die morally, each day when I see my ruling class prostrating to the people who are killing my land. Eventually this nation will die morally, there will…
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Why does the Pakistani Gov allows the US to kill its citizens?
The question asked by the Foundation for Fundamental Rights (FFR) in its litigation filed in Peshawar last week – is Why does the Pakistan government allows the US to kill its citizens? – Clive Stafford Smith a director in the British Charity Reprieve ask this in his Op-ed in The Tribune titled Shoot the Drones…
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Shutup Clinton & Gilani the Goof – Out of Bounds
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Pakistan Terrorism Accountability Act in US Congress – to fine Pakistan $2.2 Billion
US Congress presented the Pakistan Terrorism Accountability Bill 2012 – which aims to block all aid to Pakistan – it is as per the new US rhetoric asking Pakistan to “do more” in terms of the War on Terror – It actually means to push the Pakistani Government & the Military to allow for more…