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Tag: Army

  • The News reports on PR Seminar with Hamid Mir

    Most militants fighting to avenge military actions’ Published in The News: Monday, September 29, 2008 When Corps Commander Ali Jan Orakzai had deployed troops for the first time in Mohmand Agency in 2003, he gave an impression that the military intended to build schools, hospitals and roads there but he rather launched an operation against…

  • Being fooled at will!

    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. A must watch video. The important thing in dealing with the Pakistani leadership (military or civil) is not to believe everything we hear. The only certain thing, the one thing we can depend on, is that every leader who poses as the man…

  • ….and the US attacks again – killing five in South Waziristan

    It is being reported that barely a few hours ago US Army launched yet another US Drones attack on the village of Baghar in South Waziristan near the Afghan border inside Pakistan killing five more people. The US army alleges that this attack was limited on a specific military training camp. But it was after…

  • Pakistan troops ordered to Open Fire if US raids continue

    Pakistan’s military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said – APP. This order comes in light of the recent incursions by the US Army’s unmanned drone aircraft which has continued to make bombing runs into Pakistan. Though I…

  • Lost war and a lost cause

    By: Amjad Malik On the anniversary of tragic events of September 11, the statements of both Pakistan and US armed officers are frightening for Asia. New York Times reported today that ‘President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time to allow American Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside…

  • I protest against US attacks in Pakistan

    Words cannot express the full extent of our anger and frustration while it is simultaneously impossible to also convey our helplessness when we stand and watch a deranged, rouge foreign militia repeatedly choosing to launch invasions after invasions into our territory in pursuit of their ‘own’ seven year war on terror. It is this inhumanity…

  • Double Standards : General Musharraf does not need a safe passage, he merely needs a fair trial

    Guest Blog by Amjad Malik 18th August resignation of General (rtd) Pervez Musharraf was the first good thing he has done in many years believing ‘Pakistan first’. Nation was jubilant, lawyers at peace and media calmly letting him go, however, political classes are still unsure on how to manipulate the maximum advantage to this joyful…

  • Bottom Line

    Guest Post by temporal who blogs at Baithak The negotiations between Musharraf and Zardari-Sharif Unnatural coalition hinges over one major condition – Musharraf insists on complete indemnification over all his actions. Obsessed, hateful and driven Nawaz has dug his heels. Zardari, reports indicate is willing to be more flexible. US, UK and Saudi-Americans have also…

  • What if Hamid Mir’s Spin is Wrong?

    Guest Post by temporal – Baithak What if Hamid Mir’s spin is wrong? Every person who writes for a newspaper is not by default a “journalist.” Here is a list borrowed from The Elements of Journalism by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth. Its first loyalty is to the…

  • The dictator is the one animal who needs to be caged – Z. A. Bhutto

    Guest Post by Silence The dictator is the one animal who needs to be caged; He betrays his profession and his constitution. He betrays the people and destroys human values. He destroys culture. He binds the youth. He makes the structure collapse. He rules by fluke and freak. He is the scourge and the ogre.…

  • STRATFOR: Army ‘Not Supporting’ Musharraf

    Strategic Forecasting, Inc. shares an article on Pakistan as well as a short podcast on the same subject Stratfor Podcast on Pakistan 7th August 2008 – [audio:Stratfor_Podcast.mp3] PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF, IMPEACHMENT AND ISLAMABAD’S TRAJECTORY After some four months of disagreements over the fate of President Pervez Musharraf, the two main partners in Pakistan’s coalition government —…

  • A business proposal for Pervaiz Musharraf

    Guest Post by Rana Raheel Babar Mr. Pervaiz Musharraf The President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Pakistan Re: A Business Proposal Dear Mr. Pervaiz Musharraf, It is such an undesirable pleasure to have you (General Purvez s/o Busharraf) as our forced president. Mr. President, I truly consider it as an outcome of your sincere and…

  • An open letter to Begum Pervez Musharraf and wives of army officers

    Guest Post by Silence Dear Begum Pervez Musharaff, I recognize that every one of us is responsible for our own acts, as such, being the wife of a Military Dictator and a former General of Pakistan Army, I wound not hold you responsible for his acts, however I will request you to consider following facts…

  • ISI spared from Rehman Dakait

    After yesterday’s reports where the ISI had been handed over to the Ministry of Interior for ‘one whole day’ and then at 3am early Sunday morning the Prime Ministers office issues a clarification saying that [oops sorry] ‘it was result of a misunderstanding‘, truly one gets a feeling for a moment that the ISI was…

  • The rat may come out of the bag…

    You get different versions here in London… some very interesting, no matter how sad they are in nature… A few month back, before the elections, a textile tycoon, a friend, a very ‘educated’ man from Lahore, sat with me at Leister Square’s ‘All Bar One’ and cursed both Benazir and Nawaz. ‘They should both be…