Tag: Pakistan
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[MiniLinks] Requiem for Reko Diq
The Reko Diq mystery continues to live on, surely a matter of serious national consequences, has been previously covered on Teeth Maestro blog in July HERE
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Tariq Ali speaks about Pakistan Current Situation
Guest Blog by Yaseen Khawar of Pakistanic.com Tariq Ali s a renowned Pakistani intellectual of world reputation resides in U.K but visits Pakistan from time to time. Recently he gave an interview to Amy Goodman, It is presented here: Amy Goodman: Recently Pakistani border security forces have stopped American army to cross the Pak Afghan…
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Zardari issued a ‘Fatwa’ for shaking hands with Palin – Maulvi denies it
A few days ago an Indian publication carried a report claiming that the Lal Masjod cleric Maulana Abdul Ghafar, who is a close relative of Maujlana Abdul Rashid Ghazi, who was killed by security forces during Operation Silence in July 2007, said that President Zardari’s indecent gestures, filthy remarks and repeated praise of a non-Muslim…
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Tell me Sahar Ali
Guest Post by temporal of Baithak Blog In the nearly 800,000 sq kms of land that covers all the vistas – from the parched deserts of Balochistan and Sind in the south to the peaks of K2 and Nanga Parbat in the north – from the (negroid) Makrani fishermen of the south to the blue…
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McCain’s ‘failed state’ reference, challenged by ex-US Ambassador to Pakistan
The US Presidential debates are still over a month away, but the campaign frenzy is nearing its climax and mud slinging has slowly started to peak. The numerous comments made during last weeks Presidential debates are still being carefully analyzed with a magnifying glass and their subsequent meanings deciphered endlessly. As we may recall Pakistan…
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Zardari’s disappearance from New York Iftar: Found at Geisha Restaurant
OscarTango, a blog managed by Irshad Saleem from New Jersey has reported some juicy news about Asif Ali Zardari’s sudden disappearance from the Pakistan Embassies Iftar party last Friday in New York city. The President arrived at the event which was hosted by our US Ambassador Hussain Haqqani and on his arrival the President went…
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Misspelling controversy rehashed: God or Gaad, does it really matter?
On 11th September the newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari paid homage to the Mausoleum of the Father of the Nation in Karachi, all seemed well until reports started trickling in from various sources of a juicy controversy, where our new President had accidentally misspelled a few words here ‘n there. The message that appeared…
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Pakistan must Ban Umra
Guest post by Silence from Islamabad Observer Holy Quran gives greater importance to social responsibilities then religious duties of a person. Non-performance of religious duties is a matter between Allah and his creation and can be forgiven by Almighty. However social responsibilities which are between his men are mandatory. The importance of social responsibilities is…
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American Lawyers conference on rule of law in Pakistan & my brief visit to Europe
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik I was invited by British Law Society of England to visit Brussels as part of their delegation to attend a rule of law conference on ‘Pakistan and beyond’ organised by American Bar Association (ABA) on 25th September at Hilton (Brussels). Reaching Brussels airport in the morning, I caught a cab…
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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…
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SNL interviews Sarah Palin: Pakistani guys hugged ‘Literally’
America continues to rip on Asif Ali Zardari’s fling with Sarah Palin a few days back. The famous show Saturday Night Live does a mock of Sarah Palin’s recent interview with CBS News’ Katie Couric. Katie Couric is played by Amy Poehler, while the amazing Tina Fey spins a look-alike of Sarah Palin.
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Sarah Palin’s: ‘Blonde Moment’ on Pakistan
Saturday night, while on a stop for cheese-steaks in South Philadelphia, Republican VP Nominee Sarah Palin was questioned by a Temple graduate student about whether the U.S. should cross the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan. Waziristan is blowing up!,” he said. “Yeah it is, and the economy there is blowing up too.” responded Palin, “So…
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Interview with Mangal Bagh
Guest Blog by Faisal K. from Deadpanthoughts Just who is Mangal Bagh Afridi a khurram agency bus driver turned religious zealot? Or a savvy implant by the ISI into this troubled sector to bring about a liberation of the locals from the foreign Taliban. According to noted history Mangal bagh came into being when Mufti…
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President Kirdari: McCain & Obama debate on Pakistan
In roughly 37 odd days from today, The United States of America will be electing its 44th President. Though the elections are limited to only the citizens of United States of America but the outcome of electing the new President has a far greater global impact then being limited to the confines of the borders…
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German terrorist arrests: Do all Terrorists lead to Pakistan? NO
Today German federal police seized two suspected terrorists from a Dutch passenger aircraft [KL 1804] at Cologne airport shortly before it was due to take off for Amsterdam. Sources say the two suspects were on their way to join terrorists in Uganda and Pakistan. The suspects were a 23-year-old Somalian identified as Abdirazak and a…