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ISLAMABAD: A total of 7,793 people in Sindh benefited from the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), Minister of State for Law and Justice Afzal Sindhu said.
Thirty-four prominent politicians benefited from the NRO, Sindhu said.
Some of the names include: Altaf Hussain, Asif Ali Zardari, Rehman Malik, Hussain Haqqani, Babar Ghauri, Dr Farooq Sattar, Saleem Shahzad, Nusrat Bhutto, [...]

Jason Ditz
Is Pakistan’s Media Manufacturing Dissent, or Just Mirroring It?
It is a theme that is both recurring and ever worsening in the Pakistani media, distrust of the American agenda and skepticism of the pro-US government’s viability.
Pakistan’s ruling party is quick to put the blame for this virtually ubiquitous sentiment on the media’s shoulders, but it [...]

Hindustan Times
Even as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resolved to deepen bilateral ties, the Canadian media says a nuclear deal could be risky because of terrorist threats to India’s sites. They cite the recent alert at India’s nuclear facilities as a warning to the Canadian government that is keen [...]

Brian Cloughley
When the Taliban insurrection in Pakistan began in earnest, in 2005, the Pakistan army did not have enough troops in North-West Frontier Province to combat the growing menace. It was not possible for the army and the paramilitary Frontier Corps to conduct operations without considerable reinforcement. In any event, the role of the lightly-armed [...]

Indian Express, New Dehli
Two days after he said women could be recruited as fighter pilots only if they did not become mothers till a certain age, Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal P K Barbora on Thursday took a swipe at the political class, saying politics over defence purchases impinged “very badly” on the [...]

“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” – Henry Ford
The curse of price inflation haunts us. There seems to be no respite for the common man. Everything is becoming more and [...]

Our brave soldiers are shedding their blood, fighting fearlessly to protect our families and homes, leaving behind theirs, crushing our enemies who are now distraught against our invincible defense. Our soldiers are not only sacrificing their lives but also their salaries, and have reduced their rations willingly to send food to our displaced countrymen.
While they [...]

Previously secret transcripts of Politburo meetings and diary entries recently released by the Washington-based National Security Archive – detailing the difficulties faced by the Soviets make sobering reading for British and American leaders, as they decide whether to double-up or cut their losses in Afghanistan.
They knew things were not going well, but from their leader [...]

Times of India
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is estimated to have more nuclear warheads than India and the two Asian neighbours along with China are increasing their arsenals and deploying weapons at more sites, two eminent American atomic experts have claimed.
While Pakistan is estimated to possess 70-90 nuclear weapons, India is believed to have 60-80, claims Robert S [...]

Times of India
MUMBAI: Kavita Karkare, the wife of former Maharashtra Anti Terror Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare on Wednesday questioned the state government on why her husband and two other senior officials who were killed on 26/11, did not get reinforcements on time.
This is for the first time that the slain officer’s family has confirmed [...]