Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Times of India WASHINGTON: Arguing that Islamabad is using terrorism as a tool for its foreign policy, especially against India, an Indian-American group on Wednesday asked secretary of state Hillary Clinton to declare Pakistan as a terrorist state and seize all its nuclear weapons. “Instead of penalizing Pakistan for its support to the notorious terrorists and spreading [...]
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The bubble was about to burst and so it did on the 23rd of March, 2010. This is what precisely comes to mind when one goes through the write up of Mr. N.F.Paracha. Should it be called a sigh of relief or a (thought of) success on part of Mr. Paracha that compelled him to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Dr. Maleeha Lodhi Pakistan’s decision-makers should draw an important lesson from the talks. Given the limits on Washington’s capacity to address Pakistan’s concerns – just as there are constraints on Pakistan’s ability to support all of America’s geo-strategic interests – Islamabad needs to change its US-centric mindset, learn to mobilise its own resources, rather than look [...]
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A billboard in 2008 on Pakistani soil showing the map of independent Pashtunistan. ANP denied any involvement. [Picture courtesy of Online News Agency-Nov. 2008] By AHMED QURAISHI Monday, 29 March 2010. WWW.PAKNATIONALISTS.COM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—ANP, a party whose founders opposed the independence of Pakistan, is once again pushing its shady agenda through a manufactured crisis over the renaming Pakistan’s NWFP province. By [...]
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Disquiet is growing in India that Pakistan is gaining the upper hand in a “proxy war” in Afghanistan as the two juggle for influence in an end-game that risks a political vacuum if the U.S.-led war winds down. Escalating distrust over Afghanistan may threaten tentative India-Pakistan peace talks and herald more militant [...]
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Farrukh Saleem ISLAMABAD: What is so strategic about the strategic dialogue? Not too long ago, the Pentagon tried to play with the GHQ’s India-centric national security paradigm. Finally, the GHQ won, the Pentagon had to give in. Not too long ago, the US State Department tried to pressurise the GHQ into submission to civilian executive. Finally, [...]
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Dr. Shahid Qureshi, The London Post LONDON, UK—Pakistan is unfortunately one of those countries where traitors masquerade as politicians and treachery is deemed to be ‘legitimate politics’. There is no prize for guessing how did the desire the revoke the 17th Amendment got transformed into a full-fledged exercise for subverting the constitution. The answer is that [...]
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