China has been Pakistan’s firmest ally for 60 years – and it is to Beijing that Islamabad looks to counterbalance the influence of western largesse. By Mustafa Qadri Pakistan’s special relationship with the United States may have taken centre stage since the attacks of 11 September 2001, but in China it has another enduring great [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’
Pakistan: a client of more than one state
Posted in Pakistan, tagged Afghanistan, America, Asif Ali Zardari, Balochistan, Beijing, China, Communism, India, Islamabad, Karakoram Highway, Mustafa Qadri, Nuclear, Pakistan, United States, Xinjiang on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After the minerals in Afghanistan…
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, tagged Afghan war, Afghanistan, America, Britain, China, corruption, Dubai, Ghazni, Hamara Pakistan, Hamid Karzai, Herat, Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud, India, Iran, Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Jalalabad, Kabul, Kandahar, minerals in Afghanistan, Mohammad Ibrahim Adel, New Delhi, Pakistan, Peshawar, UK, US Geological Survey, USAID, USGS, Wahidullah Shahrani, Waziristan, Zaranj on July 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud Pakistan has always relied on military means to pursue objectives in Afghanistan. Our long-sought ‘strategic depth’ theory might also be achieved through strong socio-economic ties. The projects that can help the people to flourish have always been brushed aside The recent discovery of huge minerals deposits in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province [...]
US paying Afghan warlords to protect convoys: report
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, tagged Afghanistan, America, Bagram air base, Blackwater, corruption, counterinsurgency, Daily Times, Islamabad, John Tierney, Kabul, Kandahar, Pakistan, terrorism, United States, United States of America, US, War against terrorism, warlords, Washington on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
* US money fueling protection racket run by warlords, corrupt Afghan officials * Report faults Pentagon for lack of effective oversight KABUL: Millions of dollars are going to insurgents and others as protection money for safe passage of American supply convoys in Afghanistan, a US Congressional report released on Tuesday claims. The Pentagon’s system of [...]
Taliban-ISI Report Makes No Sense
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, Terrorism/ Extremism, tagged Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Ahmed Rashid, America, Asif Ali Zardari, Athar Abbas, CIA, conspiracy theorist, FATA, Huma Imtiaz, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, London School of Economics, LSE, Major General, Matt Waldman, Mosharraf Zaidi, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid, Taliban, terrorism, United States, War against terrorism, Zaid Hamid on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By New Pakistan I finally got around to reading the new report by Mr Matt Waldman from London School of Economics. I could barely get through it without groaning. This is the quality of work coming out of LSE? Very disappointing. It seems like Mr Waldman is perhaps out to make a name for himself [...]
Looming Kandahar operation
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, Pakistan, tagged 9/11, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan National Peace Jirga, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, America, casualties of war, Daily Times, General McChrystal, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Hamid Karzai, Helmand, Hezb-e-Islami, Hillary Clinton, Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud, jirga, Kandahar, Marjah, Operation Moshtarak, Pakistan, Taliban, terrorism, War against terrorism on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud Growing civilian casualties severely jeopardise coalition efforts to muster support in the country. They push the common Afghan to join the Taliban in their fight against the coalition forces. This has tremendously helped the Taliban grow stronger
ISI charged
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, Pakistan, tagged Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, America, Asif Ali Zardari, Hamara Pakistan, Hamid Karzai, Intelligence Agencies Of Pakistan, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Kabul, London School of Economics, Pakistani intelligence, Quetta Shura, Taliban, War against terrorism on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Daily Times Editorial As the stipulated date for phased exit of US forces from Afghanistan draws closer, there is a corresponding increase in the frenzy of all players to secure their respective turf in post-withdrawal Afghanistan. It is in this context that the recent publication of a controversial report by the London School of Economics, [...]
Karachi Burns on the Day of Ashura: Blood and Destruction
Posted in Terrorism/ Extremism, tagged Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Al Qaida, Altaf Hussein, Ashura, Asif Ali Zardari, extrem, Hayat-ul-Islam Girls College, Hazrat Ali, Imam Ali, Imam Hasan, Imam Hussain, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Jaish Muhammad, Jamaat-e-Islami, JI, Karachi, Karachi burns, Lashkar Jhangvi, martyrdom, middle east, MQM, Muhammed Ali Jinnah, NIPA Chowrangi, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Quaid Azam, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism, shia, suicide bombing, sunni, Taliban, tazia, terrorism, the key to power, Umer Sultan, War against terrorism on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Various parts of Karachi were put on flames by unknown people, and so far officially 32 people have passed away. No Police Force, No Rangers and no other Government security agency was there to stop the destruction in the immediate aftermath of the suicide bombing.
9/11 put Pak existence in jeopardy: Musharraf
Posted in History, Terrorism/ Extremism, tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, back channel diplomacy, consulates, India, Jaish Muahmmad, Kabul, Kashmir, militancy, Pakistan nuclear program, Pervez Musharraf, Siachen, Sir Creek, terrorism on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Musharraf said Kabul was a possible safe heaven for militants operating in Pakistan. He said the Afghan soil had been used to destabilise Pakistan by…
Implementation of the Shariah and Democracy
Posted in Education System, Ideology, Islam, Politics/ Parties, tagged Abbasi Sultanate, Abul Ala Mawdudi, Afghanistan, Al Mawrid, amruhum shura baynahum, Asif Iftikhar, Caliphate, chief justice, church and state, collective decision, Democracy, democracy in islam, democracy in middle east, Democracy in the muslim world, education reform in pakistan, fatawa, Fiqh, free will, freedom of expression, Hanafi, Hazrat Umar ibn al Khattab, Hizb ut Tahrir, Holy Quran, Ijma, Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Abu Yusuf, independent judiciary, Islam and Democracy, Islamic Democracy, islamic renaissance, Islamic Republic, islamic sciences, Islamic State, Islamist, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Jamat-e-Islami, Jamhuriat, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, judiciary, Jurisprudence, Khilafah, Maududi, Maulana Mawdudi, Mullah Umar, Muslim Democracy, mutual consultation, nizam islami, pakistani politics, parliament, qadi al qudat, Qiyas, Salah, Sharia, Shariah, Shura, Sunnah, Syed Abu Ala Mawdudi, Taliban, tolerance, ulema, Western colonialism, western imperialism, Zakah on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This extract clearly shows that, for the interpretation and application of even a religious directive pertaining to the state affairs, it is consultation that should be the procedure…


