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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Pakistan not to be blamed for terror acts in India
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, Terrorism/ Extremism, tagged China, Deepak Kapoor, Defense Secretary, India, Interior Minister, ISI, Jamaat-e-Islami, JI, miltant groups, Muhammad Anis, Mumbai Bombing, Pakistan, PML-N, Professor Khurshid Ahmed, Prohat, Raja Zafarul Haq, Rehman Malik, Robert Gates, Samjhota Express, terrorism, United States, US on January 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said Pakistan could not be held responsible for any terrorist attack inside the Indian territory, as members of the Senate on Thursday strongly criticised the statement of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates that it would be difficult to stop India if a Mumbai-type incident occurred again. [...]
Senate wants equal screening laws for Americans
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, Pakistan, tagged Afghan refugees, airport security, America, Hillary Clinton, Ishaq Dar, Jan Muhammad Jamali, JI, JUI, Kalashinkov Culture, Khalid Soomro, Mashadi, MQM, Muhammad Ahmad Sheerani, Pakistan, pakistani nationals, Pakistanis, PML-N, Professor Khurshid Ahmed, Raza Rabbani, Sabir Baloch, screening laws, Seemi Siddiqui, Shahid Bugti, Sheerala Malik, United States, Zafar Ali Shah on January 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
ISLAMABAD: Senate members have strongly condemned the recently introduced, outrageously humiliating and discriminatory screening laws for Pakistan by America at its airports. While debating the adjournment motions, submitted by senators Raza Rabbani and Senator Jan Muhammad Jamali, JI’s senator Professor Khurshid Ahmad said that Americans had always showed discriminatory attitude towards Pakistanis, whom it had [...]
Pakistan’s Mercenary Elites
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, History, Politics/ Parties, tagged Allama Iqbal, America, axis of evil, Bolivia, Brain Drain in pakistan, Britain, Capitalism, Christian Zionists, Communism, Ecuador, Hamara Pakistan, hamaray hukmaran, India, insaf, Iran, Iraq, islamic tradition, Islamic World, Israel, Justice, Kashmir, landlords, Latin America, M. Shahid Alam, Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, Neocons, Nicaragua, North Korea, nuclear proliferation, nuclear state, oil, Pakistan Army, Pakistan nuclear program, Pakistani nationalists, Palestine, Qadiani, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Soviet Union, Taliban, Talibanization, terrorism, United States, Venezuela, Waziristan, Western colonialism on December 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
By M. Shahid Alam, originally written on 9 October 2007. In Pakistan today we encounter a paradox crying for an explanation; it is a paradox, moreover, whose exploration can bring some clarity to the predicament of the Islamicate today. In January 2002, when President George Bush defined his near-term agenda for waging wars, he fixed his [...]
Understanding the Bizarre Trend of Suicide Bombings
Posted in Terrorism/ Extremism, tagged America, anti americanism, Blackwater, International Islamic University, Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, Jawwad Khan, Khalid Zaheer, militancy, suicide attacks, terrorism, ulema, United States, Xe on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The targets of suicide bombers are telling us that some thing fishy is going on. why common men? Why not the out spoken liberals, why religious leaders and institutions why not the TV stations, cat walk and other fashion shows, why clerics, why not…
Pakistanis Want Larger Role for Both Islam and Democracy- World Poll and an Intellectual Debate`
Posted in Culture/ Tradition, Ideology, Islam, Pakistan, Politics/ Parties, tagged America, Bangladesh, Caliphate, Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, Democracy, Egypt, Hamas, Hezbollah, Hizb ut Tahrir, HT, independent judiciary, India, Islamic Democracy, islamic ideology, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Jamat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, Khilafah, Khulafa-e-Rashideen, Lebanon, Liaqat Ali Khan, Muslim Brotherhood, muslim political thought, Objectives Resolution, Palestine, Steven Kull, Tanzeem-e-Islami, United States on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Despite of many Western “experts” who want to depict Muslims as against West’s “Freedom, Equality, Political Representation, Independent Judicial system and Balance of Power,” their arguments become folly when we put their arguments against the realities in the Muslim World. Point to be noted is that although many Muslims eagerly engage or at least support engaging in the political process of their countries and demand democratic process, they envision Islamic characteristics in the system. The basic study of the Islamic Political system, can explain how Democracy is so close to the Islamic Political system.


