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Kayani To Stay A Bit Longer (We were right!)

As we reported two months earlier, Prime Minister of Pakistan Yusuf Raza Gilani Thursday extended the term of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ashfaq Paervez Kayani for three years starting from November 29, 2010. Annoucement came days after high level US administration delegation visited Islamabad. In an exclusive report on May 17th, 2010, we published a [...]

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Transform muscle-flexing ISI into civil intelligence

Every state apparatus requires intelligence agencies, and Pakistan is no different. There are actually three well known intelligence agencies in Pakistan: Intelligence Bureau (IB), Military Intelligence (MI), and ISI. There are 26 intelligence agencies in the US. Somehow, the ISI and the CIA are the two that are most demonized. The turmoil in Pakistan’s past has led [...]

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Pakistan army to launch operation in North Waziristan

Pakistan army has informed civilian leadership of the country that a military operation in North Waziristan has become inevitable, our sources in Islamabad said Tuesday morning. On condition of anonymity our sources who have the ears of COAS General Kayani say that military leadership has white boarded the operation and taking adequate measures to manage risk. [...]

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Mother’s Day in the War on Terror

It’s mothers day again, America, 2010. The frenzy for fragrance-free flowers will make for a hectic Sunday morning. Everyone will be a feminist for the day. Mothers will lie in bed and watch the Sunday morning talk shows while fathers juggle kids and kitchens. The TV hosts will convey child-like [...]

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Ideological Profiling Of Muslims In America

Watching spectators young and old, men and women who came to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s trial in New York I recognized the rapidly increasing significance of religion as a marker of identity among Muslims in the US. Judge Richard Berman, by ordering additional security measures for this trial, underscored the ideological profiling of a religious minority [...]

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Making millions online from Pakistan not so difficult!

Posted on 18 July 2010

Following article appeared in The News on July 18th, 2010 http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=251448 When I talk to my nieces and nephews, Pakistan’s millennial generation, I feel rejuvenated and perplexed, at the same time. I get excited because these young children are so creative and worldly. The minute I log into Skype, Gmail, or Facbook, my young buddies tell me [...] Continue Reading

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What Chinese Model, President Zardari?

Posted on 13 July 2010

Speaking at the China Pavilion of Shanghai Expo, President Zardari said what has pretty much become a cliché’; “Pakistan can learn a lot from the Chinese model of economic development.” I assume President Zardari is aware of an ideologically circumscribed, intellectually coherent set of policies or strategic decisions which together make up a ‘China model’. Chinese [...] Continue Reading

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Pakistani Turns Pro Golfer

Posted on 07 July 2010

With all the tragic news of suicide bombing, target killings and political instability emanating from Pakistan it is hard to believe that the country has viable golf community as well, reports a prominent golfing Your Golf Home. Your Golf Home reported Friday that a twenty year old Pakistani who recently returned after completing undergraduate degree from [...] Continue Reading

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Murder at Symbol of Consensus by Syed F. Hussaini

Posted on 03 July 2010

From 1977 through 1999, the Pakistan Army removed five popularly-elected governments at its leisure proving that the people could rule their country only with the blessings of the military. The rule of terror, too, is no exception. The terrorists trample Pakistan with the blessings of the military; they are simply the hirelings of the army. The [...] Continue Reading

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Critical Thinkers for Islamic Reform – a report by Asghar Ali Engineer

Posted on 02 July 2010

AT a conference held at Oxford University last month it was encouraging to see many reformist Islamic scholars from across the world come together to discuss various issues pertaining to Islamic societies and contemporary challenges. The theme of the conference was ‘Critical thinkers for Islamic reform — the way forward’. The moot began with the Friday [...] Continue Reading

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Did ISI Murder Dr. Faqeer, Ph.D.? By Syed F. Hussaini

Posted on 01 July 2010

“ATTEMPT TO ARREST: ELDERLY MAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK” “Faisalabad—An elderly man died of a heart attack in Faisalabad as police officials and an employee of a sensitive department tried to arrest him. According to sources, Dr. Faqeer arrived at Fayyaz Colony on Tuesday night where two police officials and an employee of a sensitive department [...] Continue Reading

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