the biggest issue that we face as a pakistani at all levels is lack of listening to others and already made up personel or collective perceptions abt people,, things and issues.

as we noticed above in few of the comments that commentators have their minds already made up abt MR HAQQANI regardless of what he was saying in that press conference was productive,, true or not.

i personally dont know MR HAQQANI and his achievments in pakistani politics but what i know is that if he have served boht NAWAZ SHARIF AND BENAZIR BHUTTO then he is not the one to blaim,, y either of these prime minister of pakistan acquired his services when he already served the opposing political leader, it surely does put his reputation as a loyal party worker online but what abt our prime ministers ? y did they couldnt find anyone else to serve them.

i personally believe that he pointed out the problems that pakistan is facing today very correctly and to the point although this press confernce was suppose to be acknowledging problems that USA is facing because of the current political turmoil in pakistan.

may ALLAH bless pakitan with strength success and progress,,,, ALLAH HAFIZ O NASIR ho aap sab ka,, pakistan zindabad

“It’s all ugly politics. No loyalties.”

Pure politics is ugly. No loyalties, no morals, no qualms. It is a sibling of Capitalism which is just as ugly.

I am convinced he has no soul. He is a deft political operator, capable of outsmarting even Benazir Bhutto. Yet, he has never used his skills for the good of the country.

As you see, he’s sitting safely in the U.S., away from his tons of enemies in Pakistan.

The unfortunate thing about Pakistan is that we have too many Husain Haqqanis. He speaks of democracy, but when Musharraf came to power, he went to him begging for a position. When Musharraf told him he had enough lotay, Haqqani went to the U.S. and kissed up to the yahud.

He joined the South Asia program of the anti-Pakistan Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. One of their fellows, Ashley Tellis, helped create the U.S.-India nuclear partnership. Another of their fellows, Frederic Grare, is resoundingly anti-Pakistan. He’s a Frenchman who worked at an Indian research institute.

Haqqani has since joined the Hudson Institite, one of the most right-wing think tanks in America. After 9/11, one of its scholars wrote an op-ed proposing that the U.S. nuke Mecca. Haqqani’s boss, Hillel Fradkin, frequently writes of the need to “reform” Islam. They’ve invited individuals over who seek to eliminate the Hadith from the Islamic corpus. Hudson is a heavily pro-Zionist organization.

It should also be noted that Benazir Bhutto’s public relations firm, Burson-Marsteller, has had clients such as Ahmad Chalabi (of Iraq) and many anti-Iran, Zionist organizations.

Musharraf has done the same with his courting of the head of the American Jewish Congress.

This is not to say these people are Zionists. It’s all ugly politics. No loyalties.

Haqqani was a Jamaati. Kissed up to Zia. Worked for Nawaz against BB. Worked for BB against Nawaz. Then he kissed up to Musharraf. Now he’s anti-Islamist and pro-democracy.

He is a creep. He is behind all of Benazir’s statements on AQ Khan, the IAEA, etc. Watch out for him. He is trying to control Pakistan’s politics from Boston.

But one must also judge if the stance is an honest one or just a self-serving one. You can say “La ilaha…” and Fazlu can say “La ilaha…” Now both of you are taking the same but say you are saying it cause you really believe in it and Fazlu is saying it cause it gets him more votes. Now if I tell Fazlu to go take it somewhere else, am I disagreeing with his stance? Does that mean I am rejecting “La ilaha…”?

Yes Quaid was in Congress as that was the major party of the time. Muslim League was only formed in 1906 and Quaid joined it in 1913 when it changed its platform to one of Indian independence which it was against earlier. Did Quaid do it for personal gain or for principle? Did he ever switch back to Congress???

If you have to ask “why” then you need to find out don’t you? At least put the effort of going through last few days of posts and you will find your answer. To see the light, first thing one needs to do is get their heads out of their a** (ars* if you are British :))