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By: molvirpg

molvirpg — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:26:50 +0000

Make no mistake; this is a war between Zardari Inc. and the establishment. Their proxies are doing the battle. The stakes are very high and this war shows no signs of abatement.

Things are being orchestrated by Zardari’s side to badly damage military’s image, Brig. Imtiaz episode was meant to shoot two birds (Nawaz and military) with one shot, Kerry Lugar was answered with attack on the GHQ (thanks to Rehman Malik and Ambassador Haqani for bringing in and strategically positioning XE or Blackwater folks), and now our ambassador in the US has pulled a good one in Hirsh’s article in the New Yorker, with the implication that the military is bargaining and trading our hard earned nuclear assets for money with the Americans. However, Hirsh has also played mischief by quoting Musharraf’s comments to discredit Zardari and then relating it to the fact that Mush is in touch with Kayani.

Establishment side has used MQM to effectively block NRO from passing in the parliament and thrown in Zardari land grab affair and now French submarines kickback and attack incident that killed their Navy personnel in Karachi.

This war has a potential of taking Pakistan to the abyss.

By: molabuksh

molabuksh — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:04:30 +0000

Every body should pray for Pakistan in most difficult times of its history.Yes these are not easy days for Pakistan but our nation has this ability with the blessing of Allah to hold together in difficult times and i am sure Pakistan will prevail Insha-Allah.Our enemy will be defeated the only thing is this that we should not be disappointed we should support our troops in Wazirastan because they are fighting with a clear and present danger inflicted on us by America,India and Israel with the help of local miscreants. Once again i request every body to pray for Pakistan and ask Allah for forgiveness because our beloved prophet said “You will get rulers like you are”. So our rulers are not good because we are not.

By: izatmaab

izatmaab — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:23:47 +0000

While Pakistani leading TV channels have voluntarily devised a code of ethics, America lags
behind. Fox News’s Shepherd Smith just could not resist the temptation to give away the identity of the alleged killer. Throwing journalistic ethics to the winds, Smith did not hold his tongue. And nor could the lady senator from Texas, Kay Bailey Hutchison. “The name tells us a lot, does it not, Senator?” he asked tellingly. “It does, Shepherd. And that’s why it’s a very sad situation,” she said without batting her heavy-mascara eyelid. The senator, a la Agatha Christie, the mystery writer, then sketched early snapshots of Hasan, accounts typically given by law enforcement authorities rather than a sitting United States senator.

Hutchison had already hinted that the killer was a Muslim, inferring that Muslims kill Americans. She said that she had known that the man was unhappy and wanted to be relieved from the army. Perhaps Hasan approached Hutchison to help him get a discharge from the army. Had the woman really cared to listen and tried to help the 39-year-old psychiatrist begging the army not to send him to Iraq, maybe she could have averted the savage slaughter.

But nobody is even asking the senator these questions.

Anjum Niaz is my favourite journalist a true patriotic woman above is a excerption of her article in The NEWS today.See how Muslims are being treated in America and the kind of language Americans use against our religion and their prejudices against Islam.

By: inqalabijosh

inqalabijosh — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:06:53 +0000

Nosheen Saeed
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently on her three-day official visit to Pakistan said: “I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are, and couldn’t get to them if they really wanted to, Maybe that’s the case; maybe they’re not gettable. I don’t know.”
Ms Clinton’s parting kick negated the positivity of her visit. Once again a formal charge of wrongdoing has been brought against Pakistan without any concrete evidence and on only unfounded information. Pakistan needs to watch out; three days after his inauguration, on January 23, 2009, President Barack Obama ordered US predator drones to hit inside Pakistan. Since that first Obama-authorised attack, United States has repeatedly bombed Pakistan, killing scores of civilians including women and children. The New York Times recently reported that the attacks were clear evidence that the Obama Administration “is continuing, and in some cases extending, the Bush Administration’s policy.”
During his presidential campaign, the US president made it clear that Pakistan’s sovereignty was subservient to American interests, saying that the US forces would “attack with or without the approval of the Pakistani government.” And if the Americans had “actionable intelligence” that “high value” targets were in Pakistan, they would attack. In the same context, the US secretary of state echoed similar sentiments on her campaign trail and “did not rule out US attacks inside Pakistan,” citing the missile attacks her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had ordered against Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1998. “If we had actionable intelligence that Osama bin Laden or other high-value targets were present in Pakistan I would ensure that they were targeted and killed or captured,” she maintained.

Above is a excerption of a article in todays THENATION it is worth reading.It gives a thoughtful perspective of Pak-American relationship.

By: Mahmud

Mahmud — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:59:06 +0000

it does not matter us denies or not just see what are their attentions,they are not asking Indian nuclear dilivery system assess,Mushraf was a traiter,now you have Zardari who is too much for this nation of Pakistan.Allah may protect Pakistan from these evils?please dua Allah take care of Zardari,he is no good for country at all????????????????

By: machoman

machoman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:44:10 +0000

The fawning attitude of our leader ship has taken us this far that a ordinary American has access to highest government officials of Pakistan and talk what ever they want.Our leader ship is so irresponsible that just because a American is asking some questions even on most sensitive issues he is obliged with irresponsible answers which later on become a big problem For Pakistan.Our national hero,s like A Q Khan have been defamed by western as criminals and our governments especially treason Musharaf are also responsible for the damage done to Pakistan.

By: tahirmalik

tahirmalik — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:31:26 +0000

Shireen M Mazari
With all that has been happening in this region, one had tended to push the Indo-Israeli relationship on the backburner. This was not wise because the military dimension of this relationship is critical and has been a major factor in India’s military policies in Occupied Kashmir. Post-9/11 the Israeli factor has always covertly been present in Afghanistan because Israel was one of the first country to move into the Central Asian States energy sector after the demise of the Soviet Union and the emergence of independent Central Asian States. Israel has been a major contributor to India’s defence profile, including cooperation in defence production. When India led the few states who welcomed the Missile Defence programme of the Bush Administration, the shadow of Israel was there and one knew the major role it would be playing in helping India acquire missile defence capability. US technology and arms transfers through Israeli labels! So it should not have come as a surprise to find yet another military agreement coming into being – this time the $1.1 billion contract between India and Israel, for an upgraded air defence system for India. The system, produced by Israel, is designed for naval use, aboard ships, and can shoot down incoming missiles, planes and drones.
This will add to India’s missile defence capability, thereby further destabilising the nuclear balance in South Asia. So clearly Pakistan will have to add to its nuclear delivery systems and warheads if it wants to keep its deterrence credible. But even more relevant is the clear indication that India is all set to go full steam ahead to develop a second strike capability – first there was the nuclear submarine programme and now this air defence deal. The aggressive designs of India’s military acquisitions are now hardly oblique. It is strange that the US would allow the increasing militarisation of this region by deliberately disturbing the nuclear equation through its 123 Agreement with India and by allowing Israel to add to the imbalance. Or is the US still assuming it can gain control over Pakistan’s nukes in the scenario outlined in earlier columns?
But the Indo-Israeli deal has repercussions for the neighbourhood also. For instance, through this deal Israel will get more naval access through India in the immediate vicinity of Pakistan and Iran. At any future date, it will make it much more feasible for Israel to target Iran from the sea – and keep the US and its Arab allies out of the equation, saving them a political crisis. For Pakistan also this presents further complications to its security parameters. Already, we are confronted with a two-front war: one at home with extremists in our midst; and a second through the covert low intensity conflict being waged by India, aided and abetted by the US, in Pakistan’s sensitive provinces of Balochistan and NWFP as well as FATA. The flow of weapons and money coming in from Afghanistan for this purpose has now been established without a shadow of doubt, by our government but for some strange reason it merely makes declaratory accusations while taking no action.

Read this article of Dr Shireen Mazari.It make us wonder why America has no problem with Indo-Israel relationship? May be because it pose threat to Pakistan and other Muslim countries security and that well serve American purpose of extremism against Muslims and Islam.

By: tahirmalik

tahirmalik — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:22:22 +0000

Our government should at least show some responsibility on our nuclear programme.A little mistake can cost us dearly.Government should come forward with some clear policy and ban every body to talk about our nuclear programme except some authorized people who can talk carefully and only if necessary.Government should also ban these crooks to come to Pakistan and make false reports about our nuclear programme and our country.