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Why Clinton is not getting through' to Pakistanis-bad US policies

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s frustration is understandable. She is trying to sell excrement and wants to Pakistanis to think that it is perfume. Every used car salesman faces the same reality. Pakistanis have rejected US policies of war and bombs—and Mrs Clinton cannot grasp the simple truth—the policies of war on Afghanistan are also [...]

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Truth from Pakistani people frustrates Clinton

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Islamabad—US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that America would enhance its relations with Pakistan’s civil society to ensure that help and assistance reaches the grass roots level for the benefit of the common man. She said this while talking to a group of elders from Wana and other parts of Frontier regions here [...]

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Crafty Clinton’s Clueless Charm schemes crash in Pakistan

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Asking Hillary Clinton to wage a “Charm Offensive” is like asking Dracula to smile. As soon as the vampire opens his mouth on can see his blood sucking teeth. Similarly Mrs. Clinton cannot help herself. She thinks herself as the paragon of all truth whereas the “little brown boys” are diabolical, mischievous, dirty, unscrupulous and [...]

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Plight of the Muslim Rohingya refugees from Burma

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Khamin takes an in-depth look at the state of Rohingya refugees, whose influx into Bangladesh over the last 30 years, from neighbouring Myanmar, is severely stretching the country’s resources Mohammad Haseem is a Rohingya, living with his wife and his six-year-old daughter at the Kutupalang refugee camp in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazaar. On September 2, he [...]

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Awami League appeasing India by granting transit

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The Government’s move to grant India transit and corridor facility will bring the country’s ‘economy and security’ under serious threat for no tangible benefits to the nation, except repaying the debt to Delhi by the Awami League-led grand coalition government for bringing it to power. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is planning to visit Delhi shortly, [...]

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Salaam Tayyip: Salute Turkey. We need more Erdogans

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TURKEY’S Ottoman Empire died an unwept death nearly a century ago. But the country continues to enjoy a unique eminence of leadership across the Middle East and in much of the Muslim world. And Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly justified this love and respect for his country with his political courage and candor. [...]

Salaam Tayyip: Salute Turkey. We need more Erdogans

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Fascist Saffron death threats against exiled Indian painter M F Husain

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MUMBAI/DELHI: The government might be finally moving to make things easier for India’s renowned painter M F Husain to return to his homeland after four years of exile, but the 94-year-old artist is hardly impressed. Nor is he taking seriously the home ministry’s efforts to club three pending cases against him so as to ensure their [...]

Fascist Saffron death threats against exiled Indian painter M F Husain

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Where is Haqqani hiding?

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ISLAMABAD – It is rumoured that Pakistan’s Ambassador to United States of America Hussain Haqqani is unlikely to be on hand in Islamabad when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Islamabad, well-placed sources told TheNation Tuesday. It is pertinent to know that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting Islamabad from today. [...]

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US war in Afghanistan destabilizes Pakistan–Matthew Hoh

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Matthew Hoh, a former Foreign Service officer and former Marine Corps captain who last month became the first U.S. official known to resign in protest over the Afghan war, has urged supportieve efforts towards Pakistan’s stability. He believes the goal of stability in Pakistan cannot be achieved through a huge military imprint in neighboring Afghanistan. [...]

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Kerry only partially right: Rhetoric and Anti-Pakistan cliches obscure good message

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John Kerry has tried to smooth relations with the government of Pakistan but he remains at odds with the Pakistani people because of the language he uses. “Existential threat”, “Al-Qaeda HQ in Pakistan” “Do more”, “Nukes safe?” and “Safe havens in Pakistan” are anathema to Pakistan and Pakistanis. All these incorrect clichés  need to be [...]

Kerry only partially right: Rhetoric and Anti-Pakistan cliches obscure good message

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