Posted on 21 February 2010. Tags: Dubai, Israel, Israeli Mossad
From time to time I ask myself: what would happen if the world’s governments decided to abolish all their spy agencies simultaneously? True, it would be a great blow to the authors and movie producers who make their living from secret service stories. Their products would lose their appeal. It would be a disaster for [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Politics
Posted on 21 February 2010.
If one is to believe the American media, the Pakistanis are in cahoots with the Afghan Taliban. So why is it that Islamabad is arresting Afghan Taliban. Shifting sands of Regional Scenarios. This is vexing question in the vortex of the Afghan conflict. Has Pakistan changed direction, or are there new realities in West Asia. ‘Arrested’ Taliban [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 21 February 2010. Tags: American Muslims, US Muslims
The Washington Post story on a rise in Muslim home schooling is very disturbing to Muslims, because it further highlights the extreme pressures faced by Muslims in US society. The discrimination against Muslims exacerbates relations with Islam and isolates Muslims. Concerted efforts must be made to reach out to Americans (who happen to be Muslim) so that they do not [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 21 February 2010. Tags: Bangladesh, Rohingyas Mayanmar Muslims
Bangladesh has a history of abusing minorities. It has mistreated and ostracized the Biharis–which it refers to “Stranded Pakistanis”. They have been living in camps for about forty years, without the ability to marry Bangladeshis or work in and around Dhaka. It obviously has abused all Non-Bengalis in the Chittagong Hill tracks. Bangladesh is not a [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs
Posted on 19 February 2010.
For the briefest of moments, again within the ambit of power politics, Citizen Pervez Musharraf told (two) jokes, set out his stall to succeed Asif Zardari, and proposed a Shaggy reading of Pakistani history: It Wasn’t Me. All this while speaking at Chatham House and the Georgian St James’s townhouse where once lived Gladstone [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs
Posted on 19 February 2010.
According to press reports, the arrested Taliban are to be used to expedite the reintegration process. This news of the arrest of the Taliban from Karachi had jolted many analysts into wondering which way the war was going. A Pakistani-Afghan Taliban war would exacerbate the situation in West and prolong the conflict. Many analysts wondered about the [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 18 February 2010. Tags: Mumbai, PUne
There are several sources of the Indian Rmy issue issued RDX. The lues lead to the Hindu perpetuators of carnage on the Pakistani Samjohta Express laden with Pakistanis returning home. The trail of Pune leads straight to Puhoit and his gang that had access to the RDX from the Indian Army. Pune bombed: More Shiv [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Politics
Posted on 18 February 2010. Tags: Pune bombing
The world is astonished at the muted reaction from Delhi on the Pune bombs. After the knee jerk blame on Muslim groups, Delhi has all of a sudden gone silent. What is more surprising is the fact that Delhi is continuing the peace process, something it has discontinued after the Mumbai bombings. The reasons are obvious, there is mounting [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA
Posted on 18 February 2010.
While the Western border of Bharat (aka India) is aflame in Kashmir, and now in Maharashtra and Gujarat–the Eastern border has been aflame for some time. Delhi blames everything on Pakistan, but the fact remains that there is more trouble for Bharat on the Eastern front than on the Western front. For Bharatis, the culprits [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Politics
Posted on 18 February 2010. Tags: Australia
While Australia is imposing restrictions and making it more difficult for Australians to apply, Canberra is expanding the number of scholarships for Pakistanis. Australia launches new phase of scholarships for Pakistanis * Students from underdeveloped areas to be encouraged to apply ISLAMABAD: Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Timothy George on Thursday launched a new phase [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics