Posted on 30 June 2010.
Historical Perspective on the New History Syllabus Naveed Tajammal. Telephone 0300-4027324 Email: indusperson@yahoo.com June 8th 2007 There are two sets of history books being taught in our English-medium, primary and secondary schools. One is by Oxford books, written by Peter Moss, and other written by Teresa Crompton and Beatrice Stimpson and published by Danesh. These [...]
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Posted on 30 June 2010. Tags: Afghan, Nuclear deal, Pakistan, US
The US pretty much let the China-Pakistan Civilian Nuclear deal sail through the Nuclear Supplier’s Group. The Bharati (aka Indian) opposition to the Chinese deal chagrined Beijing, and antagonized Islamabad–and achieved naught. The NSG has not voiced any opposition and the US is silent about it. Now major US thinks are asking the US to [...]
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Posted on 30 June 2010. Tags: Afghan, Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed to send a Afghan military officers to Pakistan for training. The move is a victory for Pakistan, which seeks a major role in Afghanistan Afghan officials said Karzai has begun to see Pakistan as a necessary ally in ending the war through negotiation with the Taliban or on the [...]
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Posted on 30 June 2010.
This article appeared in The Hindu today: Amid reservations expressed in various quarters about the Sino-Pak civil nuclear deal, a Washington-based think tank has said a similar agreement between the U.S. and Pakistan could be the biggest game-changer in bilateral relations; particularly in Pakistani public perception which presently is anti-American. In its report ‘Pakistan in [...]
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Posted on 30 June 2010. Tags: Admiral Mullen, America, Hillary Clinton, USA
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted that America had made a huge blunder in ignoring Pakistan, one the most “allied of allies”. She then blatantly went out and said nasty stuff about Pakistan. In the Post-Times Square incident Mrs. Hillary Clinton made the reprehensible and atrocious remark about Pakistan that remains seared in Pakistani ears. Pakistanis have elephant memories. Various world leaders have made threats about Pakistan. Khrushchev threatened Pakistan as did Brezhnev. They celebrated on December 16th 1971. Pakistanis returned the favor and celebrated on December 17th, 1991 when the USSR breathed its last twenty years later almost to the day. Rumor has it that the Soviets had sent a gloating telegram to the president of Pakistan in 1971. Rumor also had it that a response was carefully crafted by President Zia Ul Haq and sent to Moscow in 1991. Of course Bharat (aka India) along with its Rakhi Bahni was thrown out of Bangladesh on the auspicious date of August 14th, 1995–when the Bharati agent was killed like a dog by Bengali patriots and his body was thrown out in the streets and left to rot for a week.
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Posted on 29 June 2010.
With the Kashmir Valley engulfed in fresh turmoil, the Army feels that bold and far-sighted political steps are urgently needed to consolidate hard-earned gains in the battle against militancy in the strife-torn state.
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Posted on 29 June 2010. Tags: Bangladesh
Police in Bangladesh have arrested three leaders of the country’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, on charges of “offending religious sentiments”.
The three have been accused of making comments comparing the party’s chief to the prophet Muhammad.
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics
Posted on 29 June 2010.
A Formula to Fix America’s Pakistan Policy The war for Afghanistan could be lost if Washington doesn’t start helping Islamabad. The Obama administration coined a new phrase upon taking office, "AfPak," to refer to the importance of tackling Afghanistan and Pakistan’s problems in a coherent way. With the firing of General Stanley McChrystal, it’s clear [...]
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Posted on 28 June 2010. Tags: Indian Troops, Kashmir, Srinagar
The High Court Bar Association of occupied Kashmir in an extraordinary meeting chaired by its President, Mian Abdul Qayoom strongly condemned the firing on peaceful protesters and killings of innocent youth and school going children by Indian troops. The meeting termed these killings as continued phenomena in pursuance to the genocide policy by the occupation authorities.
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Posted on 28 June 2010. Tags: Afghan, Great Game, Kabul, Pakistan
Afghan Great Game: Pakistan is maneuvering masterfully
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