Posted on 14 March 2011.
AOL fires people in India, hires in other countries. It will be slashing more than 400-500 jobs in India. AOL has about 1,000 employees in India and will be reducing the strength by around 50 per cent. AOL is laying off hundreds of employees in India but is on a hiring spree in the US [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Politics, Uncategorized, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 12 March 2011.
The Pakistanis remember three American Ambassadors with fondness and respect. Ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel, Ambassador Oakley and Ambassador Chamberlain. Raphel died in the plane crash along with President Zia Ul Haq. Oakley was named as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan in August 1988, succeeding the late Arnold Lewis Raphel Ambassador Wendy Chamberlain served a short period of [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 12 March 2011.
Re-establishing trust with Pakistan is critical : Mullen “We left them for 12 years—from the early 1990s to about 2002 — and we are working on re-establishing that trust,” Admiral Mullen Every soldier in the Pakistani Army knows the Pressler Amendment. Not one solider in the US Army knows about it. “I have traveled to [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 12 March 2011.
The spy agencies are capable of many things. We see psy-ops going on in Pakistan right now. Here are some psy-op techniques that were used decades ago. The most current techniques are of course supported by drones, AWACS, satellites, and there is deep infiltration by operatives. http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/oss/oss.htm OSS – The Psychology of War The Office [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, Uncategorized, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 10 March 2011.
President of Pakistan Ali Zardari also approved to confer Shahbaz Bhatti with the coveted ‘Hilal-e-Shuja’ award – a prize for personalities who have distinguished themselves as servants of the Pakistani nation. The Chief Minister of the province of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif announced that several roads and public places will bear the name of Bhatti in [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA
Posted on 10 March 2011.
It was disgusting to see Maj. Gen. Ghayur Mehmood espouse the position that is anathema to Pakistani interests, contrary to Islamabad’s policy, belies the facts, and goes against the grain of the wishes of the people of Pakistan. Major-General Ghayur Mehmood, General Officer Commanding of the 7 Division, was addressing the media at Miranshah, a [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA
Posted on 10 March 2011.
The Pakistan Navy plans to acquire the six AIP conventional submarines that can operate in a “multi-threat environment under tropical conditions” with the capability of launching conventional nuclear tipped torpedoes and atomic missiles. Acquisition of AIP technology will help Pakistan to beat Delhi which is attempting to acquire AIP technology for its French Scorpene submarines by [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA
Posted on 09 March 2011.
Pakistan has been building its Nuclear power plants at Chasma with Chinese help. After much discussion and controversy, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA–the United Nations’ global atomic watchdog) has approved both the C-3 and the C-4 plants that Pakistan is building. According to press Reports appearing in Pakistani and Indian newspapers on Wednesday suggested [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Politics
Posted on 08 March 2011.
The Hindu Mahasabah with the active support from the Indian Army blew up the Pakistan bound Samjhauta Express which was full of Pakistanis. This happened in February 2007. 68 civilians died 42 of which were 42 Pakistani nationals. However the number of Pakistanis could be higher Now the ‘Samjhota Affectees Action Committee’ (SAAC) is demanding [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA
Posted on 08 March 2011.
Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon signed several agreements with his Pakistani counterpart President Asif Ali Zardari are expected to sign three agreements on co-operation in healthcare, sports and agriculture, economics, transport, energy, security and other issues. The CASA-1000 project to supply Tajik and Kyrgyz electricity to Pakistan and Afghanistan, and a Trilateral Transit Trade Agreement between [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA