Posted on 19 May 2011. Tags: Jinnah, Jinnah's Cabinet Mission, Nehru
British rule and its tail end haunt South Asians. Each country has its own version of history–clinging to their version of events. Despite thousands of books written on the events of 1946 and 1947, there is no consensus either about the events, or their motives. Investigating history is a dangerous endeavour in Delhi. Discussing Jinnah [...]
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Posted in History of Pakistan, Independence movement
Posted on 19 May 2011.
Pakistan and China will establish a media university to challenge the stereo-types. The move comes as a spate of bad publicity is spoiling the good image of the country. The Associated Press of Pakistan writes that media attaches trained at the new institute will help “respond to western media propaganda.” Pakistan’s prime minister is in [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics
Posted on 19 May 2011.
Other than the simple fact that Beijing is investing $30 Billion in Pakistan in the next fie years. That amount is real with solid infrastructure development projects like dams, power-plants, freeways, and housing. To boot Beijing and Islamabad will now be jointly upgrading the Block 2 version of the JF-17 Thunders which have stealth capability, [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics
Posted on 16 May 2011.
A Moment of Reflection by Faisal Nazir (pakbird47@yahoo.com) After the Abbottabad raid that took out OBL, a CIA trained and groomed fighter turned foe who fought against USSR troops in Afghanistan, Pakistan has come under sever diplomatic crunch and media abuse. While the fact that CIA could only reach to his hideout by following the [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 16 May 2011.
Senator Kerry was in Islamabad making all sorts of demands and issuing personal guarantees clearly calibrated to assuage the immensely high level of Anti-US sentiment in Pakistan caused by the post Osama killing demeanor of the top US officilas in general and CIA chief, Leon Panetta, in particular. The “personal guarantees” of Senator Kerry are [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 15 May 2011.
It was the classic example of sustained planning, careful handling, and perfect completion. The world press is universal in congratulating President Obama on the meticulous execution of his most brilliant blunder. It is one case where a prefect plan is now mired in collasal long term consequences all of which do not favor America. Obama [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA, Politics, Uncategorized, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 14 May 2011.
At a marathon 11 hour joint session of the Pakistan parliament the representatives of Pakistan debated “situation arising from unilateral US action in Abbottabad” and unanimously passed a resolution which condemns the US drone attacks and the Bin Laden raid as a violation of Pakistani sovereignty. The resolution threatened that such actions “could have dire [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 13 May 2011.
The relations between the Pakistani military and the US counterpart have deteriorated to such an extent that all cooperation between the CIA and the IS have come to a grinding halt. While Senator Kerry is headed to Pakistan to smooth the ruffled feathers, the Pakistani Army is no mood for any reconciliation. The joint session [...]
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Posted in Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Poli
Posted on 13 May 2011.
In one of the biggest blunders of his presidency President Obama took full credit for the Osama raid. In doing so he disparaged the most pro-American government in Islamabad. Obama increased his popularity rating by a few notches by throwing Pakistan under the bus. This sort of theatrics may work in the Chicago crime family [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, Uncategorized, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 13 May 2011.
Uri Avnery, one of the greatest sons of the Holy Land. He regularly writes for a couple of Pakistani newspapers and the Avnery message of coexistence with Palestine and peace is very popular in Pakistan and the rest of the world. a man with a conscious has written a brilliant article called “The Death of [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, Uncategorized, US CA, US Int Rel.