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"We are not prepared to back off from our determination to fight these militants; they pose a threat to our way of life," Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Jane's . Rehman Malik’s way of life .. Yes. Pakistani way of life …. No. “Doctor” Rehman Malik had a meteoritic...

Pakistan Army resources and morale is being sapped through operations against Pakistani citizens on Pakistani soil. The primary objective of National Defense has been thrown into the dust bin. The main aim of Defense against Indian hegemony has been substituted with "counter insurgency" in...

Taliban is basically is reaction against the excesses of PA and successive Pakistani government. They have provided a rallying point for the oppressed masses of FATA and Swat whose lands have been subjected to relentless assault by our armed forces in order to score with the Americans.

Taliban are a relatively benign organized resistance by the people of Swat and FATA against an unprovoked assault by the PA. The real terrorist threat against the very fabric of Pakistani society is the MQM, an MI5 and India supported fascist outfit that has taken the principal commercial hub...

So, how tranquil and peaceful Bajaur really is today! PA has declared Victory, and brought the area under "Control" in late Feb.! And exactly how peaceful is the adjoining Kunar / Asmar area in Afghanistan?

Its back to the Forward Frontier policy of the British Indian Empire! In response to each attack on the Royal British Indian Army, Royal Air Force warplanes used to launch punitive strikes against Pushtoon tribesmen. The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah abandoned the...

Swat deal is a practical and intelligent compromise to stop the bloodshed. Pakistan government signed the deal from a position of weakness after having exhausted all the military options. Taleban have taken extremist positions as a legitimate reaction to the military excesses, including...

Lets not be too serious, after all Ms Farhat Taj is vying for a scholarship in some cool Scandinavian country.

This is what happens when you try to fight a war on the cheap. The US should pay for building an 8-Lane secure expressway from Karachi to Torkham and another spur from Karachi to Chaman. The $ 15-20 b price tag is small change in the context of war of terror. The US wants PA to protect its...

The peace deal in Bajaur is essentially a "Victory Declaration" by Maj. Gen. Tarik Khan. This is the most elegant way to call it a day and move on with life!.

Our dear friend S-2 is comfortably perched in his command post and yelling orders at PA to turn Swat into Fallujah, “without bulldozing an entire mid-sized city and it is often necessary to do exactly that”. Our dear friend Rabzon is deeply distressed at the handover of Swat valley...

Dear S-2: “”I think you should make certain to clear such movements of government security personnel with the taliban. Should they refuse for whatever reason you must not undertake any such plans.”” What is so strange about that? The US / NATO forces in Afghanistan too coordinate their...

“We are better focused in Bajaur now. My suggestion is let us finish them off.” Whom is his worthy suggestion directed at? Being a serving Major-General his suggestions may ideally be directed at his Superiors?

Let Major-General Tariq Khan score with his Gora Sahib benefactors, and enjoy his limp wet eyed dissertations to Western journalists. Its ironic that he actually believes having killed 1600 “extremists”!. Actually the forces caused about 5000 civilian deaths and displacement of...

Swat Taliban are not as brutal baboons as commonly believed. Their style of governance is by far more pluralistic and inclusive than the Wadera Raj in Sindh; and MQM's fascist setup in Karachi. The only difference is that the brutalities in Sindh and Southern Punjab are sanctioned by the...