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DAWN Nadeem Piracha Across Pakistan’s history a number of politicians, lawyers, journalists, student leaders and party workers have bravely wrestled with the establishment’s civil, military and economic arms. These arms have played every dirty trick in the book of...

I would encourage you to post a link from a respected source like the News and Dawn if you want people to take this story seriously.

I'm afraid the Nation newspaper is not a very credible source considering the daily rantings of its neo-con editor - Shireen Mazari. Hell, there is an online advertisement ridiculing the credibility of The Nation - posted on this very forum! If this is such a big story, why are the much...

I'm not surprised to see JI activists being investigated for involvement in TTP terrorist attacks. It is no secret that the JI leaders have been vocal supporters of the TTP in Swat as well as the terrorist clerics of the Red Mosque, and have continued to oppose the SW operation against...

News Jang Group By Umar Cheema ISLAMABAD: One of the top security agencies on Wednesday picked up Raja Ehsan Aziz, a member of Tehrik-e-Islami (TI), for his alleged connections with terrorists who had attacked the Parade Lane Mosque in Rawalpindi and Moon Market in Lahore...

Where is Aziz's son - the army officer? Is he suspected of being involved with the father as well??

Dawn News Roots of Terrorism Shahid Javed Burki Although there are still a couple of weeks to go before the new year, 2009 will go down in Pakistan’s exceptionally turbulent history as the country’s bloodiest year — bloodier than the time of ‘Operation...

DAWN Kamran Shafi Last week I had asked for complete transparency in the investigation of the Parade Lane mosque atrocity in which so many innocents, even many children, lost their precious lives. Nothing is forthcoming from the army, two weeks down the line. It is important that the...

Sure TK - please see below. Threads are under 'Pakistan's War'. http://www.defence.pk/forums/pakistans-war/41289-cia-cancels-blackwater-drone-missile-loading-contract.html http://www.defence.pk/forums/pakistans-war/41290-cia-asked-blackwater-take-out-aq-khan.html...

TK - I would suggest merging all the Blackwater threads - currently there 5 threads running in parallel.

News Jang Group Talat Masood Anti-Americanism continues to rise unabated in Pakistan. It is not confined to fringe elements alone but is spreading in the mainstream. A few recently retired military officers and politicians have gone as far as accusing US for abetting and supporting acts of...

TK - The logic of such people is based on a complete lack of logic if you will. These people rely on demagogues like Zaid Hamid to create a simplistic black and white fantasy land while showing a complete disregard for the ground realities. I believe conspiracy theorists do a great...

DAWN Clear and Present Danger Gul Imtiaz Belief in conspiracy theories focusing on Pakistan is not only new, it is on the increase judging by the content of public blogs and TV talk shows. One comes across a staggering number of people who are unwilling to look inward, instead...

Daily Times Editorial Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani may be forgiven for what appeared to be a Freudian slip or wishful thinking when he said that the military offensive in South Waziristan was almost over. That may be the hidden desire of many people in Pakistan, but the facts on the...

DAWN Editorial The story of five young men who made their way from Washington D.C. to Sargodha ostensibly in search of extremist indoctrination and possibly terrorist training is deeply unsettling. Let’s drop the pretence of this being a purely law-enforcement issue: the latest...

Both Shahid Aziz and Jamshed Gulzar Kiyani seem to forget their support role as part of Musharraf's original team - hypocritical to say the least. Moreover, they seem to be clearly supportive of the local TTP thugs with the former justifying the TTP terrorist attacks in a recent interview as...

Professor Ishtiaq Ahmed has recently published this note during his research at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. (Excerpt) 2009 For analytical purposes, one can distinguish between the Sandhurst-type orientation of the erstwhile Pakistan military...

I'm disappointed to hear that considering the military establishment has been the primary culprit in terms of creating the Jihadi Frankenstein in the 80s, and nurturing its massive growth during the 90s. Professor Ishtiaq Ahmed has recently published this note during his research at the...

CQ Politics May 2009 A retired Pakistani general confided a deep worry to a friend in Washington last week: that some young officers in Pakistan's regular army have become increasingly sympathetic over the past few years to the Taliban and their brand of radical Islam. While he had no...

Daily Telegraph Ahmed Rashid September 2003 Pakistan's army confirmed yesterday that several officers have been arrested on suspicion of being linked to Islamic extremist groups. The move will raise renewed fears that the security organs of Pakistan, a nuclear power and important...