Pakistan suffers reverses in offensive against militants
By SAEED SHAH
McClatchy Newspapers
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Taliban guerrillas recaptured the birthplace of the Pakistani Taliban leader from the Pakistani army Tuesday, inflicting the heaviest military losses so far in...
What are the Waziristan war aims?
By M Ilyas Khan
BBC News, Islamabad
The Pakistani army's push against Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in the Mehsud tribal stronghold of South Waziristan has one paramount objective - to destroy the source of militant attacks in the country.
The...
Former Army officer was the ring leader of the GHQ attackers
LAHORE: Mohammad Aqeel alias Dr Osman, the only Pakistani militant captured alive in critical condition from the premises of the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistan Army in the garrison town of Rawalpindi after the October...
A Variety of Sources Feed Into Taliban’s War Chest
By ERIC SCHMITT
Published: October 18, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Taliban in Afghanistan are running a sophisticated financial network to pay for their insurgent operations, raising hundreds of millions of dollars from the...
On whose side is US anyway?
Monday, October 19, 2009
US vacates checkposts ahead of SWA operation
By Qudssia Akhlaque
ISLAMABAD: The US-led Nato forces vacated more than half a dozen key security checkposts on the Afghan side of the Pak-Afghan border just ahead of the major Pakistan...
Taliban vow to defeat army in Pakistan offensive
Oct 18, 12:25 PM (ET)
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles Sunday in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both sides claiming early victories in an army...
URGENT: India Pays Baitullah Mehsud To Attack Pakistans Nuclear Sites, Plan Deployed
Thursday, July 16, 2009
By OmEr Jamil
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The Indians working with their allies in the Karzai government have designed a foolproof plan to attack Pakistani nuclear sites using hired...
Reaping the whirlwind
By Inayatullah | Published: October 17, 2009
Pakistan's federal government, led by the PPP, sowed the wind and is now reaping the whirlwind. Its inadequacies, shenanigans and poor performance are taking their toll. It mishandled the energy problem. It let the sugar...
Haqqani spares US publication and sues Pakistani one!
ISLAMABAD - Mr. Husain Haqqani, Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, has served a legal notice of Rs. 1 billion against the Editor-in-Chief of The Nation for publishing a report titled, “If Fired, Haqqani Threatens To Unveil...
Nawaz wakes uprejects KLB after Obama signed it
Posted on October 15, 2009 by Moin Ansari
With immaculate timing, IRIs (International Republican Institute) most popular leader, Mr. Nawaz Sharif has returned from his hibernation and reached the shores of Pakistan to condemn the done...
Uproar Amid Reports of Pakistani Ambassador’s Leak Threat
Haqqani Sues Over Article Critical of His Role in Kerry-Lugar Bill
by Jason Ditz, October 14, 2009
Pakistan’s English-language newspaper The Nation has published an article today harshly critical of Husain Haqqani...
In defence of the army!
By Dr Haider Mehdi | Published: October 16, 2009
It took 25 years longer than George Orwell thought for the slogans of 1984 to be reality. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength. I would add: Lie (or rather lying) is Truth (Paul Craig...
If fired, Haqqani threatens to unveil 'reams' of Pakistan's secrets
By: Ahmed Quraishi | Published: October 14, 2009
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan-The Pakistan Embassy in Washington continues to convey a wrong picture to American officials and politicians on the uproar in Pakistan over the...
India, Russia agree arms pact worth $5 billion (Reuters)
15 October 2009, 7:35 PMNEW DELHI - India and Russia agreed two military pacts on Thursday, including a 10-year deal on weapons, aircraft and maintenance contracts potentially worth at least $5 billion, Indian defence officials said...
Wake up, please!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Hamid Mir
If someone has decided to use his death as a weapon then he can create problems for the security of any powerful enemy. The 9/11 attacks in the US are the biggest example. The 19 Arab hijackers' biggest weapon was their death. The...
GHQ attack -- beyond conspiracy theories
Hit and run
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Shakir Husain
The writer lives in Karachi
General Headquarters (GHQ) is the nerve centre of the Pakistani military and is guarded by an Infantry battalion, along with a similar number of defence...
Yaar, it is a local affiliate of CBS and that news clip was a local broadcast by the channel for the Dallas/Fort Worth area. So don't worry and be happy.