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With its “Islamic” nuclear bomb, Taliban- and al-Qaeda-infested borderlands, dysfunctional cities, and feuding ethnic groups, Pakistan may well be the world’s most dangerous country, a nuclear Yugoslavia-in-the-making. One key to its fate is the future of Gwadar, a strategic port whose...

Most Indian are not really interested in promoting any theories about Pakistanis being the same people as Indians. Yet, there is a point that can be made about the Urdu language, particularly the verbs used in Urdu. Verbs are the most important words in a language, in fact they are...

Jaish behind Parliament attack: ex-ISI chief By B. Muralidhar Reddy ISLAMABAD, MARCH 6. The former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has surprised observers by his statement on the floor of the Pakistan Parliament that the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammad was behind the December...

This would be difficult while Jihadis are massed on the Pakistani side of the LoC, straining at the leash to cross over. Just a couple of weeks back there was a huge infiltration of about 50 Jihadis - many of them have been killed and one Pashtun captured, but still some 15 of them on the loose...

Nice letter published in "The News" from Juma Khan Sufi of Peshawar ... --------------------------------------------------------------- They say... we say... They say India is our enemy. We say it is a potential friend. They say India has always been after the dismemberment of...

The Hindu : Front Page : 40 infiltrators killed in Kupwara, Gurez: Army PRIZE CATCH: Syed Moinullah Shah, a Pakistan militant (left), arrested from Kupwara district is presented to the media in Srinagar on Saturday by Brigadier-General Staff Gurmeet Singh. The militant said there was no...

It's not surprising that Pakistan has accused India of involvement with the BLA. These accusations have been around for a long time, but no concrete proof has been revealed so far. But a new factor that has come up is Pakistani allegations against Russia. Rehman Malik alleges that BLA cadres...

State governments don't control the appointments of judges. As for other alleged witnesses captured on supposedly hidden cameras, their credibility will be examined by Courts. Incidentally, the trials are being held outside Gujarat. We have already seen how a number of wild allegations have been...

Yes, but some would argue that movements like the Taliban are a consequence of the failure of basic governance. Also, I suppose the deliberate radicalization of society in the post-Zia era, support of non-state actors to wage Jihad in Afghanistan and Kashmir - all these are important factors.

Sikh families leave Orakzai after Taliban demand jizia By Abdul Saboor Khan HANGU: Sikh families living in Orakzai Agency have left the agency after the Taliban demanded Rs 50 million as jizia (tax) from them, official sources and locals said on Tuesday. Residents of Ferozekhel area...

NGOs, Teesta spiced up Gujarat riot incidents: SIT - India - The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Special Investigation Team responsible for the arrests of those accused in Gujarat riots has severely censured NGOs and social activist Teesta Setalvad who campaigned for the riot victims. In...

Modi's new admirer: Ahmedabad's Imam AHMEDABAD: Mufti Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui, the Imam of Ahmedabad's biggest mosque, has found himself alone among the city's Muslim clerics. What has landed the 52-year-old Imam in trouble in his own community is his admiration for Gujarat chief minister...

Some 300 Hindus and 800 Muslims died in riots in 2002 in Gujarat, and that is a shame. But there is no evidence that Modi was personally behind it - if there had been, the bitterly opposed Congress government at the Centre would have got him by now. In any case, the number of Muslims being...

This is about the assassination of MK Gandhi. You will see that there are a number of interesting and suspicious circumstances surrounding that event. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi's Assassination by Rajinder Puri Mahatma Gandhi was...

I'm sure Pervez Rathore Sahib must have gotten hold of answers to the following questions.

Nehru-Edwina were in love: Edwina's daughter New Delhi, July 15: ‘Love blossomed’ between a ‘lonely’ Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the country, and the last Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten's wife, Edwina, who had had other ‘lovers’ before, says her daughter. Pamela...

Archeological Findings of Ayodhya Ruins Ajoy Roy Archeological Survey of India submitted (ASI) on Friday, 22nd August to the Allahabad High Court its report of result of its excavation just beneath the land where Babri Masjid stood before it was demolished by Hindu fundamentalists in 1992...

Found and Lost: The Ayodhya Evidence Dr. Koenraad Elst (21 July 2003) The North-Indian town of Ayodhya is scene to a controversy over a Hindu sacred site, the Rama Janmabhoomi or "birthplace of Rama". That is where a mosque, the Babri Masjid, was built in forcible replacement...

A review of the debate between Zakir Naik and William Campbell on "the Quran and the Bible in the Light of Science" is here.