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Some advice for American friends By Ejaz Haider We know you are great folks; but we also know you have this penchant, like others, us included, of screwing things up badly. The difference: you are big so you screw up big time. That’s a big difference indeed! I have a suggestion for...

How Iraq has changed America View: Rafia Zakaria The increasing support for the formation of a Truth Commission by Senator Patrick Leahy to investigate the warrantless wiretapping, torture and other allegations of wrongdoing by the Bush Administration further illustrates the incipient anger...

Pakistan gets WB funds for two projects ISLAMABAD: The government signed two agreements with the World Bank amounting to $134.68 million for financing two projects on Friday. Under the agreements, the World Bank would provide $74.68 million for the ‘Third Partnership for Polio Eradication...

India operating 40 secret ‘Gitmos’: report * Ex-IB joint director blames ‘harsh interrogation techniques’ in illegal detention centres for fanning militancy in Indian Punjab, IHK NEW DELHI: The United States may have been forced to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre but India runs...

Cotton production to rise 3% to 16m tonnes in 2009-10 KARACHI: Cotton production is expected to increase by 3 percent to 16 million tonnes in 2009-10. Production is expected to increase in the three largest cotton-producing countries after China, India, the United States and Pakistan. A...

Cement exports growing despite global recession KARACHI: Despite global economic slow down around the world the local cement exports continued to exhibit growing trend, as the cement exports to Afghanistan jumped to 23 percent month-on-month in June 2009, as compared with April. According...

Kenya offers flower growing tech to Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Kenya has offered the transfer of flower growing technology to Pakistan to enable the country to export flowers and earn precious foreign exchange. Ambassador of Kenya, Mishi Masika Mwatsashu called on the Federal Minister for...

Hyderabad to use solar powered streetlights Saturday, July 04, 2009 Last week saw budgets being announced at the local level as District Hyderabad budget as well as taluka municipal administrations announced their respective budgets and these budgets have been approved without much debate...

Pakistan sells 15,000T corn as Indian supplies dry up Saturday, July 04, 2009 SINGAPORE: Pakistan sold around 15,000 tons of corn this week mainly to Malaysia as supplies from India dried up, while Asian wheat importers bought 20,000 tons of Black Sea wheat on competitive prices and tight...

WB commits $1.7bn to cope with crisis impact Saturday, July 04, 2009 ISLAMABAD: The World Bank committed a record amount of $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2009 (FY09) to help Pakistan cope with the impact of global economic crisis, the bank said on Friday. “This represents an increase of...

Crawl back to the gutter you came from. :wave:

Anti-Taliban wave Friday, 03 Jul, 2009 The results of an opinion poll on the US, Afghanistan and the conflict in Swat should come as no surprise. There is now a sea change in the attitude of Pakistanis towards the Taliban and the government’s belated crackdown on the insurgents. As...

World Bank to give $134.68 million for various projects ISLAMABAD (July 04 2009): The Government of Pakistan here on Friday signed two agreements with the World Bank amounting to US $134.68 million for financing projects in different sectors, namely: Third Partnership for Polio Eradication...

Pakistan a gateway of trade and commerce for Central Asia ISLAMABAD (July 03 2009): Pakistan really can be a gateway of the Central Asia for trade and commerce and that would be a tremendous source of revenue stated Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tajikistan, Zubaydov...

Just remembered how India used to pay for most of Russian hardware till late eighties; barter and no hard cash.

I'd say you've all the reason to worried about. We may not see big tag military sales to Pakistan, the fact that we get Russia to open up her market for us is a strategic win for us. Chinese hardware with refined Russian upgrades such as powerplant, radars and missiles is enough to give you...

A little civility won't hurt anyone. :tsk:

War on terror: 'economy suffered around $10 billion losses during last fiscal' ISLAMABAD (July 03 2009): Country's economy suffered around $10 billion losses due to war on terror during 2008-09 fiscal, said Dr Hafiz Pasha, Chairman Penal of Economists of the Planning Commission, here on...

Well said! This should be our decision to make, ours only! "Either you're with us or you're against us".

Rest in Peace! :cry: