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By Patrick J. Buchanan "We are at war. We are at war against al Qaeda, a far-reaching network of violence and hatred that attacked us on 9/11, that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people and that is plotting to strike us again." Thus did Barack Obama clear the air as to whether we are at war...

Director General ISI Ahmad Shuja Pasha said on Tuesday that Afghan soil is being used for terrorist activities in Pakistan, adding that peace cannot be established in Pakistan unless infiltration from Afghan border is stopped. Pasha’s statement came in the backdrop of increased US pressure to...

Pakistan’s consul general in the US city of Houston appeared in an accountability court here on Monday as a witness and confirmed that fake Pakistani passports had been issued to Indian citizens. Aqil Naeem told Judge Wamiq Javaid that the passports had been issued by the Houston consulate...

“His explosives couldn’t have blown up his own seat. Even if full power, it wouldn’t have worked.” These were the words relayed to me during a Jan. 2 interview with military analyst and counterinsurgency specialist Gordon Duff in regard to the attempt of Christmas Day underwear bomber Umar...

Aquib Moin | PKKH After invading and waging a severely damaging war against Afghanistan, which was justified by a self-orchestrated attack on their own soil, storming and devastating Iraq on the basis of absolute falsehood and utter lies about the non-existent Weapons of Mass Destruction, the...

The current propaganda that MQM is running stage managed by that great BHAAND (even the bhaands of punjabi stage shows deliver a better performance) Altaf Hussain is failed attempt to tryto cover up their past sins. If that is not enough, we get Ali K Chishti with his barrister title to...

These days many so called ‘intellectuals’ like Pervez Hoodbhoy, NFP etc are always whining that we Pakistanis spend too much on defence and should cut our defence budget and spend more on reviving the economy, education and social sector. They believe that in today’s world economy is more...

Ignoring its perspective on acquisition of strategic assets, Pakistan’s Western ‘friends’ refused to admit it to their exclusive nuclear club, pressuring it to give up nuclear ambitions instead. However, expediency made them look the other way when it suited their purpose. In 1980s and post 9/11...

One simple question to everyone....that ask yourserlf, what if someone start bullying your mother or father or family....what will be your immediate repond? Be honest with your answer, and when you get that then rethink about the whole scenario again. There is a famous saying that "Who stand for...

One thing which i really dont understand that why jews and christians of the West in particular are adamant to draw images of Prophet & Messenger Muhammed Peace Be Upon Him? which always instigates the emotions of a whole muslim world. Is that necessary? or is their any profit they getting...

India and Pakistan had been struggling on the basis of equality for influence in Afghanistan and Central Asia. Despite some deficiencies Pakistan was in a much better position prior to the occupation of Afghanistan by the US. By becoming the client state of America in its so called war on terror...

The eight Americans who were killed in a blast set off by a suicide bomber at a military base in Afghanistan on Wednesday were CIA operatives, according to media reports. The bomber eluded security at the facility -- used by the CIA as an operations and surveillance center -- in the eastern...

After Pakistan Ordinance Factory (POF) succesfully unveiled its ‘POF-EYE CornerShot’ at IDEAS-2008 last year, India has launched its own hunt for a similar weapon. Currently Pakistan and Israel are the only two countries who manufacture the CornerShot gun. Having learnt lessons from the 26/11...

Few people by now can be unaware of Blackwater, later known as Blackwater Worldwide and now as Xe. The private security agency formed in 1997 and based in North Carolina is owned by Erik Prince, a former member of the US Navy Seal special forces, and has long-standing links with both the CIA and...

No Matter how hard they try, no matter whatever they do to cause damage, our cities will always shine, we will always stand united and emerge swiftly out of any situation. On this occasion, we wish to send a clear message that we are NOT afraid, we understand who our enemies and traitors are, we...

Why was Pakistan created? What was its genesis and what ideology was driving the Pakistan movement? Why did a vast majority of Muslims support the idea of Pakistan and why did a majority of the Islamic scholars (Ulema) oppose it? These are the questions which have been debated ever since...

Hearing President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday was a painful experience. All, including the diehard PPP jiyalas, were stunned. Their co-chairman had just declared war on every institution, without telling them who were the enemies, what they were doing and why. It was aptly described by a...

In view of the irregular and suspicious activities of US citizens who have been allowed into the country on visas issued by Mr. Husain Haqqani for the vague purpose of ‘official business’ of the US government, Islamabad moves to restrict the activities of US intelligence and other departments...

Amen.....I always wonder after all what we have faced + facing and what all we have bore + bearing, how people with sane mind can defend and ready to die for these politicians, feudals and to more extent religious magnets? I feel shame when i see and read such things. Isn't it enough yet for...

In my office hang photos of this writer with Pakistan's last four leaders. Two of them - Zia ul Haq and Benazir Bhutto - were murdered. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted in a military coup led by photo number four, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who was deposed last year by Pakistan's...