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NATO planes strafe Af-Pak border, 25 Pak troops killed

 26 November, 2011 08:15:00
The US air attack in the early hours of Saturday, Nov 26,  by  accident or  design is going to push the already strained US-Pak relations ...
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Memogate- The War Within Pakistan

 06 January, 2012 02:10:00
The same Mansoor Ijaz later made a statement that the chief of ISI, Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha, had gone to some Gulf countries to seek support for a military coup in Pakistan but this statement was ignored. If Ijaz’s first statement was as credible as to demand resignation of Hussain Haqqani how can his second statement be less credible? ...
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Ijaz phantom haunts Haqqani, Zardari...

 03 December, 2011 09:25:00
Who will blink first – Kayani or Zardari? It is possible that while the family loyalist- Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Reza Gilani does the tough talking, Zardari will keep the channels with the GHQ and Pentagon open for any exigency....
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Pakistan's Supreme Court orders probe into Memogate

 31 December, 2011 01:54:00
The Memo-gate has its origins in May when President Zardari sent a SOS to Washington to deliver a pep talk to Gen Kayani. And in the failure of the Memo authors to factor in the reality that Washington doesn’t enjoy any special leverage with Rawalpindi after Operation Geronimo. Also that Gen Kayani and his GHQ Shura have scripted a new equation with Pentagon by cashing in on the American concerns and vulnerabilities in what is essentially an election year for President Obama....
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Pakistan Makes No Progress on Madressah Reforms

 19 October, 2011 07:25:00
The number of registered religious schools in Pakistan stands at 10,973. Success of Madressah reform hinges on syllabus and integration with the mainstream school education. On both counts, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah does not hold out any hope. ...
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Four nation Dushanbe Summit: Words, More Words

 03 September, 2011 10:05:00
Pakistan leadership sees Moscow’s initiative for the four-nation joint collaboration in energy sector with unconcealed skepticism. But it is playing the Moscow tune with an eye on Central Asian markets. Improved road connectivity is what it needs and it is willing to provide for this lucrative access. Its bait to entice Dushanbe, Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) is the Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea, which sits at the doorstep of Gulf shipping lanes, less than 200 kms from the mouth of the Straits of Hormuz. ...
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Ansar Burney to donne Anna Hazare's mantle in Pakistan

 24 August, 2011 08:11:00
The misrule of President Zardari’ government, mayhem in Karachi, radicalization of sections of the society which have brought misery and bloodshed as an everyday dosage and above all the ever widening economic disparities have in a manner of speaking set the stage for Ansar Burney’s campaign. ...
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US ban on Pak-Libya Holding Company to hurt ties

 21 August, 2011 08:30:00
Officially Pak- Libya is styled as a DFI with an authorized capital of Pakistan Rupees Four Billion. But its structure, involvement in energy and IT sectors and above all the fact that it had its genesis in the charismatic Bhutto era lend credence to the view that Pak-Libya is not just another joint venture.Pakistan army is aligned with the company through the old boy network....
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Musharraf's Nemesis: Judiciary

 28 August, 2011 10:10:00
Judge Shahid Raffique’s order that former President Musharraf's property be seized and his bank accounts frozen in connection with the case concerning the assassination of Benazir Bhutto demonstrates that all is not lost in Pakistan and the long arm of law, if it so wishes, is capable of catching the wanted by his shirt collar....
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Who Is Calling Shots In Karachi…?

 24 August, 2011 06:33:00
Most of the violence in Karachi is on account of turf wars between leaders and activists of the PPP, MQM, and the ANP, who have aligned themselves with slum landlords, drug barons and gun-runners in their competition for land, political influence and control of the ‘protection racket’. There is a Kashmir angle to the Karachi violence as well..Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has reasons to worry about Karachi since the city is home to the Mehran base of the Navy, which was attacked by Taliban in May. But Gen Kayani sees risk in taking up 'assignment Karachi'....
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