ISI boss attends Indian High Commissioner’s iftar dinner
ISLAMABAD: Inter-Services Intelligence agency chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha attended an iftar dinner hosted by Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal in the Islamabad on Thursday, Geo news reported. Pasha was the senior-most representative from the Pakistani side at the event held at a hotel this evening. His presence created a flutter among the gathering. [...]
Nawaz Sharif and Osama Bin Laden: The bosom buddies
Khalid Khwaja an ex-officer from the Pakistan Air force working in deputation in Inter-Services Intelligence come forward to tell the untold history of how Nawaz Sharif approached Osama bin Laden to get access to royal family and convinced him to create Pakistan an strict shariah state and throw the government of Ms Benazir Bhutto, how he received regular funds from Osama bin Laden via Inter-Services Intelligence.
Pakistan Power Politics (PPP)
In 1993, the Pakistan Peoples Party won elections. In 1994, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto unveiled Power Policy 1994. The Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) was inundated with 116 applications amounting to an accumulated generation capacity of 26,000 MW. The PPIB selected 75 applications — amounting to an investment of some $20 billion — to whom it issued its Letter of Intention (LoI).
Lets start Ramadan with a fight?
By Ahmed Hashmi As our holy month of Ramadan is about to begin, the movli’s sect are greasing their armory in order to prepare for a possible moon sighting clash they will be having on top of the MCB Plaza Karachi, the earth observatory lab in Quetta or those press conference tables which have clerics [...]
Pakistan: Drone production begins
According to details issued by the PAF, the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra has commenced producing the pilotless planes Falco UAV in collaboration with Selex Galileo of Italy.
Taliban targeting Pakistani scientists
Taliban have now increased their influence to such an extent as now they are targeting high profile state organs – which no doubt is a loose slap on the face of this democratic government. When on 2nd July 2009, a bus containing ‘federal government employees’ was hit by a suicide bomber, the government’s information ministry took a bold step to quickly announce that the attack was by pro-Taliban forces – not telling the citizens of the country who actually was targeted?
Report: Pakistan’s Ideological Blowback
If the bucolic Swat valley, tucked into the Himalayas less than 100 miles from the capital city of Islamabad, is a bellwether for Pakistan’s war against the Pakistani Taliban,1 the war is going badly. The Swat District — an integrated part of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as opposed to the autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) — has been beyond government control since 2007. In this period the Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (Movement for the Enforcement of Mohammaden Islamic Law), a militant Pakistani Taliban group,2 thoroughly destroyed the threadbare state institutions that existed in the area. Most notably they targeted schools and the police force. Rebuilding these will take years.
Seraiki province: a bone of contention for many
Sharp differences within the ranks of the PML-N surfaced in the National Assembly on Friday over the issue of a Seraiki province when its MNA Hanif Abbasi, without naming anyone, snubbed the likes of Javed Hashmi, who had joined the voices backing this move.
Imran’s Patriotism is for Pakistan or Taliban?
While seated bored at home, I was exploring, reading some of the recent articles; in one of the published piece, my sinful eyes found something which was very perplexing for me to read. It was the warning of Imran Khan, published in Times Online of UK, in which he exposed his utter sympathy with Taliban yet opposing the military operation against them.
Pakistan: Economic Scenario 2008-2009
The economic survey presided by Ministry of Finance showed unexpected results demonstrating poor performance as economy only grew by 2 percent in 2008-2009 which was forecasted to increase by 4.5 percent comparing it from last year growth of 4.1 percent.
ANALYSIS: Re-socialising Pakistan
By Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi Pakistan has lost over a generation to Islamic orthodoxy and militancy. By now this generation has reached middle-level positions in the government, security services and private sector The Swat operation has effectively countered arguments that the civilian government and the military lacked the will and capability to check the Taliban’s assault [...]
Is China Funding Pakistani Political Parties?
By Ahmed Hashmi China has been one of our great friend, sympathizer, defense partner and supporter in the global affairs. The friendship of Pakistan and China is known to be stronger than a diamonds edge, ranging from cultural cooperation, free trade treaties, access to markets and defense cooperation (including joint production of JF 17 thunder [...]
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