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Archive for June 2009
Jun 29, 2009
Pakistan Must Think Outside the Box of Ziaist Parameters
By Aniq Zafar Click here to read the entire article. US President Barack Obama during an interview last week with a Pakistani news channel said he believed the Pakistani state was strong enough to win the military offensive against the extremists. This may have a soothing effect on some of the Pakistani commentators who tried [...]
Jun 27, 2009
Key US aide hails Pakistan’s war
According to the BBC report: Gen Jones – who is on a tour of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India – said that Washington and Islamabad face a common battle against extremists. “Terrorism is not simply the enemy of America,” he said. “It is a direct and urgent threat to the Pakistani people,” he said in a [...]
Jun 27, 2009
Myth Busters
Myth Busters The Pakistani media controlled by fundos has been spreading conspiracy theories and is trying to salvage the extremist ideology and regressive thoughts when this ideology’s very foundations are shaking. It has woven a world around a series of myths and is sticking to it, to embrace an ideology that is losing and [...]
Jun 24, 2009
President Zardari Thanks Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt received a thank you phone call from a world leader yesterday, to thank them for giving back to refugees. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari made called the couple to express his gratitude for their gift of $1 million to people displaced by anti-Taliban military operations in the country’s northwest, reports [...]
Jun 23, 2009
Benazir Bhutto – a life worth living
Farahnaz Ispahani To me, and millions in Pakistan and around the world, yesterday (June 21) was not just another summer day. It had a special and tragic meaning. June 21 would have been the 56th birthday of one of the most extraordinary women in modern Muslim history, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. Like the women in [...]
Jun 22, 2009
What India’s Varun Gandhi can teach Pakistan’s Fatima Bhutto?
Fatima Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto’s estranged niece, has been writing articles and running a constant campaign against her uncle, President Asif Ali Zardari. Her articles have become more bitter with time. She and her stepmother Ghenwa Bhutto have campaigned against Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and her widower without much political gain. They could learn something from the [...]
Jun 22, 2009
Musharraf’s Anti-American Propagandist Sought Job at Voice of America (VOA)
Master of “Immaculate Deception” Ahmed Quraishi Continues to Spew Venom Against Democratic Politicians and Civil Society While Being a Shadowy Operative of Pakistani Intelligence By Shaista Sindhu Originally published December 21, 2007 The Pakistan government sponsored propagandist Ahmed Quraishi, revealed recently as promoting himself as the master of “Immaculate deception” on his consulting company’s website, [...]
Jun 22, 2009
Musharraf’s covert Propaganda Being Handled By Self-Proclaimed Master of Deception, Ahmed Quraishi
Author of “Thesis” that US is Plotting Against Musharraf May Actually be an Intelligence-Connected Propaganda Consultant; Says on His Own Website that he Creates “Immaculate Deception…Tailored to Your Senses” By Farid Alvie December 14, 2007 Ahmed Quraishi’s ’’enlightening’’ articles have been doing the rounds on the net of late. One can only describe him as [...]