Policemen stand next to the body of a man who was killed by unidentified gunmen, at a morgue in Karachi’s Abbasi hospital October 17, 2010 The NATO attack that killed 28 soldiers over the weekend has ignited national outrage. Gen Abbas told the Americans that an apology is not enough, and rightly so. Others have [...]
Christine Fair, an American professor who Tweets and writes regularly about Pakistan, posted something really unfair about the NATO attack. She wrote: Irony: Pakistanis howl that NATO killed 28 Pak troops. AMCITs blissfully ignorant that Pak-backed proxies kill thousands of US/NATO troops. Apparently, AMCIT is code for “American citizens”. (At least, that’s what the Google [...]
“These loans, along with US and European aid money, are like bribes to the Pakistani political elite to keep fighting America’s war for them. This was painfully evident when in October 2010 Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the European parliament: ‘If you want to help us fight extremism and terrorism, one way of [...]
The NATO attack this morning that martyred 28 of our brave soldiers is a tragedy that should never happen. But it has happened, and as our leaders decide how to respond, we should reflect on what it means for our relationship with the Americans and our security. Many are obviously going to jump to the [...]
That Mansoor Ijaz is an ultra-wealthy and well-connected elite is no question. But in addition to an outsized bank account and an outsized rolodex, the Pakistani-American neocon also has an outsized ego to go with it. Surat Luqman (31:18) says, “And do not turn your cheek toward people and do not walk through the earth [...]
Next time the lights go out, think about the fact that state agencies owe Rs70 BILLION in payments for electricity. Before we go making the usual complaints about corrupt politicians ruining everything, take a look at the list of defaulters… Supreme Court: Rs3.5 million ISI: Rs8.2 million IB: Rs2.7 million FIA: Rs8.3 million Punjab police department: Rs140 [...]
After weeks of successful rallies and seeing their stock rise in the media, PTI finds itself on the back foot this week after increasing allegations about how close the party is with the establishment. While these allegations remain largely based on speculation, PTI supporters might want to think about why people find their party’s ties [...]
The following report on the intricacies of the memogate controversy appeared in Daily Times and provides a fresh look at the facts while raising some important questions that remain unanswered. With breaking news that DG ISI secretly met with Mansoor Ijaz in London, many are starting to worry that we’ve seen this drama before… Memogate, the new scandal [...]
Al Jazeera reported that even though it might be tempting for PML-N to use the ‘memogate’ controversy against their political rivals, this temptation too may be part of a larger game being played. Eyeing an opportunity, Pakistan’s media and opposition have gone into overdrive. The biggest opposition party is organising demonstrations and the former Pakistan [...]
After the Abbottabad operation, an American businessman who wrote that Iraq had WMDs and has termed Pakistan’s state agencies as ‘terror masters’ delivered an unsigned memo to a US military official who “He did not find it at all credible and took no note of it then or later”. Five months later, the American businessman [...]