When a blogger calls himself “Attackerman”, you can imagine what type of writing you’re going to get. So we shouldn’t be surprised by Spencer Ackerman’s latest story for Wired.com that terms Pakistan as America’s “frenemy” who is basically holding up NATO supplies in order to extort more money out of the American government – up [...]
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NATO Invitation a Sign of Success
May 16th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
The announcement that an unconditional invitation was extended to President Zardari to attend the NATO summit in Chicago next week represents an important success on the part of the nation’s military and civilian leadership and demonstrates how institutional cooperation and effective negotiating around mutual intersts can result in a ‘win-win’ for both Pakistan and the [...]
Justice or Activist?
May 14th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
A little noticed story from the weekend gives more evidence that the Chief Justice is acting outside his constitutional role of interpreting the law and is using the Bench as a platform for political activism. The story, reported in The News, tells that: …during the hearing of a case lodged against two Rental Power Projects [...]
Pakistan and the NATO Summit
May 12th, 2012
by Mukhtar Ahmed
by Mukhtar Ahmed
The news buzz of the week is that Pakistan has not been invited to the NATO Summit taking place in Chicago this month. According to reports, this May 20-21 two-day summit, with over 60 heads of state and governments, is expected to be the biggest NATO summit in history. The agenda includes likely discussion on [...]
Pakistan Must Respond To The Modern Threat
May 10th, 2012
by M. Saleem Butt
by M. Saleem Butt
Army Strategic Force Command successfully conducted a training launch of Short Range Ballistic Missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi) on Thursday. This successful test adds another powerful weapon to our national arsenal and demonstrates that our scientists and engineers have the expertise to produce the most advanced weapons. In continuing to produce ballistic missiles, however, we are [...]
Detailed Verdict Leaves More Questions Than Answers
May 8th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
The Supreme Court’s detailed verdict, finally delivered almost two weeks after they gave a short opinion, is not likely to clear up any confusion about the legality of the contempt case against the Prime Minister or the Court’s desire to re-open money laundering cases in Swiss courts. If anything, the Court’s detailed verdict leaves more [...]
Saying #ShutUp Doesn’t Solve the Problem
May 8th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
Yesterday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters that she believes al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri is hiding in Pakistan. Foreign Minister Khar responded with grace and poise following such a serious allegation, stating that the government has no information about Zawahiri’s being in Pakistan, but that if the US does would it kindly [...]
Media Malika-e-Jazbaatis
May 7th, 2012
by Sidra Jafri
by Sidra Jafri
Knowing that Sana Bucha is one of my favourite TV anchors, my mother sent me a link to Maheen Ghani’s interview with Sana Bucha for Newsline Magazine. As a young woman who aspires to have an impact on the world, I see her as something of a role model. Yes, I read the fashion and [...]
A History of Judicial Tyranny
May 5th, 2012
by Shehryar Riaz Sheikh
by Shehryar Riaz Sheikh
26 April 2012 was another tragic day in our democratic history; the unanimously elected Prime Minister of Pakistan who in his wisdom ordered the release of the deposed Lordships of the Superior Courts immediately upon his election was convicted of Contempt of Court. Notwithstanding the uniqueness of NRO judgment condemning over 8000 accused without a [...]
Masters of Our Own Destiny
May 4th, 2012
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
Cafe Pyala Tweeted something to Express Tribune editor Omar Quraishi that I thought was spot on – “It’s not Osama bin Laden’s death that will haunt Pakistan. It’s the editorials.” This Tweet could, and probably will be, read different ways by different people. I took something from it, though, that may not have been originally [...]