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Existential Threat
November 4th, 2010
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
I recently wrote that Syed Munawar Hasan’s poor excuses for terrorist jihadis were complete nonsense, and that his claim that militants are attacking because of some “prolonged injustice and tyranny” flies in the face of all reason. Husham Ahmed observes that the JI leader is doing more than just making excuses for terrorists, though – [...]
Ahmed Quraishi Debunked…Again
November 3rd, 2010
by Editor
by Editor
In one of his more ridiculous conspiracy theories, just a couple of months ago Ahmed Quraishi published a post on his website with the question, “Is Israel Running the Pakistani Taliban?” The premise of this nonsense was a claim that the US is secretly supporting terrorist group Jundullah written on a website edited by Hamid [...]
Schizophrenia On Women’s Rights
November 1st, 2010
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
Two diametrically opposed articles on the status of women’s rights in this country appear in today’s news. They should both be read together, hopefully resulting in an open and honest discussion of one of the great . For all the Ghairat Brigade’s moaning and wailing about issues of foreign policy, where are they when our [...]
Drone Distraction
October 27th, 2010
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
Walking around with D.S. the other day, the mood was low. Taliban bombers had just attacked Baba Farid shrine in the latest of the ongoing attacks against such places – Ahdullah Shah Ghazi a few weeks ago, Data Darbar earlier. I was downtrodden, shuffling my feet in the dust, my head hanging in despair. “If [...]
Senator Talha Mehmood’s Media Circus
October 26th, 2010
by Mahmood Adeel
by Mahmood Adeel
Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani is a favourite punching bag of far-right-wing political types. With regards to the case of Dr Aafia, the first thing out of the mouths of these people was that it was a set up devised by the PPP and orchestrated by Haqqani who they say is a puppet of [...]
Take Up The Challenge
October 26th, 2010
by Editor
by Editor
I was talking to my friend M. recently about the strategic dialogues and after he went on for some time about a particular point, I had a feeling of déjà vu. I couldn’t shake that feeling which stayed with me for the rest of the day. It was only after I had eaten my evening [...]
The Americans Finally Learned A Lesson
October 22nd, 2010
by Editor
by Editor
A report in the American New York Times says that the US is going to cut funding and aid for certain troops that were involved in the deaths of some civilians. At first, this might seem like the US cutting support for the military, but since it comes during the same week that the Americans [...]
Supreme Court’s 18th Amendment Decision
October 21st, 2010
by Editor
by Editor
You have to hand it to the Chief Justice – he may have walked right up to the edge of the cliff, but he stopped before pushing the country into the abyss. Announcing a verdict on his suo moto hearing on the constitutionality of the 18th Amendment to the constitution (a bizarre bit of self-referential [...]